Sleep Paralysis

I have encountered sleep paralysis for nearly twice or thrice when I sleep and it's scary. For those who are new to this term, sleep paralysis means that you're half-awake and you can't move your body at all. You can only see and hear from where you lay still. It's scary because I will hallucinate and see visions of ghosts? I'm not too sure of what I saw but it's creeping me out till the point that I wanted to get out of that half-conscious state. I think I did hear weird noises? It's all happening in my head like I'm in a dream but I'm awake at the same time and can't do anything about it. It's frustrating to say the least. I realize that if I didn't do anything about it soon, the amount of time I spent in that unpleasant state will only extend. So I forced myself to disengage from that state by muttering "WAKE UP" many times. After a while, I managed to snap myself out of that dream and my body could move again. The difficult part was mentally waking yourself up from that dream. I believed sleep paralysis occurred because my mind wouldn't just stop thinking when my body was real calmed. And when it's not balance, that's when sleep paralysis happens. And I hate it when it happens. As of lately, my sleep is peaceful, and I like to keep it that way.