These past three nights I've had sleep paralysis just before waking up. My mind usually begins dreaming of a goal-orientated work sheet--because lately I've been obsessed with reading self-help articles and working in my goal binder. The imagining the worksheet takes a few seconds, then I dive into a nightmare. This nightmare was terrible, demons and children and not knowing if the children is good or evil. It was a very shocking dream.

Lately I've woken up early, and while I've had sleep paralysis I've been waking up at 7:20 very tired but alert, like a tired-with-energy kind of thing.

The only thing I can think of trying is setting aside the goals for today, only writing things down if they come naturally, and not from obsessively reading articles or forcing myself to come up with elaborate goal-setting activities.

I've always had nightmares but I do not like the feeling of sleep paralysis. It's very hard on me.