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Have you experienced that very unpleasant feeling that you couldn’t move even though you were awake? Your arms and legs wouldn’t obey and you didn’t know how to get out of it? We know why this is happening to you!
What happens to our body
You even have a strange feeling that something is moving next to you. If you tried to scream, you couldn’t.
Some people even experienced feeling like they were suffocating.
Do you feel that some creature has attacked you, but you can’t see it? Have you ever found yourself in this situation?
Sleep paralysis
The first thing you should know is that this is sleep paralysis and it is one of the most terrifying experiences in a person’s life.
Don’t be afraid, there is a completely simple explanation for what lies behind all this terror.
Before research, people debated about it and attributed it to supernatural beings, saying that some kind of demons cause it. But this is not true.
What is it?
It happens because your brain is already awake, but your body is still asleep. It’s a situation where the body and mind are somewhere between sleeping and waking up.
The reason is that you are in the REM phase of the sleep cycle and dreaming. So those scary shadows and hallucinations are not real.
Because you think you are awake, but your mind is still dreaming, and that’s why everything looks so real.
How to protect yourself against sleep paralysis
You should first think about yourself and ask how many hours you sleep each day, whether you feel anxious, or whether by any chance you watch scary movies before bed. All of these can be reasons for sleep paralysis.
So you should realize that stress is at the root of it all and you should start relaxing more. That means that if you are not stressed, you’ll have good sleep.
It is also possible that you are taking some medications that affect your mind negatively, particularly your sleep cycle, or it may also be hereditary.
If you have these problems long-term, we would recommend visiting a doctor.
