Sleep paralysis or a simple nightmare

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last night I got a nightmare or a sleep paralysis but I don't know

So at first it was a simple (cool) dream. I was dreaming that I had my own car, I was driving in a neighborhood that I don't know, I was about to do a you turn when I realized that I was in a dream. I remember saying, "omg it's so cool what my brain can do, I'm in a dream and I know that I'm in a dream, look at this". When suddenly, arms pull me out of my dream, I thought "god, why did I say that". And then it was dark, so I opened my eyes thinking that I just woke up but I saw a face about 15cm away from my face, that person was just staring at me and pinned me to my bed, with my arms above my head. I closed my eyes remembering what I've red about sleep paralysis, to just calm down and breathe, and then I woke up but not completely, it felt like I was in-between sleeping and waking up, I heard everything around me and couldn't wake up completely but then I woke up and everything was normal but my whole day felt weird, like I was in a dream, but I'm not. So my question is was it a bad dream or sleep paralysis?

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