Health & Wellness

Sleep Paralysis By Ivan Miyingo, BPharm, MPS June 30 , 2023. I 8:00 A.M. It’s exactly but not precisely 4:15 a.m., and you’re in your comfy bed or sofa set snoring, probably because your tongue has been cast behind your throat. Suddenly, you’re ushered into a horrific nightmare that precipitates a cascade of events beyond your imagination. Scared and frightened, you’re fighting so hard to get out of this terrific dream but with zero success. You try to scream but no sound is being produced. Even worse, you try to move to get up and run, but you can’t move a single finger. There is a feeling you have an intruder inside the room and you can hear footsteps as if approaching you. Meanwhile, you seem to be awake and aware of the whole situation, but you can’t talk and your body can’t move. Helter-skelter, the breathing patterns are suddenly disrupted. Breathing in is smooth and easy, but breathing out is almost impossible, and vice versa. It feels like someone is sitting on your chest, chok...