Sleep paralysis is also known as old hag syndrome. Some people say Aliens, Demons, or the classic old hag is the cause of sleep paralysis. An old hag who sits on unsuspected person chest where upon they are awaken realizing they are powerless, unable to move. Sleep paralysis consists of a period of inability to perform voluntary movements either at sleep onset (called hypnogogic or predormital form) or upon awakening (called hypnopompic or postdormtal form). With sleep paralysis you get symptoms of suppression of skeletal muscle tone, a sleep onset REM period, dissociated REM sleep.

 Is it harmful?

 Sleep paralysis is most often associated with narcolepsy, a neurological condition in which the person has uncontrollable naps. However, there are many people who experience sleep paralysis without having signs of narcolepsy. Sometimes it runs in families. There is no known explanation why some people experience this paralysis. It is not harmful, although most people report feeling very afraid because they do not know what is happening, and within minutes they gradually or abruptly are able to move again; the episode is often terminated by a sound or a touch on the body. In some cases, when hypnogogic hallucinations are present, people feel that someone is in the room with them; some experience the feeling that someone or something is sitting on their chest and they feel impending death and suffocation. That has been called the "Hag Phenomena" and has been happening to people over the centuries. These things cause people much anxiety and terror, but there is no physical harm.

Here some ways to help you to sleep paralysis.

• getting enough sleep
•  reduce stress
• exercise regularly (but not too close to bedtime)
• keep a regular sleep schedule

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