When the Body Sleeps but the Self Remains: An Autoethnographic Study of Recurrent Sleep Paralysis
Open MIND 2026 Fatema Shabbir
This research project presents a six-year autoethnographic case study examining recurrent sleep paralysis through the lens of lived experience. While sleep paralysis is commonly explained through neurophysiological mechanisms—particularly REM atonia intrusion—there remains a significant gap in qualitative literature capturing how the condition is experienced subjectively over time. The purpose...