Talk:Sleep paralysis

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Merger proposal

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That consolidation of some form is warranted, but to not merge as proposed; no consensus for specific alternative proposals, with stale discussion. Klbrain (talk) 08:45, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

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I propose merging Night hag into Sleep paralysis. I think the content in Night hag can be covered in Sleep_paralysis#Society_and_culture. A merger would not cause any article-size or weighting problems in the latter article. The issue is that most of the content in Night hag is unsourced or poorly sourced. Mooonswimmer 15:06, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Support merge The Night hag article content has a significant overlap with this article, and it looks like that article would be significantly shorter if all the content about [sleep paralysis but not specifically night hag] was removed. Schazjmd (talk) 15:53, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Agree that consolidation would be useful, but my feeling is that Night hag has cultural importance best discssed separately from Sleep paralysis. I'd recommend keeping a summary of night hag at Sleep paralysis#Folklore, linking to it as per WP:SUMMARY. Klbrain (talk) 13:34, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Merge and Redirect to Hag where it is already mostly covered. No need for a separate article. 5Q5|^✉ 12:40, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

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Sleep paralysis

When you are asleep and regain some consciousness, you may start to hallucinate and see demons or creature that are not there. Causing some trauma or fears. (This happened to me last night, I screamed when I saw a paralysis that looked exactly like my dead dog, my sister slapped me awake) 2600:1008:B06B:7FB9:C594:968A:E875:4A73 (talk) 04:24, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

I have recurring nightmares involving my dead dog, even a couple years after his death. But I doubt that nocturnal hallucinations are all that common. Dimadick (talk) 22:36, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

That would be traumatic.I experienced a sleep paralysis when I was 6 but I was in the dessert and they were some carnivals trying to cut me in pieces and I couldn’t move.I have a trauma since that period 2A02:587:6601:1677:F819:D844:9091:E8CE (talk) 21:15, 19 July 2024 (UTC)