What are sleep paralysis demons? Sleep paralysis demons are nightmarish hallucinations that often accompany episodes of sleep paralysis. This occurs when the temporary paralysis, which is a normal ...

It’s the stuff of nightmares. You wake up, and you can’t move your body. A shadowy figure looms over you, but it feels too real to be a dream. If you’ve experienced this, you might have had a sleep ...

If you’ve ever woken up unable to move, feeling as if a ghostly presence is pressing on your chest, you’re not alone—welcome to the strange world of sleep paralysis. This phenomenon, which affects ...

A neuroscientist describes particular sleep disorders that occur while falling asleep and waking up. Hypnopompic hallucinations can happen with sleep paralysis, when body paralysis lingers during the ...

Sign up for CNN’s Sleep, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide has helpful hints to achieve better sleep. Baland Jalal lay in bed terrified ...