Thread: sleep paralysis

Originally Posted by O'nus

Firstly, everyone goes into sleep paralysis every night when they go to sleep; you have to in order to fall asleep.

Do you have a source for this claim? All the sources I've seen say that sleep atonia only occurs in REM sleep.

To my understanding, sleep paralysis occurs at the onset of REM sleep to prevent the body from acting out dreams. However, during all other stages of sleep (non-REM), one is still able to unconsciously move his or her body, and this is why we are susceptible to sleep walking and other muscular motions.

Originally Posted by Metaphyz1k

To my understanding, sleep paralysis occurs at the onset of REM sleep to prevent the body from acting out dreams. However, during all other stages of sleep (non-REM), one is still able to unconsciously move his or her body, and this is why we are susceptible to sleep walking and other muscular motions.

Thank you guys for pointing this out; sleep paralysis does/should only happen at the onset of REM sleep.

Thus my concern.
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