THANK YOU for writing this [diagnosed five years ago]

This morning, at 44 years of age, I realized WHY I dread sleeping in an empty room…. HALLUCINATIONS

I have thought for so long that “something” is wrong with me. I am tough. I teach hand to hand combat. I wrestle. I’m a tomboy for crying out loud!! WHYYYYYYY do I get anxious about sleeping in an empty room?!

This morning, as I awoke, three separate times, paralysis covering me, my heart bursting through my chest, my breath - short and rapid, the beasts surrounding me, as I looked into their eyes, so close I could see the scales I had thought was skin, their smell, their slow and deep breaths…

Narcolepsy - I have finally found my “something”