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Sleep Paralysis Demon
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About
Sleep Paralysis Demon refers to a series of jokes in which people post humorous representations of the visions they have while suffering from sleep paralysis, a condition in which a person will be conscious but unable to move their body.
Origin
The earliest known post to make a humorous representation of a sleep paralysis demon was posted by Twitter user @waffpicklesicle[1] on June 8th, 2017, though the tweet only got 2 retweets and 10 likes (shown below).
Spread
The trend began seeing much more spread at the beginning of 2019 thanks to a series of iterations on several social media channels. On February 6th, 2019, Twitter user @rhymewithrachel[2] posted artistic renderings of what she called her sleep paralysis demons, gaining over 9,000 retweets and 35,000 likes (shown below, left). This led others to follow suit, such as user @forkfrenzy, who gained over 30 retweets and 800 likes with a drawing of their demon (shown below, right).
In March, TikTok users began making videos showing more humorous representations of their sleep paralysis demons. These include posts by @LizardKingCosplay (shown below, left) and @NoHandleyBars (shown below, right).
On April 2nd, 2019, Reddit user AHSweekend posted a picture of Ru Paul as a representation of their demon, gaining over 3,700 points in /r/rupaulsdragrace[3] (shown below).
The jokes started getting most popular on Twitter in June of 2019. That month, popular jokes were posted by @aquariaofficial (shown below, top) and @pastelwabbit (shown below, bottom). Jokes about Sleep Paralysis Demons have been covered by Stayhipp.[4]
Say hello to my personal sleep paralysis demon, @VioletChachki pic.twitter.com/7AOGVpYIeJ
— Aquaria (@aquariaofficial) June 8, 2019
The demon you see when your in sleep paralysis #spongebobmemes pic.twitter.com/xCiF5wOjmv
— sab (@PastelWabbit) June 7, 2019
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – waffpicklesicle
[2] Twitter – @rhymewithrachel
[4] Stayhipp – SLEEP PARALYSIS DEMON MEMES
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