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16 sty 2018 · Sleep paralysis (SP) is a state associated with the inability to move that occurs when an individual is about sleeping or just waking. It could occur in healthy individuals as isolated SP. It has also been linked with other underlying psychiatry, familial, and sleep disorders.
- A clinician’s guide to recurrent isolated sleep paralysis
During episodes of sleep paralysis, the sufferer awakens to...
- A clinician’s guide to recurrent isolated sleep paralysis
30 sty 2024 · Sleep paralysis (SP) is a mixed state of consciousness and sleep, combining features of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep with those of wakefulness. The exact cause of SP is unknown, and its prevalence varies among the studies.
Hufford argues that sleep paralysis provides a culturally invariant core experience with characteristics that naturally prompt religious and spiritual interpretations.
1 mar 2008 · Isolated sleep paralysis (ISP) is a common parasomnia characterized by an inability to move or speak and often accompanied by hallucinations of a sensed presence nearby. Recent research has linked ISP, and sensed presence more particularly, with social anxiety and other psychopathologies.
We present some key findings from an online survey on isolated sleep paralysis. The aim of our study was to get a differentiated picture of the correlation between the frequency of sleep paralysis and several phenomena (symptoms, experiences) as well as factors correlated with these phenomena.
19 lip 2016 · During episodes of sleep paralysis, the sufferer awakens to rapid eye movement sleep-based atonia combined with conscious awareness. This is usually a frightening event often accompanied by vivid, waking dreams (ie, hallucinations).
7 cze 2023 · In a phenomenon known as cultural priming, shared cultural narratives of sleep paralysis, such as attacks from sinister figures, can predispose individuals to experience a greater fear reaction, a more intense effort to escape paralysis, and culture-dependent hallucinations.
