Imagine waking in the night unable to move, overcome with dread, hyperventilating with terror and feeling like a great weight is on your chest, suffocating you. You ...

Each culture provides its own bizarre twist. In Egypt, my research shows that sleep paralysis is thought to be triggered by a ...

Sleep paralysis is a feeling of being conscious but unable to move or speak. It happens when you pass between stages of wakefulness and sleep. [iStockphoto] Over the years, Simon Mwangi has been ...