@doctorjaybe: Sleep paralysis happens during REM sleep when the brain cortex 🧠 wakes up but the pons is still enforcing REM atonia, so you can’t move or speak and may have vivid hallucinations of chest pressure Image:Brain human sagittal section.svg by Patrick J. Lynch Darren Curtis - It's In The Fog is under a Creative Commons BY 3.0 license. Music powered by BreakingCopyright #strangerthings4 #medicalmemes #sleepparalysis