Sleep paralysis happens when consciousness wakes up before REM paralysis fully shuts off. Part of the brain is awake. Part of it is still dreaming. At the same time, the fear centers become highly active while logical processing is still partially offline. So the brain tries to explain the terror by creating a “presence.” A shadow. A figure. Something watching. because the dreaming mind is temporarily bleeding into waking reality. #sleepparalysis #dream #neuroscience #traumahealing #hypnopompic
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Sleep paralysis happens when consciousness wakes up before REM paralysis fully shuts off. Part of the brain is awake. Part of it is still dreaming. At the same time, the fear centers become highly active while logical processing is still partially offline. So the brain tries to explain the terror by creating a “presence.” A shadow. A figure. Something watching. because the dreaming mind is temporarily bleeding into waking reality. #sleepparalysis #dream #neuroscience #traumahealing #hypnopompic
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