The incubus phenomenon: Prevalence, frequency and risk factors in psychiatric inpatients and university undergraduates.
Frontiers in Psychiatry 2022 Marc L Molendijk, Ouarda Bouachmir, Harriët Montagne et al.
The incubus phenomenon is a paroxysmal sleep-related disorder characterized by the visuotactile sensation of a person or entity exerting pressure on one's thorax during episodes of sleep paralysis and (apparent) wakefulness. This terrifying phenomenon is relatively unknown even though a previous meta-analysis indicated a lifetime prevalence of 0.11 for individuals in the general population and...