Tag: fear

Sleep Paralysis: A Special Kind of Nightmare

September 17, 2008

Sleep paralysis is the sensation of waking from sleep but being unable to move. This may be truly terrifying for many who experience it. Sleep paralysis is not particularly well understood by modern science. It may occur as a sense of being “paralysed” upon waking, but the experience may be more complex, and involve feeling, … More Sleep Paralysis: A Special Kind of Nightmare

Nightmares: Part 2

September 16, 2008

It is quite distressing that often when we have a nightmare, it doesn’t occur in isolation, but recurrs with a frightening persistence.  As if having one nightmare wasn’t bad enough, but to have them frequently!  It just doesn’t seem fair!  But it makes more sense when you realise why you are having these bad dreams.  … More Nightmares: Part 2