All you Need to Know

it's one of the most terrifying phenomenon known to man sleep paralysis the frightening ordeal of waking up suddenly in the dead of night temporarily unable to move a muscle or even speak for some it happens nightly and others experience horrifying visions and sensations during their sleep paralysis whether you've suffered fright personally or not . it's more common than you think according to a study taken in America in 2011 in which 3,600 random people were asked whether they had experienced symptoms of sleep paralysis is shocking 65 percent said they had and research undertaken by the sleep paralysis project found that certain social groups tend to be more at risk of falling victim to the frightening disorder for example their test results showed that a higher number of African Americans suffer from sleep paralysis and the most common age range that is affected by the sleeping disorder is 16 to 43 year old although it's hard to gauge as people younger and also older than Menace have reported being affected too you cannot wake yourself up some people have mastered a practice called lucid dreaming which means that they will retain a certain amount of control and consciousness while they are dreaming allowing them for instance to wake themselves up from an intense nightmare but unfortunately this does not work for sleep paralysis this is because it occurs when a person is halfway between being awake and in REM sleep which means they are not technically dreaming as their eyes are still open and their senses are still alert people have reported trying desperately to wiggle their toes or scream to wake themselves fully but it's never any use and a sufferer simply must wait for the paralysis to pass however long this takes you may see things that you do not like though it's rarer than the sensation of being paralyzed itself some people do report very frightening visions and sensations while in their paralysis state for instance many have reported feeling a weight on a chest during a sleep paralysis episode as though an invisible being of some kind is pinning them to the band others report hearing voices in the room and in one case a man reportedly heard heavy breathing and deep growling coming from just behind him though of course he was unable to turn around a nun however the scariest thing about sleep paralysis is that some people experiencing a sleep paralysis attack actually claim to see figures in the room with them that could be dark shadows looing over them while they're completely unable to move which brings us to the next fact people see the same things one of the most inexplicable and terrifying facts about sleep paralysis is that people from all around the world who have had no contact with each other have reported seeing the same thing during their episodes the most commonly reported apparition is the old hag many authors and psychiatrists who have studied sleep paralysis have noted that many of their patients report the presence of a hideous old woman who seems to take pleasure in the fear and panic she's causing laughing at her victims as they lie there if this sounds like a joke then keep in mind the hag is nothing new throughout the history of sleep paralysis she has been described in fact in Scandinavian folklore the belief is that sleep paralysis itself is brought on by the soul of a fallen woman which has left its own body to terrify innocent people while they sleep in their beds this entity which Scandinavians referred to as men is in fact where the term nightmare originates from this reoccurring apparition has led many to believe that sleep paralysis is supernatural in nature rather than medical as it's very difficult to come up with an explanation as to why so many people report seeing the same entity we do know how to treat it as truly bizarre and frightening as the phenomenon of sleep paralysis is.

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