Sleep paralysis is when your brain has woken up (or not yet drifted off), but you can’t move your body or speak. It usually lasts seconds or maybe a few minutes. Test your knowledge on sleep paralysis:
You may have sleep paralysis just once or twice in your life, and in most cases it doesn’t affect your sleep overall. But if it happens a lot, that can be a sign of narcolepsy, a sleep disorder in which you can suddenly and unexpectedly fall asleep. Let your doctor know if you often have sleep paralysis, especially if it keeps you from sleeping well.Is not related to sleep paralysisYou’re more likely to have sleep paralysis if you skimp on sleep or have an irregular sleep schedule.
Only if they have sleep apneaMany people have vivid hallucinations during sleep paralysis. For example, you may think there's an intruder in your bedroom, imagine you're floating, or feel like you're being crushed or choked. In one study, about 90% of people who had sleep paralysis said that it was very frightening.An elephant on your chestPeople reported sleep paralysis long before the invention of sleep studies and brain imaging technology.
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