Back in 1994 Dr Raphaelson explained that most people go into REM after 30−40min, but i went into Instant REM. That is why conversations will morph from reality to dream. How my brain was constantly misfiring thus my stutter, dyslexia, the feeling like i forget how to breathe, and can’t concentrate or have a million ideas racing through my head; ideas that have made companies a ton of money(know of any think tanks? LOL) All my life i was told i was lazy, and that the feeling on my chest was the devil trying to suck my soul. During my visit, he asked me about sleep paralysis, which i didn’t realize was the same thing as «My soul getting sucked», til after i checked out of the sleep lab. I have been living in Los Angeles for the past 20 yrs, and wish i had a doctor a tenth as nice, patient and knowledgeable as Dr Raphaelson. Why else would i have remembered his name, so many years later. Thank you for changing my life for the better! Carlos Antonio Vasquez