Sleep paralysis can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'troubling' to 'very serious'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.
Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose sleep paralysis, we could:
Cause | Probability | Status |
---|---|---|
Stress | 97% | Confirm |
Lack Of Sleep | 28% | Unlikely |
Anxiety | 1% | Ruled out |
Depression | 1% | Ruled out |
Narcolepsy | 0% | Ruled out |
Have you experienced Sleep Paralysis? When this happens, you are awake and aware but temporarily unable to move or talk.
Possible responses:
→ Don't know→ No, never → Yes, episode(s) in the past but not currently → Occasionally / a few episodes per year on average → Frequently / several episodes per month on average |