The Symptoms Of Sleep Paralysis
“…when the nightmare happens, the person senses a heavy thing upon him and finds he unable to scream…” (Golzari etal, 1689, p.1). Sleep paralysis causes psychological deficits in people of all ages.
Sleep paralysis has been around for hundreds of years. There has been evidence of Persian doctors that have attempted to diagnose its symptoms around 865 C.E. – 925 C.E. (Sleep paralysis, 2012). The most recent known documentation after the Persian doctors is a case from 1664 by a Dutch physician. Isbrand Van Diemerbroeck diagnosed sleep paralysis as intercepting the motion of the voice and respiration (Sleep paralysis, 2016), also considered a false dream. In Diemerbroeck’s studies, the patient’s symptoms included that she was being held down …show more content…
People in the past, present, and future will continue to experience these symptoms and witness imaginary things in their dreams while they try to distinguish between realities. Perhaps in the future, physicians and specialists will introduce a treatment or advanced advice to keep episodes from happening or at least decrease the …show more content…
A few feet away, a robed figure sat on my chair and slowly moved towards me. As it got closer, a menacing skull appeared. The only thing I could move were my eyeballs” (Ting Diu, 2015, p.1). Sleep paralysis is a real thing. It won’t kill you, but the risk factors that are involved gives you an increased chance of death. People of all ages experience this disorder. Familiarities include being choked and raised in the air. Hundreds of years later reports are constantly being filed over the syndrome. It is a very scary thing but remember you are not the only one. When you wake in the dead of night unable to move any muscle in your body or even scream, just focus on your breathing. Try to move a small muscle in your body to break free from the strange phenomenon. “The truth is, sleep paralysis is a biological event and there is nothing to be worried about. You’re not dying. It’s a hiccup in the brain’s chemical soup as we transition from sleep to wakefulness” (Ryan Hurd, 2016,
Sleep paralysis has been around for hundreds of years. There has been evidence of Persian doctors that have attempted to diagnose its symptoms around 865 C.E. – 925 C.E. (Sleep paralysis, 2012). The most recent known documentation after the Persian doctors is a case from 1664 by a Dutch physician. Isbrand Van Diemerbroeck diagnosed sleep paralysis as intercepting the motion of the voice and respiration (Sleep paralysis, 2016), also considered a false dream. In Diemerbroeck’s studies, the patient’s symptoms included that she was being held down …show more content…
People in the past, present, and future will continue to experience these symptoms and witness imaginary things in their dreams while they try to distinguish between realities. Perhaps in the future, physicians and specialists will introduce a treatment or advanced advice to keep episodes from happening or at least decrease the …show more content…
A few feet away, a robed figure sat on my chair and slowly moved towards me. As it got closer, a menacing skull appeared. The only thing I could move were my eyeballs” (Ting Diu, 2015, p.1). Sleep paralysis is a real thing. It won’t kill you, but the risk factors that are involved gives you an increased chance of death. People of all ages experience this disorder. Familiarities include being choked and raised in the air. Hundreds of years later reports are constantly being filed over the syndrome. It is a very scary thing but remember you are not the only one. When you wake in the dead of night unable to move any muscle in your body or even scream, just focus on your breathing. Try to move a small muscle in your body to break free from the strange phenomenon. “The truth is, sleep paralysis is a biological event and there is nothing to be worried about. You’re not dying. It’s a hiccup in the brain’s chemical soup as we transition from sleep to wakefulness” (Ryan Hurd, 2016,