Something like this just happened to me on FF2 (dawn of souls) that caused me to give up on it. I got in a "save trap", in which I stupidly saved in the cave north of the Dragon castle, and the only person alive in my party was Guy. I had no PH. Downs, no Potions, nothin'. So whenever I take 2 steps, I run into a bunch of Yellow Souls and get killed because I can't run away.