I have this reoccuring problem where I will wake up with an immense fear of something for no reason or reasons unknown. Usually it is something that will make me fear for my life. Like, I may fear going under a light fixure of some sort, expecting it to fall on my head and kill me. Or I will think or even see huge bugs that are crawling on me with the intent to bite me or something. Or some other strange reason. Other times I will think I hear someone coming for me with the intent to hurt or kill me so I will quickly lock my door.

Sometimes I will not hallucinate when having these fears, but other times I will have visual hallucinations such as the bugs, or have a feeling that they are there. Or I will hear something that isn't there. I may hear something breaking or someone moving around, thinking they are coming for me. Recently, I woke up thinking the standing lamp next to my bed was about to set off an electrical explosion. I woke up to the sight of a beam of blue light pointing towards me followed by a loud bang and a flash of electricity, and I quickly rolled over and ducked for cover, thinking it would kill me. There was no storm so I knew that was not the case. Don't know how or why that happened or how I could have hallucinated like that.

Usually after a few seconds, I will realize none of it is real and actually come to my senses soon afterward and usually fall back asleep after awhile. I don't know why these things happen but they do. Sometimes I will hear people talking, and a couple times, thought I heard someone crying in my room even though no one was there. And these things happen right when I am waking up so I don't really know if they are some part of a night terror or if I am still somehow dreaming while awake.

These don't happen all the time, but they do happen enough to get annoying after awhile. It always seems silly afterwards since there is never a real threat or danger present, but for some reason, I will sometimes wake up with a very intense sense of fear. Sometimes it lingers for awhile and other times it goes away pretty quickly. Would you consider these types of events night terrors or some other night time panic disorder or just simply having sleep and wakefulness blurred? I don't sleep very well either to begin with and also have mild sleep apnea so I am not sure if that contributes to it as well.