waking and not being able to move for a short period of time, usually occurs out of REM (dream) sleep.
Sometimes known as REM atonia, is a motor inhibition of the legs, arms, and body of the sleeper during REM sleep. It is our own bodies security against acting out our own dreams or else we would be active throughout the night. The sleep paralysis of REM sleep does not always automatically turn off when you come out of the REM state. This is why you may wake up and not be able to move for a few seconds. It may seem a bit terrifying, but it happens to everyone during the night, and nothing bad can come of it.
the inability to move in sleep during REM sleep and when wakening from REM sleep. Narcoleptics often experience this when falling asleep.
a state of being awake, yet not physically being able to do anything.
A symptom of narcolepsy, characterized by an inability to move during sleep onset or upon waking, while the patient is awake and conscious.
The experience of being fully awake and aware of one's surroundings, yet completely unable to move or speak. The phenomena usually occurs immediately prior to falling asleep, or immediately upon waking.
a brief loss of muscle control that occurs at the onset of sleep or upon awakening; a condition usually associated with narcolepsy. May last from a few seconds to a few minutes. Occurs in one in twenty healthy people but is more common in those with narcolepsy.
temporary inability to talk or move when falling asleep or waking up. It occurs normally during REM sleep.
A frightening form of paralysis that occurs when a person suddenly finds himself or herself unable to move for a few minutes, most often upon falling asleep or waking up. Sleep paralysis is due to an ill-timed disconnection between the brain and the body. See the entire definition of Sleep paralysis
A frightening state of seeming to being awake but unable to move.
Temporary inability, lasting a few seconds to a few minutes, to talk or move while falling asleep or waking up; a symptom of narcolepsy although people without narcolepsy may experience this symptom as well.
The phenomenon of waking up unable to move for several seconds, due to the persistence of the loss of muscle tone that occurs during REM sleep. While sleep paralysis is sometimes frightening, it is harmless.
Sleep paralysis is a common part of REM sleep itself but is a disorder when it strikes outside REM sleep. Usually, people with sleep paralysis are unable to perform voluntary movements either right before they go to sleep or upon waking in the morning. One of the symptoms of narcolepsy, but also experienced by some non-narcoleptic individuals.
Immobility of the body that occurs in the transition from sleep to wakefulness; A partial manifestation of REM sleep
Sleep paralysis is a condition characterized by temporary paralysis of the body shortly after waking up (known as hypnopompic paralysis) or, less often, shortly before falling asleep (known as hypnagogic paralysis).