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    Sleep paralysis is a state, during waking up or falling asleep, in which a person is conscious but in a complete state of full-body paralysis. During...
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    Narcolepsy (redirect from Paroxysmal sleep)
    sleepiness (EDS), sleep-related hallucinations, sleep paralysis, disturbed nocturnal sleep (DNS), and cataplexy. People with narcolepsy tend to sleep about the...
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  • syndrome. Temporary paralysis occurs during REM sleep, and dysregulation of this system can lead to episodes of waking paralysis. Drugs that interfere...
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    Night hag (category Sleep physiology)
    supernatural creature, commonly associated with the phenomenon of sleep paralysis. It is a phenomenon in which the sleeper feels the presence of a supernatural...
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    Sleep paralysis, characterized by temporary paralysis of the body shortly before or after sleep. Sleep paralysis may be accompanied by visual, auditory or...
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    does not explain the muscle paralysis of REM sleep; however, a logical analysis might suggest that the muscle paralysis exists to prevent the animal...
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  • increased occurrence of sleep paralysis. Lying (position) Human positions Sex positions "Good health rests on a good night's sleep/". 20 May 2019. Retrieved...
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  • Hypnopompic and hypnagogic hallucinations are frequently accompanied by sleep paralysis, which is a state wherein one is consciously aware of one's surroundings...
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  • during the sleep phase with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. The major feature of RBD is loss of muscle atonia (i.e., the loss of paralysis) during otherwise...
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  • Parasomnia (category Sleep disorders)
    7%. Sleep paralysis is associated with sleep-related hallucinations. Predisposing factors for the development of recurrent isolated sleep paralysis are...
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  • can indicate conversion disorder or sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis and narcolepsy can be ruled out with sleep tests. These symptoms are attributed...
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  • as early as the late 2000s. The Hat Man is commonly associated with sleep paralysis and the abuse of the antihistamine medicine diphenhydramine, commonly...
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    stands for "rapid eye movement", this mode of sleep has many other aspects, including virtual paralysis of the body. Dreams are a succession of images...
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  • disorder – sleep disorder that involves involuntary limb movement during sleepPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Sleep paralysis – Sleeping disorder...
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  • Lucid dream (category Sleep physiology)
    7.6% of the general population have experienced sleep paralysis at least once. Exiting sleep paralysis to a waking state can be achieved by intently focusing...
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  • with runners in scoring position Recurrent Isolated Sleep Paralysis, a chronic form of sleep paralysis Rare Isotope Science Project, the research center...
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  • vestigial (or anyway anomalous) REM sleep in the context of disturbed or hyper-aroused sleep (lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis, or situations of high anticipation)...
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  • parasomnias REM sleep behavior disorder Recurrent isolated sleep paralysis Nightmare disorder Other parasomnias Exploding head syndrome Sleep-related hallucinations...
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  • their sleep. The film also stars Craig Conway. Tonge and Frank based the film's story on conditions and mythology surrounding both sleep paralysis and Brugada...
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  • Hypnagogia (category Sleep disorders)
    dreaming, and sleep paralysis. In 1848, Alfred Maury introduced the term "hypnagogic" from the Greek words ύπνος (“hypnos”), meaning “sleep”, and αγωγός...
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  • copulating with the individual at night, an event associated with sleep paralysis and possibly night terrors.[citation needed][dubious – discuss] Traditional...
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  • and ethnographer known for his research on paranormal phenomena and sleep paralysis. He is professor emeritus of Humanities and Psychiatry at Penn State...
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  • hallucination and out-of-body experiences during sleep paralysis. According to this theory, sleep paralysis leads to disinhibition of the mirror neuron system...
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  • Hypnic jerk (redirect from Sleep start)
    characterized by random and rapid eye movements Sleep paralysis – Sleeping disorder "Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep" (PDF). National Institute of Neurological...
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  • The story revolves around a young writer struggling with horrifying, sleep-paralysis induced visions, who retreats with her boyfriend to an isolated desert...
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    offerings and appeal given to the jinn. Sleep paralysis is understood as a "jinn attack" by many sleep paralysis sufferers in Egypt, as discovered by a...
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    Incubus (category Sleep in mythology and folklore)
    explanation for the incubus concept could fall under the scope of sleep paralysis, as well as hypnagogia, as it is common to experience auditory and...
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    Supine. Standard anatomical position Lying (position) Prone position Sleep paralysis Rothrock, J. C. (2007) Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery 13th...
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    eyes, which are often not affected by the paralysis. The symptoms are similar to those of sleep paralysis. Patients who have locked-in syndrome are conscious...
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  • The Nightmare (2015 American film) (category Films about sleep disorders)
    26, 2015 at the Sundance Film Festival and focuses on the topic of sleep paralysis. Ascher chose his subject because it had happened to him in the past...
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