Cybele Blood

"It Started After Trauma": The Effects of Traumatic Grief on Sleep Paralysis.

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying September 1, 2024 Cybele Blood, Joanne Cacciatore

Adverse life events are associated with the often-terrifying REM sleep parasomnia of sleep paralysis (SP), but the impact of bereavement on SP has not been specifically examined. This exploratory, mixed-methods study (N = 168) includes qualitative data from 55 participants who described factors they believed led to their SP. Of these, almost half with a traumatic loss listed death-related...