Does Your Head Explode At Night?

by lanfear63

Posted: 9 years ago 24 replies

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Head exploding syndrome does not just happen to me, happens to a lot of people. I get all sorts of different loud noises in my head ( just one per episode fortunately ) which are usually triggered if I have stayed up too late and just about to go to sleep. Not a life ruiner but it happens from time to time.

BBC - Future - Does your head explode at night?

Mike Anthony

9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

If you spend so much time thinking about or talking to Claude what else did you expect to happen?

(Interesting stuff though . Never heard about this.)

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

If I'm very tired, as I'm falling asleep, I hear a loud Bang (like a shotgun going off in the room), and the sensation that my heart just took a beat about 100 times harder than it should. No idea what causes it. I ignore it and go to sleep.

I seem to remember reading that it's an inherited response, a survival mechanism. I've had it all my adult life. It doesn't happen every night.

I don't think this is exactly what the article is talking about. But I suspect it's what you are talking about.

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Correct, thats what I'm referring too, the article seems to be talking about something more severe. The sounds I hear seem very real, varied and loud but don't make me leap out of bed, thats reserved for earthquakes or genuine explosions. This has only been happening for the past year, relatively new to me.

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

Yeah, the sound is very real, and very loud. I think my heart is exploding...but the instant I wake up, the noise is gone, and the heartbeat is normal. The noise lasts no more than an instant. The first few times I heard it, I thought it was real, and was amazed that it didn't wake up my wife.

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Mike Anthony 9 years ago

I hope I don't get that. I would think I was having a stroke (since I have no idea what those are like)
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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

It all depends if your brain was mixing in an attack of chronic wind and making another sound out of it in your mind. I have no idea if a bad smell can wake people up either. I'm sure studies have been done.

I have often been woken from a dream by a sound which my brain has incorporated into it, such as a load of seagulls screeching.

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

Why you have gathered a load of seagulls in your bedroom...is your own business. It must be a British thing.

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Why you have gathered a load of seagulls in your bedroom...is your own business. It must be a British thing.

We are very big on Flock wallpaper

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Frank Donovan

9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

We are very big on Flock wallpaper

That was excruciatingly bad.

I like it.

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

That was excruciatingly bad.

I like it.

The ones from Mark where you laugh, grimace, grit your teeth, grin, and moan...all at the same time...are the best.

I thought he was going to say something like, "The seagulls are in the bedroom, because that's where we flock".

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Yep, I get all my jokes from my Dentist

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

Yep, I get all my jokes from my Dentist

Forget that. You...you made me look up Flock Wallpaper.

From now on, to me...you are The English Muffin.

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Forget that. You...you made me look up Flock Wallpaper.

From now on, to me...you are The English Muffin.

I suppose thats applicable, I never get any Crumpet these days anyway.

(more englishness to look up)

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

I suppose thats applicable, I never get any Crumpet these days anyway.

(more englishness to look up)

Everyone; Do NOT look up the word Crumpet! For the love of God! Don't look it up!

You are a sick, sick man.

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Everyone; Do NOT look up the word Crumpet! For the love of God! Don't look it up!

You are a sick, sick man.

Ah so you googled and found the pictures of the tasty snack we Brits toast for tea and then clicked on the Urban Dictionary definition?

Come to think of it....

If you don't get the crumpet then there's no chance of the muffin.

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

You are NOT tricking me to look up the urban definitions. I'm on to your scheme.

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tagiscom 9 years ago

Just sounds like Demonic Possession, nothing to worry about!
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- Claude Whitacre 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by tagiscom
  
  Just sounds like Demonic Possession, nothing to worry about!
  
  Demonic possession would be more interesting, I'll give you that.
  
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  Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre
  
  Demonic possession would be more interesting, I'll give you that.
  
  Now you have done it, we will see endless Amityville Horror references, (including the funny one) for the next 10 posts, groan.
  
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perryny

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Wow. This exact thing happened to me once, and only once, when I was a pre-teen. I thought someone lit an M-80 firecracker outside my window (despite the fact I lived on the 10th floor.) I was baffled how it didn't wake my brother, who slept in the same room as me.

It was a very memorable experience, and it's interesting to find out now that it's a "thing".

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HeySal

9 years ago

I've had noise in a dream wake me up before - but nothing like what you are describing here. That would be extremely scary, I would think.

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

I've had noise in a dream wake me up before - but nothing like what you are describing here. That would be extremely scary, I would think.

The first few times it bothered me, because I didn't know what it was. Within a second, I would be thinking: Is it a heart attack? Is it an explosion? a gun firing?

It really makes me think I'm having a heart attack, because there is a hard "Thumping" in my chest. But the sensation, and thought...last for far less than a second. To me, it's just a curious thing that happens. I do notice that it only happens when I'm laying horizontally (not falling asleep in my recliner), and face up. It doesn't happen when I'm on my side.

I'm not trying to start something here...but if I weren't...well... me, I would swear that someone is hitting me in the chest.

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tagiscom

9 years ago

Yes, Claude it is called rymthomic.....something, (too lazy to look it up) basically means your heart speeds up for no good reason then eventually slows down.

I had a friend who had it, and l do get it as well, but l find that if you breath deeply a few times it stops it!

I also know that it does increase the chances of heart attack, not by much but it does, (a lot of people have this, well not the heart attack).

Meditation or sitting still, can reduce or possibly eliminate this!

I usually hear a loud noise in my head if l am too tired, and my brain is getting nasty about it. If you hear a loud noise, like a door banging it is a good indication that your brain needs rest and it is time for bed.

Phew, tempted to say something whitty, but l won't.

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by tagiscom

Shane;
No. It's not a rapid heart beat. It's one single thump in the chest, along with a very loud Bang. I'm instantly awake, and my heart isn't beating fast. It only happens the instant I am falling asleep, never during sleep.

My brain may be causing my heart to beat hard once. But it may also just be the loud noise I think I hear, and I may be associating it with my chest. It also may just be happening in my inner ear. No real idea.

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