realitista@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 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-square72fedilinkarrow-up1369arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1363arrow-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-28 months agomessage-square72fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-squarejanNatanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 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-up3·8 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.