Have you ever experienced sleep
paralysis or ever seen an asleep demon?
As suggested by researchers, Sleep paralysis is a phenomenon that occurs during different stages of sleep. When you dive onto your bedtime and after few jiffies, you may feel that you're unable to move your body, unable to speak, powerless to scream out.
You may also find a demon sitting on you, or standing by your side. It happens when an individual is in between stages of wakefulness and sleep. Between this transition, a person may be unable to move or speak for a few seconds up to a few minutes. Most people have also encountered pressure or a sense of strangling on the neck and chest.
Sometimes, sleep paralysis a company with other sleep disorders such as Narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a condition characterized by an overpowering tendency to sleep provoked by a problem with the brain's ability to control sleep.
How long Sleep paralysis lasts?
The duration of hallucinations of sleep paralysis are different for different individuals. Sleep paralysis can linger from few seconds to several minutes. Outbreaks of lengthier sleep paralysis are typically unsettling and may arouse a panic response.
Sometimes, sleep paralysis may be co-existed with rather intense hallucinations, which most people will ascribe to being parts of nightmares or dreams.
What causes Sleep paralysis?
As reported by researchers, around 40℅ of the population go through sleep paralysis. Mainly, sleep paralysis is the result of a change in the sleep schedule and sleep deprivation or lack of sleep. Sleep off on the back, use of specific medication, stress, other sleep-related problems may also be a reason for sleep paralysis.
How to prevent Sleep paralysis?
Some of the things you can do to prevent sleep paralysis:
1. Get good sleep of 6-8 hours.
2. Do exercise regularly once a day, but not in the 4hours before sleep
3. Set you're waking up and sleeping off time same for every day.
4. Do not take heavy meals or drinks or smoke before sleep.
5. Do not sleep on your back.
