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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul_Klein" data-source="post: 231262" data-attributes="member: 3303">Actually, Ashrem Bayle, it's not narcolepsy these people are describing, it's called sleep paralysis. These people say they wake up, and cannot move, scream, do anything. With Narcolepsy, a victim is overcome with an irresistable sleep attack that can occur at any time of the day (although typically during an emotionally high state). Sleep paralysis is a condition in which someone, most often lying in a supine position, about to drop of to sleep, or just upon waking from sleep realizes that s/he is unable to move, or speak, or cry out. This may last a few seconds or several moments, occasionally longer. People frequently report feeling a "presence" that is often described as malevolent, threatening, or evil. An intense sense of dread and terror is very common. The presence is likely to be vaguely felt or sensed just out of sight but thought to be watching or monitoring, often with intense interest, sometimes standing by, or sitting on, the bed. On some occasions the presence may attack, strangling and exerting crushing pressure on the chest. People also report auditory, visual, proprioceptive, and tactile hallucinations, as well as floating sensations and out-of-body experiences.Also, only about .02 - .05% of people suffer from narcolepsy, whereas 20 - 40% of people have had or regularly suffer from sleep paralysis. Just thought I'd clear that up <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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