SLEEP PARALYSIS

1. Write true, false or doesn’t say:

a) The man who suffers from sleep paralysis thought that he was abducted by
aliens.....................................................................................................................
b) When we sleep our brains switch off the ability to move…………………………..
c) During sleep paralysis the eyes can’t move………………………………………..............
d) Sleep paralysis may be cured by hypnosis…………………………………………………....
e) Sometimes we wake up paralyzed because our brain switches on the ability
to move when we are no longer asleep ……………………………………………………………

2. Choose a, b or c

 Why does the brain switch off the ability to move

a) So we don’t injure ourseves acting out the dreams
b) So we can fall asleep
c) So we can fully rest while sleeping

 Sometimes we wake up paralized because:

a) Our brain is still asleep
b) Our brain switches on the ability to move
c) Our consciousness and ability to move are no sychronized

 What often accompanies paralysis:

a) Rapid eye movement
b) Hallucinations
c) Muscle contractions

 What are the three general types of hallucinations:

a) The devil, levitation, a monster approching you
 b) The evil force approching you, and the devil choking you
c) Levitation, the intruder approching you, the incubus choking you

 When you experience sleep paralysis you can sometimes:

a) Feel and think that you are being abducted, for example by aliens
b) Find aliens as an explanation to your current state
c) Find demons, witches, ghosts and spirits as an explanation to your state

 The sensation of being lifted off the bed is called:

a) Teleportation b) transportation c) Lavitation

 Paralysis is thought to be responsible for:

a) Sleepwalking
b) Numerous terryfing nighttime visitations throughout the ages
c) Awareness during our sleep