When you have so many things to do, you become so overwhelmed that you can’t start on any of them.
Dude, how’s that Jeep project coming?
Bro, I can’t even start it because I have too many projects and can’t focus on any of them. Fucking project paralysis…
A state of sleep between REM and being conscious. It feels similar to epileptic seizures (because I have had epileptic seizures AND sleep paralysis). Some people hallucinate, seeing monsters who are called "Sleep paralysis demons" and often depicted at the foot of your bed or sitting on your chest. Please note that not EVERYONE witnesses 'demons.' During Sleep Paralysis, you are fully conscious and can think clearly, but find EXTREME DIFFICULTY in breathing (even though your real body is still breathing) and you are paralyzed (you can't move any muscles). Sometimes, you may see yourself from a 3rd person's POV, and different individuals may experience the sensations of falling, being dragged off of the bed, or a heavy weight on their chest. During this time, your body is tensed up and your eyes are wide open, from a viewer witnessing the event. Normally, when a person wakes up after having sleep paralysis, it is a very memorable incident, unlike a dream. Treat sleep paralysis as a scary lucid dream. Sleep paralysis can occur as one is falling asleep OR as one is waking up. If a witness sees your body shaking violently during sleep paralysis, you may have had an epileptic seizure. Other than that, sleep paralysis is relatively harmless but can be scary for even someone who has had it multiple times. Personally, I think it's a load of BS when people say that laying on your back makes it more likely to have sleep paralysis.
James: "Dude, I had sleep paralysis last night."
John: "I was seriously worried when your body stiffened and you wouldn't answer me."
Something that cultivates intensifying fear.
" I had sleep paralysis last night
"Sleep paralysis?"
"The most frightening thing I have experienced in my life"
When you're in an emo mood and cannot get out of it.
Friend: wanna go out tonight?
Me: I can't I'm in emo paralysis so I'm just gonna sit here and sulk
Normally experienced after Thanksgiving and/or Christmas dinners. A person experiences turkey paralysis after they have consumed an excessive amount of food. This ultimately leads the body into a state of paralysis from being so full and the rest of the evening is normally spent being unable to move on the couch.
Ryan: "How was your Christmas dinner last night?"
Cody: "Way too much food... I entered a state of turkey paralysis. I couldn't move after dinner."
The inability (if only psychosomatically) to move after experiencing a state of fatigue through the day.
“Laura isn’t going to be joining us, she has bed paralysis.”
The inability to walk along the street without prevention
By the time I had negotiated the mobility scooters & pushchairs, I had used half my lunch break - was total pavement paralysis!