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Sleep paralysis is a temporary inability to move or speak that happens when you are waking up or, less commonly, falling asleep. Sleep paralysis is a condition that occurs in the state just before dropping off to sleep (the hypnagogic state) or just before fully awakening from sleep (the hypnopompic state). Kanashibari is the japanese term for sleep paralysis, a phenomenon when rem sleep overlaps with waking consciousness.
A situation where a person is not fully awake, and although conscious of their surroundings, unable to move or speak, often accompanied by hallucinations and feelings of terror.
One of the common occult themes in japan is sleep paralysis accompanying the appearance of incorporeal beings. Slowly, his bedroom door creaked open, like a hand was lightly touching it. Kanashibari is the japanese term for sleep paralysis, a phenomenon when rem sleep overlaps with waking consciousness. The areas of the brain that detect threats are in a heightened state and overly sensitive.
