TIL your body paralyzes itself when you sleep to keep you from acting out your dreams. However, it is possible to wake up while still paralyzed; many people who have experienced this claim they felt a malevolent presence nearby.

http://www.livescience.com/27621-sleep-paralysis-scary.html



Submitted April 19, 2015 at 07:56AM by Refreshca http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/33387o/til_your_body_paralyzes_itself_when_you_sleep_to/