- The sensation of incapacity to move
The inability to move is a common symptom of sleep paralysis; it’s likely to occur alongside some of the other symptoms mentioned earlier in this article, such as numbness, tingling, and auditory or visual hallucinations that make you feel stuck in a state between dreaming and waking, which is exactly what sleep paralysis is.
It is normal for the body to be paralyzed during slumber, and this is what prevents your body from physically acting out your dreams. People who remain conscious and actively thinking during this “switching off” phase are those who experience sleep paralysis.
It is normal and natural, but most people find it horrifying, which is why they fail to recognize it when it occurs.
