Sleep paralysis is a clinical chronic sleep disorder of unknown cause, i.e. sleep paralysis, which is a manifestation of episodic sleeping sickness and is not life threatening under normal circumstances. Sleep and wakefulness are advanced human activities, and sleep can take up one third of life. During sleep, all organs of the body are rested and physical energy is restored. Sleep paralysis is mainly characterized by a transient generalized weakness during sleep, which often occurs when the patient has just fallen asleep or woken up. The patient is conscious but cannot move or speak, often accompanied by fear, dread, or even a sense of near death. To prevent accidents, such patients should not engage in dangerous work such as overhead, underwater, driving and high-voltage electrical appliances, but there is no risk to life during normal sleep at night. This disease is mainly related to the mental factors of people, especially people with irregular life routine and stressful life are prone to this disease, and there is no cure for it, but only through intervention. At present, the treatment of sleep paralysis is mainly symptomatic, usually using a combination of medication-based treatment, supplemented by psycho-psychological treatment, but any treatment is difficult to completely control the symptoms. The mechanism of action is to promote the release of presynaptic monoamine transmitters and inhibit reuptake, but long-term application is to pay attention to addiction and dependence. The patient can go to a Chinese medicine hospital and let the TCM doctor treat the patient according to the specific clinical manifestations. In summary, sleep paralysis is not life-threatening during the sleep state, but it is important to avoid dangerous work and to relax and avoid tension in general.