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Originally Posted by MG 228i
So do I have a problem if it occurs frequently?  |
Haha, no. If anything it means that your brain works more quickly than others. The shutoff is chemical. Your brain secretes a neurotransmitter called GABA which is an inhibitory neurotransmitter (incidentally this is why alcohol makes you make poor choices, because it blocks the receptors that GABA normally occupy, thus reducing its inhibitory effect). Until that neurotransmitter leaves the synapse between your motor neurons you won't be able to move, simple as that. So if sleep paralysis is common for you, it likely means that your frontal lobe (higher thinking) wakes up before all of the GABA is gone.