Brian Sharpless, PhD

Brian Sharpless, PhD, a clinical psychologist who practices via telemedicine in multiple states across the U.S. He is a visiting research fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, the co-author of Sleep Paralysis: Historical Psychological, and Medical Perspectives, and the author of Monsters on the Couch: The Real Psychological Disorders Behind your Favorite Horror Movies. www.briansharpless.com.

Articles by this author

Memory

Imposter Syndrome

Brian Sharpless, PhD | June 26, 2024

Throughout time and across cultures, people have faced an eternal question: Are people really who they say they are? This question manifests in everything from...

Sleep

The Strangest Sleep Disorder

Brian Sharpless, PhD | April 2, 2024

You wake up in the middle of the night and realize that you can’t move. You’re frozen in place and feel a heavy weight upon...