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Do you mean sounds that are real or imagined? Reading this article made me look up this phenomenon I sometimes experience, and it turns out it's a documented t

Do you mean sounds that are real or imagined? Reading this article made me look up this phenomenon I sometimes experience, and it turns out it's a documented thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome

nom 10y ago
Thank you so much for the link! I've experienced it too and always wondered what it's called. It happened multiple times, over a period of a couple weeks. It always occured at the worst time - the moment where you actually fall asleep. It's definitely related to the twitching many people experience during this stage [0], as I thought. It can be really intense: an extremely loud sound, a bright flash of light and jerking of the neck muscles. It became stronger every time it happened - until it suddenly went away completely. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk
- throw_away 10y ago
  In the past, I've also suffered from sleep paralysis, so it's interesting that the two are possibly linked.
  - knz 10y ago
    I used to experience sleep paralysis as a teenager and it was terrifying until I worked out how to end it (stay calm and focus on wiggling a toe). It always left me wondering how many stories about alien abduction etc were related to sleep paralysis. I read once that a feeling of being watched was common with sleep paralysis.
    - stordoff 10y ago
      > I read once that a feeling of being watched was common with sleep paralysis. I've only experienced a couple of times, but that was the most noticeable thing about it. I knew about sleep paralysis before I first experienced, so it didn't really concern me (as soon as I realised I was awake but unable to move, I knew what it was and roughly what to expect), but glancing over to my doorway and seeing a vague silhouette just standing there watching me is somewhat disconcerting nonetheless.
- svachalek 10y ago
  Interesting, I never knew there was a word for this. I get the "plunging into a bottomless pit" version myself.
stouset 10y ago
This seems like the closest thing to describing a thing I sometimes experience, that I call a "glitch" or a "reboot". It feels like there's just a momentary… zap, or something. Maybe akin to pressing the degauss button on a CRT. Just a split-second interruption in normal processing, usually accompanied by a brief popping sound and/or sensory zap. It's hard to explain.
- lostlogin 10y ago
  I really miss that button.
travisl12 10y ago
No, it's definitely real sounds. Generally pipes or creaking staircases.

nom 10y ago

Thank you so much for the link! I've experienced it too and always wondered what it's called. It happened multiple times, over a period of a couple weeks. It always occured at the worst time - the moment where you actually fall asleep. It's definitely related to the twitching many people experience during this stage [0], as I thought. It can be really intense: an extremely loud sound, a bright flash of light and jerking of the neck muscles. It became stronger every time it happened - until it suddenly went away completely. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk

throw_away 10y ago
In the past, I've also suffered from sleep paralysis, so it's interesting that the two are possibly linked.
- knz 10y ago
  I used to experience sleep paralysis as a teenager and it was terrifying until I worked out how to end it (stay calm and focus on wiggling a toe). It always left me wondering how many stories about alien abduction etc were related to sleep paralysis. I read once that a feeling of being watched was common with sleep paralysis.
  - stordoff 10y ago
    > I read once that a feeling of being watched was common with sleep paralysis. I've only experienced a couple of times, but that was the most noticeable thing about it. I knew about sleep paralysis before I first experienced, so it didn't really concern me (as soon as I realised I was awake but unable to move, I knew what it was and roughly what to expect), but glancing over to my doorway and seeing a vague silhouette just standing there watching me is somewhat disconcerting nonetheless.
svachalek 10y ago
Interesting, I never knew there was a word for this. I get the "plunging into a bottomless pit" version myself.

stouset 10y ago

This seems like the closest thing to describing a thing I sometimes experience, that I call a "glitch" or a "reboot". It feels like there's just a momentary… zap, or something. Maybe akin to pressing the degauss button on a CRT. Just a split-second interruption in normal processing, usually accompanied by a brief popping sound and/or sensory zap. It's hard to explain.

lostlogin 10y ago
I really miss that button.

travisl12 10y ago

No, it's definitely real sounds. Generally pipes or creaking staircases.