Tag: sleep paralysis
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Do You Have Hypersomnia? 12 Signs You Sleep Too Much
Do you wake up tired after you’ve slept the entire night? Do you feel as if you could sleep 10-12 hours each day and it still wouldn’t be enough? You may have a condition called hypersomnia, which is a rare sleep disorder that can wreak havoc on your life. Also called idiopathic hypersomnia or IH,…
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Science Explains 4 Reasons For Sleep Paralysis (And How to Treat It)
If you’ve experienced sleep paralysis, you aren’t alone. Many people experience the phenomenon at some point in their life, and 28.3% of students report having experienced it (1). Here’s what it is: It Can Be Terrifying You’re not entirely sleeping during nighttime paralysis, and that’s what’s so terrifying about sleep paralysis. You may try to…
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Researchers Explain 10 Causes Of Sleep Paralysis (And How to Prevent It)
If you have never experienced sleep paralysis, consider yourself very fortunate; the condition is one denoted by impaired breathing, an inability to move, and hallucinations. For many people, the experience is something akin to a disconnect between the brain and the body. To say this an unpleasant experience would be a gross understatement. This condition…
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Science Explains What Sleep Paralysis Does To Your Body (And Why It Happens)
Sleep paralysis is the sensation of being conscious but physically unable to move. It occurs when a person passes between the two stages of wakefulness and sleep. Of all the weird sensations that one can experience, perhaps there is nothing stranger than being unable to move, more specifically, being unable to move while being consciously…