Is it normal i can't breathe while "asleep"?
This has happened two times but they ended differently, and I can't find the right answer online. So I'm asleep I think but I am dreaming that I'm in my room sleeping. I'll be dreaming about something pleasant, then I stop breathing. I'm trying to breathe, but I can't. maybe for some reason I'm breathing with my mouth closed. I have to force myself to wake up from a deep sleep and it's pretty scary to do that because I'm usually exhausted and I almost gave up and just like let myself die lmao. The other time I woke up gasping for air. My dream was me trying to put a sliding puzzle together to match an outfit and I kept getting it wrong and tiny breath got taken away. This probably doesn't make any sense. Has anyone experienced this and do you know what it is? I know what sleep apnea is, but I feel like people with sleep apnea aren't aware of their breathing being stopped. I am fully aware that this is happening though, so I'm not sure that's what's going on.