Have you ever dreamt that were awakened and were unable to move? It is possible that you weren’t dreaming at all. You could have been suffering from sleep paralysis. Wikipedia states that, “sleep paralysis is a condition characterized by temporary paralysis of the body shortly after waking up (known as hypnopompic paralysis) or, less often, ...
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1am I recall being awakened by the sound of plastic being rustled in my kitchen garbage can. The rustling was very distinct, and I remember feeling terribly frightened. It was obvious to me that someone had broken into my loft apartment, and was at that moment, taking a tour of ...
Many people have suffered from Sleep Paralysis at some point in their life and never realize there is a name for it. Others suffer from Sleep Paralysis regularly and research it, struggling to find a cause of Sleep Paralysis. For those who dont know, Sleep Paralysis is the inability to move voluntarily that some people ...
Have you ever heard of the Hag Syndrome? Well this is what Dream Paralysis was once called. Some people believe that the origins of this syndrome may be rooted in the incubus and succubus legends. Also, from the Scandinavian, and Icelandic legends the origins might also come from the Mara, or Mare, who is responsible ...
Narcolepsy is a disorder that precipitates bout of severe daytime sleepiness in those that are afflicted with it, no matter what they are doing or where they are. Narcolepsy is such that it can take up to ten years for it to be properly diagnosed. Typically occurring between the ages of fifteen and thirty, narcolepsy ...
Ever since the beginning of time, people have been experiencing a weird phenomena that has come to be known as “Sleep Paralysis”, or “Old hag syndrome”. Sleep paralysis has gathered a lot of attention over the last decade with the coming of the world wide web, and legitimate information on it has been in very ...
Some of the hardest things for people to understand are the mysteries of the sleeping mind. Sleep in itself is only becoming less mysterious in recent years. Questions like “Why do we sleep?” and “Do we really need sleep?” are finally being answered. However, sleep phenomena still remain very mysterious and can be quite scary ...
My first experience with sleep paralysis came when I first moved away from home and was living in a college dorm room. When I awoke one morning, I was surprised to find I could not move. Every muscle in my body was frozen in place. I was clearly awake, but I could not even open ...