Diana Nyad

The most venomous animal that lives in the ocean is the box jellyfish. And every one of those barbs is sending that venom into this central nervous system. So first I feel like boiling hot oil I've been dipped in. And I'm yelling out, 'Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Help me! Somebody help me!' And the next thing is paralysis.

American Author

Naveen Jain

The truth is, what Americans enjoy about football is much of what makes the sport dangerous. However, I believe there must be a way to find the art of success and vitality in football, without the driving the level of impact that causes serious risk of head trauma, paralysis and other life-changing injuries.

Indian Businessman

Jack Antonoff

Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.

American Musician

Anna D. Shapiro

I'm getting less and less interested in the problems of youth. I'm much more interested in the idea of emotional paralysis, and I find myself less interested in work that doesn't have anything to do with a conversation about the world.

American Director

John Piper

I owe my life and hope to the gospel. Without it I would still be strutting with racist pride, or I would be suffering the moral paralysis of 'white guilt.' But the gospel has an answer to both pride and guilt.

American Clergyman

Barkha Dutt

When passion turns to paralysis, when our bodies stop listening to our brains, when a fatal disease sucks our insides out, will we then decide that death may well be an act of kindness?

Indian Journalist

Susan Orlean

Unlimited choice is paralyzing. The Internet has made this form of paralysis due to option overload a standard feature of comfortable modern life.

American Journalist

Jane Siberry

We live in a world where the laws are getting so tight that management has changed to micro-management to quantum-management to paralysis.

Canadian Musician

Harold S. Geneen

British Businessman

The Weeknd

Mainly used to describe medical issues that prevent body movement.

Medical Condition

Paralysis can be temporary or permanent, depending on the cause.

Not Always Permanent

It can refer to complete immobility or just a part of the body.

Partial or Full

Used to describe situations where there’s an inability to act, not literal immobility.

Metaphorical Use

Implies something is wrong or not functioning properly, often used in a critical context.

Negative Connotation

Refers to inaction in groups or systems, like governments or companies.

Organizational Context

 at least once in their life. This panic-inducing episode of coming face-to-face with the creatures from your nightmares can last anywhere from seconds to minutes and may involve visual or auditory hallucinations of an evil spirit or an out-of-body feeling like you're floating. Some have even mistaken sleep paralysis

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 How do you unlearn the learned paralysis, so you can relieve him of this excruciating, clenching spasm of the phantom arm? Well, we said, what if you now send the command to the phantom, but give him visual feedback that it's obeying his command, right?

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 You really want to get the decision right if it's for all eternity, right? You don't want to pick the wrong mutual fund or wrong salad dressing. So that's one effect. The second effect is that, even if we manage to overcome the paralysis

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