What to Expect

Experiencing ghosts, aliens, curses, or a demon sitting on your chest while you sleep are common reports from people who have experienced sleep paralysis. Although distressing, sleep paralysis is not indicative of some cognitive or neurological disorder. We try and set the stage for why this process feels so frightening, who experiences it, why we experience, and how often we experience it. Whether you have heard about it or not, there is probably something new for you to learn!

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Links for Today:

https://https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/W9beDBIAAHu08EVG (history of sleep paralysis)
https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/guide/sleep-paralysis#1 (medical description of sleep paralysis)
https://www.livescience.com/27621-sleep-paralysis-scary.html (cultural and medical description of sleep paralysis)
https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/sleep-and-parasomnias (elaboration on parasomnias generally)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1087079217301120 (more medical and background description of sleep paralysis and psychology)

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