ook this has been going on for the past year, and iam very confused and concerned.

Every night I usually go to bed with my the covors up to my neck. Its weird but I have always done that. But occasioanlly my arms are out of the covors, but everytime my arms are out of the covors I get the same dreams, everytime. I fall asleep with my arms out of the covors, and about 10-15 minutes later, the same dream occurs. Its a scary dream, its a shadow figure that puts a ton of force on me, and im always trying to wake up, but Inever can. I feel paraylzed and helpless. After struggling and squirming, I finally wake up and very frightened. This dream has occured everytime I have fallen asleep with my arms out of the covors. Does anyone know what this dream means?

You say a shadow force puts weight on you. You cover up to your neck every night. If I had to guess without more detail, I'd say it's the product of some past trauma. Maybe counciling is in order?