Sleep paralysis is a sleep disorder characterized by episodes of awakenings during sleep cycles when one cannot move any muscle, not even for opening the eyes or moving the mouth, feeling basically paralyzed. The experience can be pretty terrifying as the line between the dreaming state and reality fades away. For a better understanding of this condition, we need to explore the stages, physiological processes, and mechanisms of sleep.
Why is sleep so important?
Like eating and drinking water, sleeping is one of the vital physiological activities we must perform in order to live a healthy life.
In the past, scientists believed that during sleep the brain becomes dormant, now, modern science has proved that in fact, during sleep our brain engages in a lot of processes preparing us for the next day and at the same time filtering and processing the new information we acquired over the previous day.