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I am only going to try to answer one of your questions as there are others here more knowledgable in regard to the others.
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RazMaTaz
Salams brothers and Sisters.
Another issue im having is that sometimes when i go to sleep, sometimes when i wake up, i cant move my body. Its like my eyes are open but my body is not responding. One night, this really freaked me out as i know i was awake, but my body wasnt reacting, and i tend to share a room. I tried to breathe heavily so my bro could here me, and he did, as soon as he called my name, i manage to wake up fully and i could move my body.
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This is a condition known as "Sleep Paralysis" it occurs during the period of highest REM activity. The period of a few minutes when a person is either falling asleep or waking up. It is fairly common and at least half of the people have or will experience it.
The most probable cause is going through a period of sleeplessness, in other words a night or two of interrupted sleep or insomnia. Often there are many odd sensations associated with it such as floating, flying, the presence of a person being in the room, a feeling of pressure on the chest. It is most common in teenagers and seems to occur within families. It happens most often in people of Asiatic descent.
The physical happening is the brain looses connection with the body at the moment of active REM. If we become aware of this lose of connection, which is normal and occurs every time we fall asleep or wake up without us being aware of it, it can be a very frightening and terrifying experience. But, it is normal and except in rare cases harmless.
The experience has many names world wide. In Newfoundland it is called "Old Hag" in the west indies it is called "Kokma" in china it is "gui ya" and in Japan it is called "kanashibari" all of them because the person often has the feeling a "ghost or witch or demon" is sitting on their chest.
But the physical sensation is completely normal, it is just that most of us are not aware of it happening, unless we have a restless asleep and become aware of the odd sensations that occur as we enter and leave the state of sleep.
The best cure is to live a healthy life style, get adequate sleep and try to sleep regular hours. Like the type of life Islam tells us to live.