You are fully conscious, yet you are frozen to the spot and unable to escape your sleep paralysis demon. So what is going on?

Mental health imbalances such as anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorders, or panic disorder itself disrupt sleep patterns. It enhances risk factors for sleep paralysis.

While sleep paralysis can be weird and seriously uncomfortable, Sharpless marvels in Monsters on the Couch at how often people have asked him how one might be able to induce sleep paralysis.

The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow film hits theaters on May 16, and he revealed that his sleep paralysis diagnosis played a role ...