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How to Survive shares techniques to stay calm and safe during sleep paralysis, a terrifying but natural condition. They ...

Sleep paralysis, experienced by 30% globally, involves hallucinations during REM sleep. Baland Jalal, a Harvard researcher, studies its causes and terrifying experiences.

This type of hallucination is a hallmark for many people with sleep paralysis. It occurs during transitions into or out of rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep, similar to a traffic jam at a busy ...

As scary as sleep paralysis may sound, it’s not actually dangerous, experts said. But depending on how recurring it is, sleep paralysis can be a sign of an underlying sleep disorder, Jalal said.

During sleep paralysis, however, “we regain consciousness before the muscles regain their freedom from REM-induced paralysis,” said Walker, who is also a professor of neuroscience and ...

Sleep paralysis can be significantly alleviated with several practices or treatments, Walker said — starting with healthy sleep habits, for one. That includes seven to nine hours of restful ...

About 40% of people with sleep paralysis have visual, auditory or tactile hallucinations, such as pressure on one's chest or feeling out of body, Jalal said. For about 90% of those individuals ...