Exploding Head Syndrome

[GrinningManiac]

Do you suffer from it?

E.H.S occurs usually when you are just abot to nod off to sleep.

The sufferer experiences a sudden loud noise of some sort seemingly originating from within their own head. Sometimes there is a visual jolt as well. They are nearly always harmless, but distressing and shocking.

I get it sometimes, when I'm just about to drop off to sleep. If I'm daydreaming and there's a noise in my daydream, it might suddenly explode in volume for a split second, frightening the hell out of me.

Do you get this as well?

 

[Cherry Cola]

No, but sometimes when I'm in a dream and I'm walking of a cliff I wake up thinking I'm about to die.

 

[Skeleon]

Nah, not really.
Unless somebody knocks me in the ribs, yells at me or something, but those don't qualify as "within my head".

 

[Amnestic]

Sometimes, not often. Once or twice it was even a voice speaking to me. That was weird.

When I'm nodding off I'll generally jerk awake, but there's no noise. Just an instinctive reaction that I'm not allowed to go to sleep yet.

 

[DoctorWhat]

Not as serious as this, but I have felt as though I were being shocked sometimes... And if I fall in my dream, I often wake to myself giving a MASSIVE jolt.

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

Nnnnnnno.

I get to sleep just fine.

I do suffer from L.E.H.S.

"Literal Exploding Head Syndrome" =D

 

[TheZapper]

Only ever happened to me about once or twice. Once it was this really wierd high pitched whispering, that was pretty terrifying.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

I usually dream I'm falling off something, and the loud noise is like a high speed wind from falling that gets louder and louder then as I hit the ground I jerk awake.

Fun times.

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

Sometimes, not often. Once or twice it was even a voice speaking to me. That was weird.

When I'm nodding off I'll generally jerk awake, but there's no noise. Just an instinctive reaction that I'm not allowed to go to sleep yet.

You mean like you feel like you're falling?

 

[DemonicVixen]

No, but sometimes when I'm in a dream and I'm walking of a cliff I wake up thinking I'm about to die.

I kinda understand this. Sometimes i feel like i am falling just as im dozing off to sleep. So needless to say i jolt awake.

Do you suffer from it?

E.H.S occurs usually when you are just abot to nod off to sleep.

The sufferer experiences a sudden loud noise of some sort seemingly originating from within their own head. Sometimes there is a visual jolt as well. They are nearly always harmless, but distressing and shocking.

I get it sometimes, when I'm just about to drop off to sleep. If I'm daydreaming and there's a noise in my daydream, it might suddenly explode in volume for a split second, frightening the hell out of me.

Do you get this as well?

Yes i have also had that weird feeling 2. Several times sadly. I can never get back to sleep for fear something has happened or gonna happen.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

What a fantastic name. I have occasionally experienced it before falling asleep, but it's not regular.

 

[Kollega]

Well,i did suffer some cases of my head exploding. The splatter was not in any way pretty.

As for an actual syndrome (BEST NAME FOR A MEDICAL CONDITION EVER,by the way) - no,don't think so.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Yeah, I do suffer from it. It's...weird. I hear a noise and it gets more intense by the minute, like it's about to explode. It's, again, weird but that's it.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

No, but my head does occasionally explode without warning.

 

[Amnestic]

Sometimes, not often. Once or twice it was even a voice speaking to me. That was weird.

When I'm nodding off I'll generally jerk awake, but there's no noise. Just an instinctive reaction that I'm not allowed to go to sleep yet.

You mean like you feel like you're falling?

No, it's not a falling sensation, just that my head is nodding off and automatically it'll snap back up. Kinda hurts your neck after a while if you keep doing it.

 

[Adam]

Ive never had this experience although I have been awoken from a loud noise.

 

[Vault boy Eddie]

I tought it was what happens when you try to read a console fanboy flame war post. Shows how much I know.

 

[GrinningManiac]

I tought it was what happens when you try to read a console fanboy flame war post. Shows how much I know.

No, you were thinking of "Loss of Hope for Humanity Syndrome"

Symptoms include:

Spoiler

 

[RanD00M]

No.But there is a good reason for it.When i get tired i´m preoccupied with something else so i can´t be bothered with stuff going on in my head.