This is cataplexy. Strong emotions like excitement, surprise, and anger can set it off. At other times, you may experience sleep paralysis, which is like cataplexy. You temporarily can't speak or ...

Imagine waking up in pitch darkness to a slavering monster with blood dripping down its fangs. You try to cry out for help but can’t. You're paralyzed from head to toe! Sleep paralysis ...

Sleep paralysis under this sign often involves shadow figures charging full speed ahead, standing at the bedside like they’re ready to pick a fight. It’s less about creeping horror and more ...

Sleep paralysis is an event in which a person is briefly awoken from sleep in a paralyzed state. According to NIH, about 7.6% ...

which can make night-time more than a little eventful… As All in the Mind explores the disconcerting phenomenon of sleep paralysis, we look at a few of the other familiar, lesser­‐known and ...

By “Day 8” Bristol added that she thought the paralysis was “getting a little better.” “I know I look crazy right now, but this has been such an improvement from what I was looking like ...

I might feel like someone is strangling me,” Mwangi says. He adds that sometimes he is forced to chew throughout the week to avoid sleep paralysis. Leah Apwopi, another victim of the disorder ...

Sleep paralysis is a terrifying experience for anyone who’s woken up in the middle of the night unable to move or speak. It is also the inspiration behind “Blink,” a chilling 10-minute short ...