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Now imagine not having the internet, and getting a few times a year. Everyone I spoke to thought I was insane (including doctors!), and I was beginning to think

by ghusto 3y ago

Now imagine not having the internet, and getting a few times a year. Everyone I spoke to thought I was insane (including doctors!), and I was beginning to think so myself. It tapered off and I hadn't had it for years when I accidentally read about it somewhere. Until then it was on my ever growing list of "shit that only happens to me, apparently". Makes me wonder how many people got misdiagnosed with mental disorders, because the world was just smaller back then.

ycombinete 3y ago
I just found out now that I get some of this. Occasionally I get a very bright flash as I’m driving off. As if an old camera flash has gone off in the room. No sounds, but the myclonic jerk and fright is there for sure. Felt a bit giddy reading this annd recognising it! I also get a lot of headaches.
ddalex 3y ago
I'm amazed - I get this so often when I fell asleep that it's a trigger for my lucid dreaming; boom! and now I know I sleep. I silently assumed that this is true for everybody, I'm amazed to find out it's rare, at least in your experience !
NikkiA 3y ago
Even with the internet I was unable to explain to my GP back in 2006 what this was. All I could present was 'I dunno, maybe it's epilepsy, it's like an electrical zap sound deep in my head at times', I was told it was nonsense and sent away without any further knowledge. Sometimes I wonder if it's remotely related to the other obscure 'unable to name until post-2010 internet knowledge' syndrome that I suffer - Alice in Wonderland syndrome. Although I do know that the cause for that was operations on/or my amblyopic strabismus 40+ years ago. Certainly it appeared first while I was convalescing. edit: to add a little bit of clarification here, sometime around 2010 I learnt what they were both called due to one of those clickbaity buzzfeed-style '50 bizarre medical issues you won't believe' style pieces.
ainiriand 3y ago
It also happens to me, but unfortunately I was unable to engage any lucid dreaming. I would love to learn more about that. I had one episode once when very relaxed but awake, though.

by ghusto 3y ago

ycombinete 3y ago

I just found out now that I get some of this. Occasionally I get a very bright flash as I’m driving off. As if an old camera flash has gone off in the room. No sounds, but the myclonic jerk and fright is there for sure. Felt a bit giddy reading this annd recognising it! I also get a lot of headaches.

ddalex 3y ago

I'm amazed - I get this so often when I fell asleep that it's a trigger for my lucid dreaming; boom! and now I know I sleep. I silently assumed that this is true for everybody, I'm amazed to find out it's rare, at least in your experience !

NikkiA 3y ago

Even with the internet I was unable to explain to my GP back in 2006 what this was. All I could present was 'I dunno, maybe it's epilepsy, it's like an electrical zap sound deep in my head at times', I was told it was nonsense and sent away without any further knowledge. Sometimes I wonder if it's remotely related to the other obscure 'unable to name until post-2010 internet knowledge' syndrome that I suffer - Alice in Wonderland syndrome. Although I do know that the cause for that was operations on/or my amblyopic strabismus 40+ years ago. Certainly it appeared first while I was convalescing. edit: to add a little bit of clarification here, sometime around 2010 I learnt what they were both called due to one of those clickbaity buzzfeed-style '50 bizarre medical issues you won't believe' style pieces.

ainiriand 3y ago

It also happens to me, but unfortunately I was unable to engage any lucid dreaming. I would love to learn more about that. I had one episode once when very relaxed but awake, though.