Fit & Proper: Learn about sleep paralysis

The prevalence of sleep paralysis in India is unknown, as sleep medicine is an under-researched faculty in India

The girl who was too afraid to sleep

Ann (name changed), a 24-year-old software engineer, consulted me a year ago. When she walked through my clinic door, I saw an anxious, fatigued girl, who came in with her mother. Right from the start of the encounter, it was clear that she had little hope of being listened to, having a "why should I even bother telling you what I'm going through, when I know you will think I'm crazy" look on her face. Yet, being prodded by her mother, she told me that she was terrified of falling asleep. Almost every