为自己加油

Choose the closest paraphrased version after each of the following sentence or italicized part.

As the boat rose and fell on the long swells, I could feel sleep creeping over me like paralysis.（）

A.
…the sleepiness, a symptom of paralysis, overwhelmed me.
B.
…gradually, I was paralyzed in my sleep by the tiredness.
C.
…gradually, I felt so sleepy that I could not move.
D.
…paralyzed people like me fell asleep quickly.