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sleep paralysis 

Sleep paralysis is a feeling of being conscious but unable to move. It occurs when a person passes between stages of wakefulness and sleep. During these transitions, you may be unable to move or speak for a few seconds up to a few minutes. Some people may also feel pressure or a sense of choking. Sleep paralysis may accompany other sleep disorders such as narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is an overpowering need to sleep caused by a problem with the brain’s ability to regulate sleep.

In folklore, sleep paralysis has been widely considered to be the work of demons and more specifically incubi, which were thought to sit on the chests of sleepers. Folk belief in Newfoundland, describe the negative figure of the Hag who leaves her physical body at night, and sits on the chest of her victim. The victim usually wakes with a feeling of terror, and has difficulty breathing. In Fiji the experience is interpreted as “kana tevoro” being ‘eaten’ or possessed by a demon. In many cases the ‘demon’ can be the spirit of a recently dead relative who has come back for some unfinished business, or has come to communicate some important news to the living.


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