According to the medical, circumstances when a person will sleep or waking up feeling like a strangled breathlessness, chest tightness, difficulty moving and hard body screaming alias called sleep paralysis sleep paralysis (because the body can not move and seemed paralyzed). Almost everyone has experienced it. At least once or twice in his life.
Sleep paralysis can happen to anyone, male or female. And the average age of the first to experience this sleep disorder is 14-17 years. This squeezing aka sleep paralysis can indeed take place in a matter of seconds to minutes. Interestingly, when squeezing occurs we often have hallucinations, like seeing a figure or a black shadow around the bed. Not surprisingly, this phenomenon was often associated with the occult.In the Western world, a phenomenon often referred nightmare squeezing Inkubus or old hag based on the form of a shadow that appears. There is also a feeling of seeing a foreign or alien secret agent. While in some medieval paintings, squeezing illustrated by the figure of evil spirits occupying the chest of a woman until she was frightened and difficult breathing.
Sleep Deprivation
According to Al Cheyne, researchers from the University of Waterloo, Canada, sleep paralysis, is a kind of hallucination due to malfunctions in the stage of rapid sleep eye movement (REM).
For knowledge, based on brain waves, sleep is divided into 4 stages. Stages it is the lightest sleep phase (we still semi-conscious), a deeper stage of sleep, the deepest sleep and REM stage. At this stage the dream happen.
When the condition of the body is too tired or lack of sleep, brain waves do not follow the stages of sleep are supposed to. So, from the waking state (when going to bed) to the lightest sleep phase, and then jumped into the dream (REM).
When the brain is suddenly awakened from REM stage but the body is not, this is where sleep paralysis occurs. We feel very conscious, but the body can not move. Plus the hallucinations appeared another figure which is actually a characteristic of dreams. In addition, sleep paralysis can also be caused by something that can not be controlled. As a result, appeared stressed and carried into the dream. The work environment has also affected. For example, you work in shifts so that lack of sleep or have irregular sleep patterns.
Do not underestimate
Although uncommon, this sleep disorder should be wary. Because, sleep paralysis can also be a sign of narcolepsy (sudden sleep attacks without signs of sleepiness), sleep apnea (snoring), anxiety, or depression. If you frequently experience sleep disturbance, should make note of the pattern of sleep for several weeks. This will help you determine the cause. Then, overcome by avoiding triggers. When squeezing caused too tired, try to rest more. Lack of sleep also should not be underestimated. If it is causing sleep paralysis, the condition means it's heavy. Immediate self-evaluation and inadequate sleep needs. Try to sleep 8-10 hours at the same hour every night.
Keep in mind also, seep paralysis usually occurs in people who sleep in the supine position (face up and almost soundly or in a state of almost awake from sleep). That is why, we need to frequently change position to sleep to reduce the risk of this sleep disorder. Well, if squeezing accompanied by other symptoms, it is better immediately to a specialist sleep or sleep lab to be examined further. Usually the doctor will ask when squeezing starts and how long it has lasted. Note that you have created earlier will be very helpful when it went to the doctor.
Myth Sleep Paralysis in Various Countries
- On the Afro-American culture, this sleep disorder is called the devil riding your back
- In Chinese culture, called O-shen gui aka ghost interference suppress a person's body.
- In the Mexican culture, called se me subio el muerto and is believed to be the event that the spirits of the dead are attached to a person.
- In the culture of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, called pee umm, referring to the incident where someone is sleeping and dreaming delicate creature holding or restraining the person's body to stay in their nature.
- In the culture of Iceland, called mara. It is an ancient word language Island. That is a ghost who occupy a person's chest at night, trying to make him short of breath and suffocation.
- In a culture Tuki, called karabasan, believed to be a creature that attacks people when sleeping, chest presses the person and take his breath.
- In the Japanese culture , called Kanashibari, which literally means binding that mean someone bound by spirits.
- In Vietnamese culture, called ma de the means possessed by a demon. Many residents of Vietnamese believe this disorder occurs because the spirits possessed person's body.
- In the Hungarian culture, called lidercnyomas and is associated with the word supernatural Boszorkany (witch). Boszorkany word itself means to press so that this incident is translated as pressure exerted on one's spirits in while sleeping.
- In the Maltese culture, this sleep disorder is considered as an attack by Haddiela (wife Hares), god of the Maltese people in a way that haunt the possessed man . And to avoid the attack Haddiela, someone should put objects of silver or a knife under the pillow during sleep.
- In the culture of New Guinea, the phenomenon is called Suk Ninmyo. It is the sacred tree of life of the human spirit. This sacred tree will take the human spirit at night so as not to interfere with humans in daylight. However, often people whose spirits are being eaten this tree awoke and there was sleep paralysis. ghost or ghosts who was riding someone's shoulder.
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