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Sleep Paralysis – Awake Inside a Sleeping Body
This episode explores sleep paralysis, a frightening experience that happens when a person becomes conscious before REM paralysis has fully ended. During REM sleep, the brain naturally prevents most body movement so we do not physically act out our dreams. In sleep paralysis, awareness returns while that temporary paralysis is still active, leaving the person awake but unable to move.
The episode explains why sleep paralysis often includes terrifying sensations such as pressure on the chest, difficulty moving, a feeling that someone is in the room, or even vivid hallucinations of dark figures…
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