{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64bec46e80ea2c0011f9735f/659b0c69b55ace001776a94e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Demons that Haunt Us in Bed","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64bec46e80ea2c0011f9735f/1704659294362-8d303388540440d3c98a44532990e733.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Have you experienced sleep paralysis? Did you know it causes hallucinations, out of body experiences, and even death?</p><p><br></p><p>This episode explains neurophysiological and psychological underpinnings of sleep paralysis down to 3 scenarios: Intruder, Incubus, and Unusual Bodily Experiences. </p><p><br></p><p>Further, I briefly unwrap why getting good sleep is essential to controlling your dreams and manifesting them into reality. Just your typical podcast stuff. </p><p><br></p><p>Works Cited</p><p>Cheyne, J.Allan, et al. “Hypnagogic and Hypnopompic Hallucinations during Sleep Paralysis: Neurological and Cultural Construction of the Night-Mare.” <em>Consciousness and Cognition</em>, Academic Press, 25 May 2002, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S105381009990404X.</p><p>Cox, Ann M. “Sleep Paralysis and Folklore.” <em>JRSM Open</em>, SAGE Publications, 28 July 2015, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5167075/#sec4-2054270415598091title.</p><p>Denis, Dan, et al. “A Systematic Review of Variables Associated with Sleep Paralysis.” <em>Sleep Medicine Reviews</em>, W.B. Saunders, 8 June 2017, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1087079217301120.</p><p>Elliot, Josh K. “Why the Paralyzing 'Sleep Demon' Still Haunts Humans in the Age of Science.” <em>Global News</em>, Global News, 20 Apr. 2019, globalnews.ca/news/5177498/sleep-paralysis-demon-science/.</p><p>Fuseli, Henry. <em>The Nightmare. </em>1781, Detroit Institute of Arts, Midtown Detroit. <em>Wikipedia,</em>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare#Exhibition.</p><p>Jaiswal, Samiksha. “Night Hag - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia.” <em>Alchetron.com</em>, 6 Feb. 2018, alchetron.com/Night-hag.</p><p>Madrigal, Alexis C. “The Dark Side of the Placebo Effect: When Intense Belief Kills.” <em>The Atlantic</em>, Atlantic Media Company, 14 Sept. 2011, www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/09/the-dark-side-of-the-placebo-effect-when-in tense-belief-kills/245065/.</p><p>Munger, Ronald G. “Sudden Death in Sleep of Laotian-Hmong Refugees in Thailand: a Case-Control Study.” <em>American Journal of Public Health</em>, vol. 77, no. 9, Sept. 1987, pp. 1187–1190., doi:10.2105/ajph.77.9.1187.</p>","author_name":"Sofia Mattson"}