realitista@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agoTIL about exploding head syndrome, which causes patients to hear a loud, frightening noise when falling asleep or waking up. Up to 10% of people may have it, but cases often go undiagnoseden.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkTIL about exploding head syndrome, which causes patients to hear a loud, frightening noise when falling asleep or waking up. Up to 10% of people may have it, but cases often go undiagnoseden.wikipedia.orgrealitista@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecarbonprop@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoSometimes sound, sometimes an impact. Either way it’s pretty disruptive. I thought this was very common.
minus-squarejanNatan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoYes, I get the sound version but it’s more likely for me to just be walking in a dream, fall flat on my face, and wake up. But it’s more jarring than it should be. Apparently it’s more common in people with sleep paralysis, which I have.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThe falling thing is a hypnic jerk. I get both too though the nose one tends to be rare and more often when I’m sick.
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoi just realized i have this. not sounds but “impacts”.
Sometimes sound, sometimes an impact. Either way it’s pretty disruptive. I thought this was very common.
Yes, I get the sound version but it’s more likely for me to just be walking in a dream, fall flat on my face, and wake up. But it’s more jarring than it should be.
Apparently it’s more common in people with sleep paralysis, which I have.
The falling thing is a hypnic jerk. I get both too though the nose one tends to be rare and more often when I’m sick.
i just realized i have this. not sounds but “impacts”.