RE: Subject:TOO SCARED TO SLEEP: A NIGHTMARE ON MY STREET

Follow-Up posted by Joseph Polanik (jPolanik@trionica.com) on 16:3:54 3/12/2002

Follow-Up:

There is no evidence that having Awareness during an episode of Sleep Paralysis is a disorder. And medical experts agree. Famed sleep researcher William C. Dement, M.D., writes in his new book, "The Promise of Sleep":

"Patients experiencing several of these "sleep paralysis" episodes sometimes become so anxious that they rush to the clinic to be examined. We always reassure them that a few attacks of sleep paralysis with no other symptoms are completely normal and innoucuous." [p. 294]
Joe

Here is a link that might be useful: Awareness during Sleep Paralysis home page


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