Denise (Sleep paralysis sufferer)
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Podcast Appearances
All right. Yeah. You bring up a good point. I didn't think of that way.
All right. Yeah. You bring up a good point. I didn't think of that way.
All right. Yeah. You bring up a good point. I didn't think of that way.
That's how I feel.
That's how I feel.
That's how I feel.
No.
No.
No.
It wasn't until I was maybe, I don't know, eight or nine years old that one day I woke up and it was like my eyes were open. I was looking around. I just couldn't move. I couldn't move my arms or my legs. I couldn't turn my head. And I felt this, like, weight on my chest. And the first thing I thought was, oh, my God, what happened to me? Was I in a car accident? It lasted for...
It wasn't until I was maybe, I don't know, eight or nine years old that one day I woke up and it was like my eyes were open. I was looking around. I just couldn't move. I couldn't move my arms or my legs. I couldn't turn my head. And I felt this, like, weight on my chest. And the first thing I thought was, oh, my God, what happened to me? Was I in a car accident? It lasted for...
I don't know, maybe 30 seconds to a minute. And then I just kind of snapped out of it. And I was really freaked out, and I went and told my mom, you know, I think something's wrong with me. And my family's Mexican, and in Mexico they have this superstition that they say the devil is sitting on your chest when that happens to you. And she said, oh, don't worry.
I don't know, maybe 30 seconds to a minute. And then I just kind of snapped out of it. And I was really freaked out, and I went and told my mom, you know, I think something's wrong with me. And my family's Mexican, and in Mexico they have this superstition that they say the devil is sitting on your chest when that happens to you. And she said, oh, don't worry.
It was just the devil sitting on your chest. Like, that's supposed to make me feel better.
It was just the devil sitting on your chest. Like, that's supposed to make me feel better.
I've definitely avoided taking naps, no matter how tired I was. I mean, I forced myself to survive on like five or six hours of sleep, very little sleep.
I've definitely avoided taking naps, no matter how tired I was. I mean, I forced myself to survive on like five or six hours of sleep, very little sleep.
In college, it was happening to me so regularly that I basically survived on Red Bull and not much else.