<p>I read that wiki link that jonnathan just posted.
“24.1% of students reported experiencing sleep paralysis at least once in their lifetime. The same result was reported among Japanese, Nigerian, Kuwaiti, Sudanese and American students”</p>
<p>im nigerian lol . and it used to happen a lot actually when i slept in upward position. my aunt told me that once, so i slept on my side and it happened less frequently. i also noticed that whenever it happened again, i had turned back to upward sleeping position (in my sleep). so now i sleep on my stomach. barely ever happens.</p>
<p>but when it does, no matter what sleeping position im in, i can usually feel it coming on. like my ears start ringing and then i force myself to get up just to avoid it.</p>