Overview Of The Signs Of Sleep Paralysis

Difficulty Breathing

As mentioned, patients have adrenaline racing throughout their body during sleep paralysis. This causes their heart to beat faster. Their breathing will also speed up! This reaction is natural, as the blood and adrenaline normally give individuals the energy they need to fight or flee. Of course, this is not possible in sleep paralysis. Thus, patients will be breathing quite heavily and be still. Most patients describe this as their heart feeling like it is about to beat through their chest. Thus, they often feel as if they cannot breathe! At the very least, they will have a hard time doing so. Their chest will not expand fully since it is not able to move. The result is that the patient's lungs cannot expand much either!

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