[kj] Lists......

[Brendan Quinn]

If you can convince the conscious mind that you're going to die when the
witch doctor points a totem at you, then why not the unconscious mind?

 

Occam's razor.

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Jim Harper
Sent: Thursday, 9 April 2009 03:08
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] Lists......

 


As a curious side note, that Wikipedia page links to a page about Sudden
Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome, a condition that affects males from
Thailand/Laos/Cambodia/Vietnam/Singapore etc. The main symptom is dying in
one's sleep.

 

There were a number of cases in the USA in the early 80s, including several
young man who believed that something in their nightmares was trying to kill
them. Eventually one young man became so convinced that he lived on coffee
in a desperate attempt to avoid sleep. His parents, distressed at their
son's breakdown, consulted a doctor and acquired sleeping tablets; the boy
took them, then spat them out. Realising he wasn't taking the medication,
his parents 'spiked' him, crushing the tablets into his food. Sure enough,
he fell asleep, but he didn't wake up. They found a pot of coffee hidden in
his closet.

 

This case inspired Wes Craven to write A Nightmare On Elm Street. To my
mind, giving something a medical-sounding name and producing statistics
doesn't quite dispel the more-than-spooky aspects of the case, and doesn't
hide the fact that the experts have no idea what is happening to these young
me. Creeps me out.

 

Jim.

--- On Wed, 8/4/09, folk devil <folk.devil at hotmail.com> wrote:


From: folk devil <folk.devil at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kj] Lists......
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Wednesday, 8 April, 2009, 4:49 PM

It is referred to as 'Sleep Paralysis'. Not uncommon.
I have numerous friends that have experienced it, and have also
myself..freaky sheet..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

 

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