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A loss of movement or feeling that can reshape daily life, often with no warning.
means A loss of the ability to move (and sometimes feel) in part or all of the body, caused by damage to or disruption of the nerve pathways that control muscles.
from From Greek paralysis, meaning 'disabling of the nerves' or 'loosening' — built from para- ('beside') and lyein ('to loosen, release, undo'). The Greeks pictured it literally: something in the body comes unstrung, loosened at its joints of control, so the signal from brain to muscle just... slackens and stops arriving.
- not always nerves
- Can come from muscle, nerve, or brain breakdown alike
- sleep edition
- Brain wakes up before the body unlocks the doors
- locked-in cases
- Mind stays fully awake while the body goes silent
- temporary kind
- Fear itself can freeze muscles with zero nerve damage