@realitista@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-21 year 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-square75fedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1374arrow-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@realitista@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-21 year agomessage-square75fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-square@janNatan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year 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@nilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year 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.