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6 facts you need to know about sleep paralysis

Ever woke up in the middle of the night with a feeling of dread slowly encapsulating you, but you’re totally terrified, unable to move and not able to speak/shout. Welcome to the land of sleep paralysis! If you’ve never experienced this phenomenon—consider yourself lucky, but beware as it can happen to anyone. Sleep paralysis is a medical condition where a person, on waking up from sleep, experiences temporary inability to move or speak. It is also commonly accompanied by a feeling that someone or something is in the room with you or sometimes you actually see or hear things (basically, hallucinating) as well as the physical sensation of experiencing pressure on your chest. Basically, it’s scary AF. Let’s talk about it some more. - Sleep paralysis shouldn’t be confused with night terrors. People who wake up to night terrors normally bolt up and sit upright in panic, often unaware of their surroundings and not knowing where they are!In sleep paralysis, however, the opposite happens. T...

Advice: A few hours of 'breakup' from mobile phone can help in protecting you from many diseases, its addiction can be 'lethal'

Mobile phones have become an integral part of people's lives in today's time. From opening our eyes in the morning till some time before sleeping at night, it has become our habit to keep surfing, chatting, talking on mobile phone. But do you know that this habit can be very harmful for overall health. Studies show that the increasing habit of mobile phones among people is increasing many types of physical and mental health problems. Especially the increasing proximity of children to mobile is considered by health experts to be very serious. Health experts say that even if we make it a habit to isolate ourselves from mobile phones for a few hours every day, then our health can also benefit. Especially psychiatrists say that all people should avoid excessive exposure to mobile or any kind of screen after 6 pm. In such a situation, even if you reduce your dependence on your mobile even after 6 pm, it can still benefit your health in many ways. Increasing proximity to mobile i...