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Abstract
I
have had for some years I
can’t count, a daily
terrible night experience,
and so disturbing that I feared
the night when it fell and
released its curtain down.
I knew that on sleeping it
would visit me and would horrify
me, causing extreme distress.
It’s like witnessing
death; I can’t talk,
I can’t shout for help
or scream or cry out. I can’t
move, I can’t open my
eyes, despite struggling hard.
I just feel impending doom
on my chest squeezing me very
hard, where I can’t breathe
in fully, along with hearing
buzzing and hissing sounds
loudly for a few seconds,
maybe minutes and then it
releases as I am brought back
to life, to reality, reborn
as a spell lets go and passes
away after a great struggle.
I never
knew what it was until I heard
about sleep paralysis and
narcolepsy. So, I wanted to
dig deep to find out why and
what triggers this scary nocturnal
phenomenon.
Keywords:
sleep paralysis, myths, dream,
muscle atonia, REM sleep,
sleep disorder,
narcolepsy.
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