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For an entire summer, Serena, 23, would wake up to a demon with red eyes watching her from the corner of her bedroom. She wasn\u2019t dreaming \u2014 at least, not exactly. Serena suffers from sleep paralysis. \u201cI always tried to wake up by wiggling my toes and fingers, but it never worked,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m convinced my house is haunted.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Although her story may seem freaky, Serena is not alone. Around 8% of the US population experiences sleep paralysis at some point in their lives, according to psychologists at Penn State University. Episodes are different for everyone. Some people, like Serena, sense a \u201cghostly presence\u201d or demon hovering around them or in their rooms. Other sleep paralysis sufferers on Reddit describe not being able to breathe, intense pressure on their chest, and auditory hallucinations.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSleep paralysis is the result of a mismatch in your sleep cycles,\u201d Hope Bastine, a sleep psychology expert, previously told Refinery29. \u201cDuring REM sleep your body is paralysed to stop you from acting out your dreams and to carry out essential maintenance. The paralytic substance usually wears off just as we wake up for 3 to 20 minutes after each sleep cycle. However, with a sufferer, they wake up before the paralytic substance has worn off and often when the dreaming state has not quite finished.\u201d<\/p>\n

During an episode, people feel awake \u2014 but they\u2019re unable to move, and they may see things that aren\u2019t really there, or feel things that aren\u2019t really happening.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who experience sleep paralysis can have vivid hallucinations because they\u2019re dreaming,\u201d Steven Bender, DDS, director of the Centre for Facial Pain and Sleep Medicine and clinical assistant professor with the Texas A&M College of Dentistry, said in an article for ScienceDaily. \u201cPeople have felt like they\u2019re levitating or that someone is in their bedroom or a variety of other strange experiences, like alien abductions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The sensation that there\u2019s someone in a room with you is called an \u201cintruder\u201d hallucination, according to an article published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. The authors say this may happen when someone is experiencing a glitch in their mirror neurons, which fire off when you move or when you watch another person move. During sleep paralysis, activity in these neurons could make you think you\u2019re catching sight of someone or something moving, when you\u2019re really not.<\/p>\n

The details of what you\u2019re seeing \u2014 say, a demon with red eyes \u2014 might just be your brain trying to explain these \u201cmovements.\u201d \u201cAdding original features, scenarios or stories to try and make sense of what you\u2019re experiencing is a very human thing to do,\u201d Baland Jalal, a neuroscientist at the University of California, told The Guardian. \u201cAnd this is why people see ghosts, demons, aliens or even figments from their past.\u201d<\/p>\n

More research is needed to confirm the mirror neuron theory, and to find solutions for sufferers. Although experiencing it is generally harmless, this sleep disorder could cause anxiety and even indicate that the sufferer has depression, sleep apnea, hypertension, and other anxiety disorders.<\/p>\n

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The NHS says that ways you can prevent sleep paralysis are getting enough sleep (ideally six to eight hours each night), going to bed at the same time each night, and getting regular exercise. The NHS advises not to eat a big meal, smoke, drink alcohol or caffeine before bedtime, and avoid sleeping on your back. They also recommend seeing a general practitioner if your sleep paralysis continues and if it\u2019s affecting your day-to-day life \u2014 a GP may be needed to treat a possible underlying condition.<\/p>\n

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