Last night I must have fallen asleep sooner than I planned to, because I don’t remember deciding to sleep, and woke sometime between sunrise and alarm time with the light still on and much confusion. No, I wasn’t drinking.
Anyway, when I woke, my mind was working at about 20%, but I felt sure that there were two of us. That’s an ambiguous way to put it, but my memory won’t be more specific. I was the only one in the room, but sure I was there in partnership with someone else; either I was two people, or someone close to me was there (although I didn’t get the feeling it was a lover). I knew something about this feeling was a little off, but in my haze I couldn’t come to any conclusion on the matter, and resolved to just see what happened rather than strain to understand.
I’ve heard of various hypnagogic sensations and the feeling of a “presence in the room” during sleep paralysis, but that’s not how I imagined a “presence” would feel.
Has anyone heard of, or experienced, something similar? I’m not worried; just interested in this novelty.