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

Sleep paralysis is a condition where one experiences a temporary state of consciousness while waking up, without the ability to move or speak. Some people, like me, hallucinate while stuck in it.

These are often informally referred to by sufferers as "sleep paralysis demons". These "nightmarish hallucinations" have been found "throughout history", said The Telegraph. However, Christopher ...

Sleep paralysis is a feeling of being conscious but unable to move or speak. It happens when you pass between stages of wakefulness and sleep. [iStockphoto] Over the years, Simon Mwangi has been ...

some horror movies are even, frighteningly, about sleep paralysis, night terrors ... from disturbing incidences to demonic apparitions. As the family eventually discovers, Dalton isn’t in ...

And just like that, my mind found its third demon: Gollum Gary. Intruders, as it turns out, are some of the most common hypnopompic hallucinations among those with sleep paralysis. Often, they felt ...