sleep paralysis 睡眠癱瘓症／「畀鬼壓」

sleep paralysis
繁：睡眠癱瘓症／「畀鬼壓」
简：睡眠瘫痪症

睡眠癱瘓症（Sleep Paralysis）又稱睡眠麻痹，普遍出現於剛剛入睡及快將甦醒之際。患者感覺清醒，卻無法活動手腳，或開口說話，甚至會聽到怪異的聲音或看到恐怖的影象，徵狀如「畀鬼壓」，令人誤以為是邪靈作怪。

睡眠麻痹好似畀鬼壓！（2018年8月17日）。東方日報，取自https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/lifestyle/20180817/00298_001.html

Sleep paralysis is when you cannot move or speak as you are waking up or falling asleep. It can be scary but it’s harmless and most people will only get it once or twice in their life.

Sleep paralysis. (2019, December 3). NHS. Retrieved from https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sleep-paralysis/