No One can Deny this Truth, Everyone has Experienced this at Night. When you Feel you are Awake Suddenly, with your Eyes Closed, but you are Unable to Get Up or Move. This may Remind us of a Scene from a Horror Flick. But this is True. Not Once but it Happens Many Times to You.
So What can be the Reason as to Why this Happens quite Often. Let’s Go down and Find Out
1. This is What Happens
Somewhere it’s Written in the Business Insider, that there are some Several Social and Psychological Factors that Influence the Condition of Sleep Paralysis. A Paper in 2011 Merged 35 Studies and from almost 36,000 Participants Experience, was found that 7.6% of the Entire Population Experiences Sleep Paralysis. Most of these are Students with a Disrupted Sleep Pattern and People suffering with Mental Instability, like Anxiety and Depression
2. When the Brain Is Awake then Why Doesn’t the Body Move ?
All this is Rooted down to the Three or Four Stages of Non-REM, also known as the Rapid Eye Movement. It’s Possible to Dream in all Stages of Sleep, but the Dreams that Takes Place in REM Sleep are more Real. This is the Dream where you Find yourself Falling from Somewhere High, and the Whole thing Feels Real, Isn’t It ?
3. During the REM Sleep the Brain is very much Alive and Active, People usually become Paralyzed During this Time.
4. As Many Believe that The Body is Unable to React, though you are Unconsciously Awake. This is called REM Antonia
5. How Long Does this Moment Last ?
This Effect usually lasts for Few Minutes or Some Seconds. Many Feel the Presence of Someone at that Time. This Happens Mostly to People Who are Depressed and Sad
6. For your Knowledge there are Three Different Types of Sleep Paralysis or Hallucinations which can Happen are “Incubus”, “Intruder” and “Unusual Bodily Experiences”
7. Incubus
An Intense Pressure on the Chest and Breathlessness. This Happens Due to Fear
8. Intruder
A Feeling of Someone’s Presence, fear, Visual and Auditory Hallucinations. Slightest of Sound can Get you to Panic and get you all Frightened Up.
9. Unusual Body Experiences
A Feeling as if you are Rising or Flying Around the Room. Different Areas of the Brain are Active During this Period of Half Sleeping.
10. With Many of Us having Sleep Paralysis, Prevention Therefore Seems to be Impossible. But One Option Helps Reduce this Paralysis is by Sleeping On Your Sides, but for How Long?
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