Interesting piece about the dynamic of immobility, fear & interpretation that is the experience known as sleep paralysis.
Whenever I wake & can’t move I just think ‘oh I’m pinned down by the cats again’ & lie there feeling loved & protected until I drift back to sleep. Reading this I feel that a benign explanation for sleep/waking immobility may be a powerful protective talisman.
Let’s all have cats.
@26pglt I've never had a full awake sleep paralysis experience, but not rarely have what I assume is a lighter version: I have dreams where I'm trying to move quickly and can't or my legs are in deep snow or water and I can't move easily. It's never a big deal.