Question

​carlos stands in front of his thursday night slam poetry group to recite his most recent work. he suddenly experiences temporary muscle paralysis but does not lose consciousness, a condition termed ____.

Answer 1

The answer to this question is cataplexy
cataplexy refers to a situation where we loss control upon our motoric movement (such as muscles and joint) because we experience a strong emotion.
One example for this would be when we laugh so hard to the point where our knees become really weak and we're rolling in the ground.