A loved one waking you with loud snoring, followed by gasping and choking sounds, might signal more than minor sleep disturbances. These symptoms could indicate serious conditions like sleep apnea or ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Sleep paralysis is common, and rarely harmful, though it can be scary. Here's what you should know about the causes, risk ...

BERKELEY, Calif. — Baland Jalal lay in bed terrified, experiencing his own real-life horror film. Newly awake, the 19-year-old could see his surroundings but couldn't move or speak, and he didn't know ...

'It's terrifying and exhausting,' describes Charlotte Lewis, who, aged 31, has been battling with sleep paralysis for most of her life. 'I feel this sense of falling and then realise I’m paralysed and ...

(CNN) — 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, experiencing his own real-life horror ...

Sleep paralysis is a condition where a person is conscious but unable to move during the transition between wakefulness and sleep. It can cause temporary paralysis, such as a few seconds of inability ...

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(CNN) — Baland Jalal lay in bed terrified, experiencing his own real-life horror film. Newly awake, the 19-year-old could see his surroundings but couldn’t move or speak, and he didn’t know why. He ...