[littl3chocobo]

sleep paralysis is where you wake up before your body does and you are unable to move


what lavender le fay is talking about is the rather common phenomenon of people imagining something dreadful happening while they are in this exceptionally vulnerable state. most people imagine a human or a humanoid monster coming towards them and violating their personal space in some way. you have to have pretty strong mental fortitude to stay calm and rational so it is recommended instead that if you are having this issue that you close your eyes. as it is an auditory hallucination only(for most of the world) closing them lets your brain calm down and either let you wake up properly or at the very least take you out of a state of panic so the hallucination ends