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...
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