Posted by Ryan Hurd on May 4, 2010 | 33 Comments
False awakenings are dreams that seem like waking life… until you get out of bed and fall down a bottomless chasm. True story. False awakenings can be frustrating, terrifying, and may even begin to impact your daily life, especially when they occur 5 or more times in a row.
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Posted by Ryan Hurd on January 22, 2010 | 72 Comments
Sleep Paralysis is a troubling sleep condition that is deeply misunderstood in our culture. Experienced by millions as an incubus attack or being “ridden by a witch,” sleep paralysis (SP) has biological causes that are related to sleep hygiene, stress, and insomnia.
Tags:hag-effect, hynagogic hallucinations, incubus, Nightmares & Dream Terrors, paralyzed sleeping, sleep ghost, sleep paralysis, sleep paralysis causes, sleep paralysis cure, sleep paralysis treatment, succubus, suffocation dreams, wake up paralysed, waking up can't move, witch-riding
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Posted by Ryan Hurd on May 14, 2009 | 2 Comments
A study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden reports that suicidal patients are more likely to attempt to take their life again if they have nightmares following the first attempt. In fact, the data suggests that gender and psychiatric diagnosis is not a factor in these results. From the original article,
“Those who were still suffering [...]
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