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What causes sleep paralysis?

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Key Takeaways Sleep paralysis happens when you wake up but can't move for a few minutes ...
The investigative minds at How to Survive explore sleep paralysis hallucinations, causes, and how to cope safely.
Hallucinations are unreal sensory experiences, such as hearing or seeing something that is not there. Any of our five senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch) can be involved. Most often, when we ...
I have experienced hallucinations several times in my life. When my kids were babies, I would hear crying in the night even when they weren’t. Just the other night while lying in bed, I saw a huge ...