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  2. Sleep paralysis - Wikipedia

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    Sleep paralysis may include hallucinations, such as an intruding presence or dark figure in the room. These are commonly known as sleep paralysis demons. It may also include suffocating or the individual feeling a sense of terror, accompanied by a feeling of pressure on one's chest and difficulty breathing. [9]

  3. Night hag - Wikipedia

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    The Nightmare, by Henry Fuseli (1781) is thought to be one of the classic depictions of sleep paralysis perceived as a demonic visitation.. The night hag or old hag is the name given to a supernatural creature, commonly associated with the phenomenon of sleep paralysis.

  4. True Life: I Had a Sleep Paralysis Demon. Here’s What ... - AOL

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    Known as sleep paralysis demons, these terrors don’t haunt nightmares, but reality. Unfortunately for me, I had my very own sleep paralysis demon. The only problem (well, besides the bone ...

  5. Incubus - Wikipedia

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    Incubus, 1879. An incubus (English plural: incubuses, Latin plural: incubi) is a male demon in human form in folklore that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; the corresponding spirit in female form is called a succubus.

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  7. Alû - Wikipedia

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    The demon has no mouth, lips or ears. It would roam at night and terrifies people while they sleep and the Alû may also torment their victims for fun. [ 1 ] It was also said that possession by the Alû would result in unconsciousness or a coma ; [ 2 ] in this manner it resembles creatures such as the mara , and incubus , which are invoked to ...

  8. 12 Horror Movies About Sleep Disorders to Watch During ... - AOL

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    A documentary on sleep paralysis, The Nightmare, was released in 2015, and a fictional psychological horror movie, Dead Awake, was released in 2016. Walter Wanger Productions / IMDB What’s the ...

  9. Hypnopompia - Wikipedia

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    Hypnopompia (also known as hypnopompic state) is the state of consciousness leading out of sleep, a term coined by the psychical researcher Frederic Myers.Its mirror is the hypnagogic state at sleep onset; though often conflated, the two states are not identical and have a different phenomenological character.