realitista@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 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-square75fedilinkarrow-up1382arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1375arrow-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-210 months agomessage-square75fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squarejanNatan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 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-up3·10 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.
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.