What’s it like to wake up with sleep paralysis?
It’s as scary as it sounds. JACINTA BOWLER | 28 DEC 2015 The idea of not being able to move as an intruder or monster comes your way is classic nightmare material, but for some people, this is their reality. Around 7.6 percent of the world’s population has had at least one attack of sleep paralysis, but for some people, the odds are even higher – a 2011 study found that 28.3 percent of students, and 31.9 percent of psychiatric patients experience at least one episode of sleep paralysis in their lives. So what exactly is sleep paralysis? The disorder comes …
Sleep Paralysis and Demons In The Bed
Published on October 29, 2015 A Medical Daily news report examines the phenomena of sleep paralysis, which is thought to be connected to REM sleep. For whatever reason — researchers still don’t have a concrete explanation — we can wake up right as we enter or exit REM sleep while our bodies remain rigid and unmoving. Even though we’re not in any danger of suffocating, the fact that we can’t breathe voluntarily leaves us petrified of that possibility, and the lingering traces of REM sleep also make us susceptible to auditory and visual hallucinations. According to UK researchers Christopher C. …
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