@[email protected] to Today I LearnedEnglish • 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.orgmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1382arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: [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.org@[email protected] to Today I LearnedEnglish • edit-27 months agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•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.
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.