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...account of a real experience – told as part of a project on sleep paralysis. This is an unusual condition where one wakes up in the night, unable to move, and often experiences a wide range of bizarre and terrifying hallucinations. On October 9 a new documentary, The Nightmare, directed by Rodney Ascher, is being released in the UK. The film tracks eight people’s...

...account describes how caring can be difficult to plan around and disruptive of everyday life (Larkin et al., 2019). Unsurprisingly, caring can take a toll on carers’ health, finances, relationships and social life. For example, 71% of carers have poor physical or mental health, 22% live in poverty and 80% are lonely or socially isolated (Carers UK, 2021). [A young woman...