Archaic Terminology for ASP

Awareness during Sleep Paralysis has been given any number of names by scientists and doctors trying to come to grips with experiencer reports. This list does not include names given on the basis of the genre of an experience of ASP; only those terms that were intended to be scientifically or medically accurate

Some terms come in pairs representing various distinctions, such as before/after sleep

• Nightmare
• Incubus Syndrome
- Raschka
• Hypnagogic Sleep Paralysis
• Hypnopompic Sleep Paralysis
• Predormital Sleep Paralysis
• Postdormital Sleep Paralysis
• Familial Sleep Paralysis
• Nocturnal Paralysis
- Walsh
• Hypnagogic Catalepsy
- Mentioned by Mavromatis
• Paralysis by Autosuggestion
- Sartre
• Oneiric Paralysis
- Observed on the Web; means dream paralysis
• Cataplexy of Awakening

Culture-Bound Terminology

• Augumangia
- Inupik/Eskimo name for ASP
• Ukomiarik
- Yupik/Eskimo name for ASP