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I don't think that has to be true at all.  You're going under the assumption that it makes you a slower person, but it could just as easily be a localized slowing of time.  You would still go jump the same distance both vertically and horizontally, but it would take longer to get there as you would be moving in slow motion.  I think that would be a better implementation of it because it wouldn't affect the platforming portion of the game(beyond making it take longer), but it would make combat and environmental hazards more difficult.

I believe that with any gameplay hindrance, it is important not to make it a show stopper.  Petrify/Stone is fine because it's a very brief effect that only makes you vulnerable for a moment, but anything that has any duration to it runs the risk of crossing the boundary between adding challenge to gameplay and being detrimental to the game itself.  If a debilitation effectively makes me stop playing the game until it wears off, it falls firmly in the latter category, and in a platforming game, limiting movement definitely qualifies as stopping gameplay.