The silent struggle: understanding sleep paralysis
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Sleep paralysis is a strange and often frightening experience where a person wakes up but cannot move or speak for a short period of time. This article aims to raise public awareness about what actually happens during sleep paralysis, why it occurs, and how lifestyle factors such as irregular sleep patterns, stress, and sleep deprivation contribute to it. It also discusses simple, evidence-based ways to reduce the risk, like maintaining consistent sleep schedules, improving sleep hygiene, and managing stress. The goal is to help people understand that sleep paralysis is a common and manageable condition, not a supernatural event.
Author: Atweri, Noble Wereko
Language: English
Topic: Sleep and related disorders
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7093074240
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