Comment: Exactly!  (See in situ)  In reply to comment: Um...
everyone gets sleep (see in situ)   Sleep paralysis occurs
during the 5th (REM, dream) stage of sleep. Everyone who sleeps
has sleep paralysis during this sleep stage.  "Another aspect of
Stage 5 sleep is that the muscles in your arms and legs will go
through periods of paralysis. Scientists speculate that this may
be nature's way of protecting us from acting out our dreams.
The first period of REM sleep of the night usually begins about
90 minutes after you start drifting off, and lasts for about 10
minutes. As the night passes, the periods of REM sleep become
longer, with the final episode lasting an hour or so."  I don't
understand why so many doctors and other experts are treating
sleep paralysis as the problem. As someone who had frequent
hypnagogic states, I can tell you that my problem wasn't sleep
paralysis, it was my eyes opening during REM (dream stage)
sleep. People often told me that I slept with my eyes
(partially) open. Since most peo