What is sleep paralysis?
Sleep paralysis consists of a period of inability to perform voluntary movements either at sleep onset (called hypnogogic or predormital form) or upon awakening (called hypnopompic or postdormtal form).
What are the symptoms?
A complaint of inability to move the trunk or limbs at sleep onset or upon awakening
Presence of brief episodes of partial or complete skeletal muscle paralysis
Episodes can be associated with hypnagogic hallucinations or dream-like mentation (act or use of the brain)
Is it harmful?
Sleep paralysis is most often associated with narcolepsy, a neurological condition in which the person has uncontrollable naps. However, there are many people who experience sleep paralysis without having signs of narcolepsy. Sometimes it runs in families. There is no known explanation why some people experience this paralysis. It is not harmful, although most people report feeling very afraid because they do not know what is happening, and within minutes they gradually or abruptly are able to move again; the episode is often terminated by a sound or a touch on the body.
In some cases, when hypnogogic hallucinations are present, people feel that someone is in the room with them, some experience the feeling that someone or something is sitting on their chest and they feel impending death and suffocation. That has been called the “Hag Phenomena” and has been happening to people over the centuries. These things cause people much anxiety and terror, but there is no physical harm.
How can I stop the sleep paralysis?
In severe cases, where episodes take place at least once a week for 6 months, medication may be used.
You may be able to minimize the episodes by following good sleep hygiene:
getting enough sleep
reduce stress
exercise regularly (but not too close to bedtime)
keep a regular sleep schedule
2006-09-08 01:09:45
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answered by Doe 3
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2016-09-30 11:24:54
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answered by ? 4
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i personally haven't but i heared alot it's very possible because when ur brain enters the delta state sometimes it paralyzes urself so you don't move your body while your in the 6-th dimension out of body, sometimes for no real reason the astral body comes back but still brain doesn't change state and you'll be conscious but still paralyzed, after a bit time you'll be able to move
2006-09-08 01:06:03
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answered by flyin_bbb8 1
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It is called "Sleep Paralysis."
It is a function of an OBE!
I have seen the light of 1000 stars,
But none so bright as the light within!
2006-09-08 01:04:13
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answered by Anonymous
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Yeah. I figured I was still asleep.
2006-09-08 01:07:21
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answered by Anonymous
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wow...no...
2006-09-08 01:06:45
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answered by shraishra 2
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yes, it's scary as hell
2006-09-08 01:03:15
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answered by Rocket Surgeon 2
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