My mother suffers from sleep paralysis. For those who may not know, it is characterized by waking up with the body totally paralyzed and with vivid visual/audio hallucinations. It can be brought on by stress, irregular sleep patterns, certain foods, etc. I have to check on her nightly to make sure she is okay.
Like many disorders in their early stages in history, a lot of religious folk see this disorder as, well, religious, as the hallucinations always take up a demonic form. I am not religious and am an Atheist. So I am making a note now to say that I respect others' beliefs. Please respect mine.
The point of this thread is:
I am pretty surprised that this is not a recognized disorder with available help to its sufferers.