Sleep Paralysis

Sleep Paralysis

Grammar — Advanced Level

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Sleep paralysis is a phenomenon in which an individual, either during falling asleep or awakening,    they temporarily experience an inability to move, speak, or react.
It is a transitional state between wakefulness and sleep where the subject    they are unable to move their muscles. People who experience sleep paralysis often    they experience terrifying hallucinations which they are unable to react to. They    hallucinations involving a person or supernatural creature terrifying them, accompanied by a feeling of pressure on their chest and difficulty breathing. Other subjects    they experience a hallucination type involving a home intruder accompanied by a feeling of dread.
One hypothesis    sleep paralysis is a result of disrupted REM sleep, which normally induces complete muscle numbness to prevent sleepers from acting out their dreams.

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act out Trans. IMG
- (acted out) articulate, gesticulate
dread Trans. IMG
- fear
hallucination Trans. IMG
- a false impression; illusion
induce Trans. IMG
- (induced) cause to happen
numbness Trans. IMG
- paralysis, insensitivity
phenomenon Trans. IMG
- rare occurrence
REM Trans. IMG
- (Rapid Eye Movement) rapid movements of the eyes during the dreaming stage of sleep
subject Trans. IMG
- a person in a medical or psychological experiment
transitional Trans. IMG
- intermediate, middle

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