A rare disease: Sleep paralysis

A confusing phenomenon that arises in the transitional state between waking and sleep is sleep paralysis. It causes a transient paralysis in which people are fully cognizant but confined to their bodies, unable to move or communicate. Numerous vivid hallucinations, from visual disruptions to unsettling audio and tactile experiences, frequently accompany this emotion. Though its exact causes are still unknown, sleep paralysis is known to be strongly connected to disturbances in the regular sleep cycle, especially during REM sleep, which is the stage of sleep connected to vivid dreams. Numerous factors contribute to the onset of sleep paralysis, including irregular sleep patterns, sleep deprivation, stress, and certain sleep disorders like narcolepsy