Posted on 01/24/2023 7:01:10 AM PST by BenLurkin
It’s amazing how creepy the nighttime can be, so it’s perhaps no surprise that people tend to experience more paranormal activity after lights out. According to new research, an inability to sleep well could make the night appear even more alive, leading to stronger beliefs in ghosts, demons, aliens, and the afterlife.
A number of previous studies have linked such convictions to specific sleep disorders. These include sleep paralysis, which entails a temporary inability to move upon waking or falling asleep; and exploding head syndrome, characterized by hearing loud bangs while nodding off. Given that both these conditions are associated with hallucinatory phenomena – including the sudden appearance of shadowy figures by one’s bedside – it’s understandable that those who experience such somnolent mischief might be more inclined to believe in the paranormal.
Indeed, such ideas are even encouraged by numerous cultural explanations for these sleep disorders. In Egypt, for instance, sleep paralysis is often said to be caused by nefarious spirits call jinn, while some Italians blame the condition on an evil cat-like witch called Pandafeche.
Taking a more scientific approach, the study authors analyzed the responses of 8,853 people to a survey about sleep quality and paranormal beliefs. In particular, they sought to determine how sleep impacts people’s convictions regarding the existence of ghosts and demons, the continuation of the soul after death, and the possibility of aliens having already visited Earth.
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“Exploding Head Syndrome”?
The night has a thousand eyes...
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Great. Now I’ve got that song stuck in my head.
You try sleeping with all these things bumping into each other in the night.
Well, not in my case... Just plain old insomnia.
Maybe demons cause poor sleep. ;-)
I bet practicing christians don’t have that problem.
Think Elm Street...and then try not to dream about it.
No but maybe having to worry about the demons in Washington and local cities might…. And news the Earth’s core stop spinning…
Indeed, such ideas are even encouraged by numerous cultural explanations for these sleep disorders
Which, if true, doesn't prove that these things don't exist (science has no way of measuring or verifying spiritual phenonmena), only that those who experience such things (whether real or not) would tend to believe in them more.
Being haunted by ghosts, demons and aliens will keep most people up at night.
Uh...”cause” or “effect”?
The demon causing ME to lose sleep is a swollen prostate.
To say nothing of underpants gnomes....
I was plagued by the shadowy bedside figure that you can’t look straight at, always in my peripheral vision from childhood.
Then I got RK eye surgery to correct my near sightedness and astigmatisms.
No more shadow figures.
Mahna Mahna
Do doo be-do-do
Mahna Mahna
Do do-do do.
There. Fixed it.
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