The author's instincts scream for her to get up and run, but her body refuses to listen. My first episode is in 2012. I’m in the first semester of my freshman year. My schedule consists of classes, ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Maybe you’ve seen the meme: “This is my sleep paralysis demon: [insert photo].” The viral idea builds on a very real condition in which a person is conscious but unable to move. In some cases, people ...

Sleep paralysis is a feeling of being conscious but unable to move or speak. It happens when you pass between stages of wakefulness and sleep. [iStockphoto] Over the years, Simon Mwangi has been ...

It’s the stuff of nightmares. You wake up, and you can’t move your body. A shadowy figure looms over you, but it feels too real to be a dream. If you’ve experienced this, you might have had a sleep ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Sleep paralysis is a feeling of being conscious but unable to move or speak. It happens when you pass between stages of ...

Have you ever awakened from a deep sleep and then found that you could not move or speak? You could see and sense things in the room but you could not move. This frightening condition is known as ...

Most of us have the occasional nightmare, but sleep paralysis—a strange purgatory between sleep and wakefulness in which you feel wide awake but can’t move and sometimes experience hallucinations—is ...

I can't move. I can't breathe. A sense of dread and panic washes over me as I realize, There’s someone here. It's pitch black in the middle of the night, and I'm getting yanked out of bed; something ...

Nightmares, insomnia and sleep paralysis inspire in many a trip to the refrigerator or a few hours with a soothing book. When SUNY Cortland senior Melissa Kummrow of DeRuyter, N.Y., awakes in the dark ...

Jasneet Singh is a writer who finally has a platform to indulge in long rants about small moments on TV and film in overwhelming detail. With a literature background, she is drawn to the narrative ...

Dave Irwin is a writer on Game Rant with over six years worth of experience in the games industry. During this time, he has written countless guides, as well as features and reviews for a wide variety ...