| rdfs:comment | - Okay, so, you opened your eyes and you can’t move your body. It’s the chemicals. Oh, you can keep trying to wriggle those toes, but it’s not happening. Forget it. Just relax. It’ll go away. Oh, now there’s something pressing on your chest, real hard, it’s making it hard to breathe. It’s heavy, so very heavy, whatever’s on your chest. Chemicals. It’s all chemicals. Stop trying to scream, it won’t work. Your throat muscles are paralyzed too. You still can’t breathe. You survived your Old Hag Syndrome. She didn’t.
- Sleep paralysis may seem like an unusual phenomenon but actually it happens every time we go to sleep as it is very natural to us. The reason it actually happens is safety as during this period you are dreaming so your body would move if it wasn't for the sleep paralysis. If your body did move you could easily damage yourself. Narcolepsy is a disorder which causes the person to suddenly and unexpectedly fall asleep suddenly. I am no expert in this disorder but people who suffer from this often experiance sleep paralysis.
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| abstract | - Sleep paralysis may seem like an unusual phenomenon but actually it happens every time we go to sleep as it is very natural to us. The reason it actually happens is safety as during this period you are dreaming so your body would move if it wasn't for the sleep paralysis. If your body did move you could easily damage yourself. There are many misconceptions about sleep paralysis and these are usually around the hallucinations which may occur. These hallucinations are caused by the brain still using the part of it which induces dreams, many of the famous hallucinations are the hag, shadow person, succubi and inncubi. The last two are featured heavily in paintings from history picturing the phenomenon. These hallucinations like dreams feel as if they are hurting you or effecting you physically but that is not true, this leads to question the myths on the two types of demons. You can make up your own decision on them but bare in mind there is little about them other then during sleep paralysis. During sleep paralysis people also report being attacked by strange monsters but they will always be a dream so be wary of people that make such claims. Sleep paralysis is not something you will want to go through but you can avoid it by sleeping a healthy length of time. It can occur though if you have an irregular sleeping pattern, naturally or artificially. Another cause is age but being more common in teenagers or young adults due to the hormone inbalances within the body. Narcolepsy is a disorder which causes the person to suddenly and unexpectedly fall asleep suddenly. I am no expert in this disorder but people who suffer from this often experiance sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is also used as a stage in the controvercial ability of astral projection, it would also give an explanation to the OBE but it is your decision to make. If you want to have a less percentage of experiencing these hallucinations, prepare for sleep paralysis. It could happen anytime, so if you wake up and you can't move, just think "darn sleep paralysis!" and think funny/happy thoughts. The only reason you experience these "demons" is because you know about them, and your still dreaming, so you can change them. Hope it helped.
- Okay, so, you opened your eyes and you can’t move your body. It’s the chemicals. Oh, you can keep trying to wriggle those toes, but it’s not happening. Forget it. Just relax. It’ll go away. Oh, now there’s something pressing on your chest, real hard, it’s making it hard to breathe. It’s heavy, so very heavy, whatever’s on your chest. Chemicals. It’s all chemicals. Stop trying to scream, it won’t work. Your throat muscles are paralyzed too. You still can’t breathe. You are staring at a blank ceiling, you can’t stare anywhere else. Shadows flit across your vision, forming shapes you try not to think about. A clawed hand, a flash of jagged, shadowy teeth. All images from your subconscious. A face forming above yours, leering through black void eyes. You think you hear sibilant whispering. Angry hissing, like a snake that’s been disturbed. Suddenly, a sharp white light briefly flares in the room as a car pulls down the street, dispelling the shadows. The weight is gone. You can breathe, your hands clench sheets. You feel an eternity has passed by but it was all the work of a moment. You wriggle, just to prove to yourself you can. You sit up, take a deep breath and then laugh a little at yourself. Sleep Paralysis. Stupid. You turn to shake your spouse awake, eager to share your experience. You feel paralyzed again, but it has nothing to do with Sleep Paralysis. You stare at the blood, the jagged wound in her throat, her wide, staring eyes, mouth opened in soundless scream. You survived your Old Hag Syndrome. She didn’t.
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