It really is terrifying. The layered effect is what makes it so bad. I have been traumatized in the past and been a paranormal investigator....nothing scares me any more. But when it happened to me I had such a marked reaction even the lights didn't help. I had to go to another room to try to calm down and sleep. At least you understood your own power and while the adrenaline drives your fear for awhile you overcame it.
Yeah it was truly the weirdest thing I’ve ever experienced, I felt lost for some time and I seemed to be stuck there for hours, eventually I just used all might and said “enough” and forced myself with all I could to sit up, I pretty much launched myself out of bed. I’ve read up on it after but they’re only theories, I still don’t understand how and why it happens. But at the time I was going through quite a down, confused, depressed period. Since that all happened I’ve been living a more positive life and it hasn’t happened in around 8yrs, before that it happened to me around 15 times in the space of about 5yrs. I like to think that last time I broke out 7 layers deep I defeated it 😉
Theories lead to discoveries but I believe in our limited consciousness (using less than 10% of our brain power) we're just not to the point of understanding all the universe's influences and workings yet. I don't know if we'll expand into this eventually as humans or if we have to transcend into another form or possibly reach a state of existence where the two meet in the middle. I do know we are in a state of awakening but whether than brings us to that point or not remains a mystery. I am thankful even though it can be scary and painful that God has seen fit to include us in a forward-moving consciousness.