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The Psychology of Nightmares
Eternalised
The Mara and Sleep Paralysis
In Danish and Norwegian, nightmare can be translated as mareide. In Swedish it is mare dream. This phenomenon has been reported from antiquity to modernity across the world. It occurs while still being conscious, but unable to move or speak. People experience auditory and visual hallucinations and feel intense terror and anxiety. The person sees threatening entities and feels pressure on their chests,. making it difficult to breathe, causing suffocation. Today it is known as sleep paralysis.
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