Category: Sleep Paralysis

Sleep Paralysis and Hallucinations

24/3/2019

Sleep disturbances are common with bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), both of which I've been diagnosed with. I suffer from sleep paralysis and sleep-related hallucinations, which have become more frequent in the past few years. Sleep paralysis is when you wake up but can't speak or move. Hallucinations are sensing things that aren't really there - seeing, hearing, feeling. Sleep-related hallucinations occur in the transition between being awake and asleep. Hypnagogic hallucinations occur when falling asleep. Hypnopompic hallucinations occur when waking up.

Angels and Demons by Xanthe Wyse

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Xanthe Wyse

Xanthe finds writing and painting to be therapeutic. She has lived with mental illness for over 25 years. She has been diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and social anxiety disorder after originally being diagnosed with 'treatment resistant' depression with general anxiety.

She started painting abstracts after going back on medication for bipolar disorder after another mania episode. More recently, she has been painting more realistic subjects.

Xanthe has been told that her insights, writing and art are inspiring. It helps give her a sense of meaning and purpose to have creative expression despite the challenges.

Comments are welcome but no personal attacks nor attacks on others.

Xanthe's opinions and personal experiences are no substitute for independent professional advice.

Sleep Paralysis and Hallucinations

Xanthe Wyse

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