Pronunciation ChallengeIf You Get Sleep Paralysis, Don't Open Your Eyes | Psych2Go

Today’s topic is about sleep paralysis(癱瘓). Before we take a look to today’s sentence, let me share my own first experience with sleep paralysis which happened when I was in high school. I was really tired after a long day of class and I have barely gotten any sleep the night before (在那晚之前) because I was up doing my paper. I was too lazy to walk to my room, which was only few steps away. And so I settled down on the couch.

A few moments later, something happened. I was pretty sure that I fell asleep but my brain was completely aware of everything. Wasn’t that the opposite of how sleep should work? And then I could hear things. I could hear my mom and my sister opening the door to see me lying there. They were talking about how I have fallen asleep on the couch and how I slept like a pig.

“I’m not a pig, you’re a pig!” I tried to say to them but I couldn’t. That is when I started to panic. I could listen, I could think but I couldn’t move and talk back. Was I dead? I feel like it.

After several minutes of trying to move, I decided to not fight it. I was so tired. Moments later, I woke up, really woke up. And I was even more tired than I have been before I fell asleep. And guess what? My mom and my sister weren’t even home yet.

After some research, I found out that sleep paralysis is quite common. In fact, half of us have experienced it. Reasons for its occurrence(發生) might include anxiety, jet lag(時差), too much caffeine and so on. If you find yourself in the situation, try to move your fingers, your toes first, you might be able to move them and wake up.

For more information about sleep paralysis, please go check out the video today. But first, let’s practice today’s sentence.

The experience can be terrifying, and it often coincides with sleep hallucinations, where reporters of an evil presence are common.

coincide [͵koɪnˋsaɪd] (v .)
It means to happen at or near the same time. Or to be the same or similar.
* The school play coincides with my dad's big meeting at the office, that's why he can't come to the show.

coincidence [koˋɪnsɪdəns] (n.)
It means an occasion when two or more similar things happen at the same time, especially in a way that is unlikely(不太可能的) and surprising. Or it can mean chance(運氣) or luck.
* My boyfriend and I have the exact same birthday, it's an interesting coincidence.

hallucination [hə͵lusnˋeʃən] (n.)
It means an experience in which you see, hear, feel, or smell something that doesn’t exist(存在), usually because you are ill or have taken a drug.
* A talking sponge and underwater squirrel and a pineapple house all formed part of his hallucination after taking this drug.

hallucinate [həˋlusn͵et] (v.)
It means to seem to see, hear, feel, or smell something that doesn’t exist, usually because you are ill or have taken a drug.
* Are you sure you really met Obama and sang a song with him at the White House? Or were you just hallucinating?

presence [ˋprɛzns] (n.)
It means the fact that someone or something is in a place.
* The student demonstrated her teenage rebelliousness(叛逆) by tearing up her textbook in the presence of her teacher.

Yes guys I’ve done this before and I got the terriblest [[?]] by my teacher and I got a timeout.

present [ˋprɛznt] (adj.)
It means in a particular place.
* I can't talk when she is present, her beauty is a distraction.

present [ˋprɛznt] (n.)
It means something that you’re given, without asking for it on a special occasion, usually to show friendship or to say thank you. It’s kinda of like a gift.
* Dad took us to Disneyland as our Christmas present, it was the best Christmas ever.

present [prɪˋzɛnt] (v.)
It means to give, provide, or make something known.
* Let me present to you my proudest work yet: Animal fur Terminator X.

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