Sleep paralysis : night-mares, nocebos, and the mind-body connection / Shelley R. Adler.

By:

Adler, Shelley R, 1963- [author.]

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813552378
0813552370

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sleep paralysis.DDC classification:

154.6

LOC classification:

BF1099.N53 A44 2011e

NLM classification:

2011 B-393
BF 1099.N53

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Contents:

Consistencies : cross-cultural patterns -- Continuities : a transhistorical bestiary -- The night-mare on the analyst's couch -- The night-mare in the sleep lab -- The night-mare, traditional Hmong culture, and sudden death -- The night-mare and the nocebo : beliefs that harm.

Summary: Sleep Paralysis explores a form of nocturnal fright: the "night-mare," or incubus. In its original meaning a night-mare was the nocturnal visit of an evil being that threatened to press the life out of its victim. Today, it is known as sleep paralysis-a state of consciousness between sleep and wakefulness, when you are unable to move or speak and may experience vivid and often frightening hallucinations. Culture, history, and biology intersect to produce this terrifying sleep phenomenon that is rarely recognized or understood in the contemporary United States.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-164) and index.

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Sleep Paralysis explores a form of nocturnal fright: the "night-mare," or incubus. In its original meaning a night-mare was the nocturnal visit of an evil being that threatened to press the life out of its victim. Today, it is known as sleep paralysis-a state of consciousness between sleep and wakefulness, when you are unable to move or speak and may experience vivid and often frightening hallucinations. Culture, history, and biology intersect to produce this terrifying sleep phenomenon that is rarely recognized or understood in the contemporary United States.

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