Five months after moving to Boston from El Salvador, a 27-year-old man started feeling weakness and pain in his legs, and soon he couldn’t move them at all. In addition to the pain and weakness, he ...

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You wake up out of a murky sleep and find that you’re unable to move your body, from your forehead all the way down to your little toe. You’re completely paralyzed! You also have a crushing feeling in ...

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Sarah Bradley is a writer with six years of experience creating personal essays, reported features, and content related to health and parenting topics. Sleep paralysis involves being awake but unable ...

A 27-year-old construction worker in Boston felt sore in his legs, then woke up unable to walk, according to a case report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Abby Anaday via Unsplash Five months ...