ive had it where i would have my episode.. think i have woken up.. have some more shit happen.. and then finally wake up.
so it would be like two stages before finally coming fully awake.
when being in that state i know its going on so i try and breathe as loud as i can, but not like grasping for air because i know whats going on. just try and make it loud so my girlfriend will hear me and know whats going on. and attempt to wake me up. but it never happens lol.
sometimes i will picture my room and my girlfriend will either be talking to me (but i can never make out any words.. you just know there is someone talking.) or she will be on the computer doing something. and then when i finally wake up she is actually just asleep.
or sometimes you feel the presence of someone or something and thats what makes you panic. those are the ones when i wake up spooked and afraid to go back to sleep because i dont want to experience it again. because at times it has happened back to back within minutes of waking up from my first episode.