Yeah, it was 超怖い, like, it literally made me tear up and I was shaking as I typed it out. The cat thing was a total hallucination, they were as cuddly as ever when I woke up. :AnimeSmile: Though, there was no sensation of having woken up or anything, it just abruptly ended and everything was back to...
Your stories are as enjoyable as always. I, too, have experienced sleep paralysis. It was during the time when I actively tried to lucid dream. I kept a dream journal at that time and thus that experience is still written down. Deeply personal as it might be, I'll just go ahead and share it anyways....
Well, の can be used to turn a verb into a noun e.g. 「人間は思うのが好きです」- Humans like to think. I'm not exactly clear what nuance this gives your sentence if any, but I suppose that it means the same thing in essence. As for the が/は, 'tis a bit of an iffy topic; they can be switched for emphasis when you w...
「なぜ私が日本語を話せませんと思いますか?」- Why do (you) think that I can't speak Japanese? The sentence works fine. The と particle before 思う quotes the previous thought/statement. If I'm getting your question right.