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ALL U TARDS HEARING BOOMS AT NITE!!Exploding Head Syndrome: The Weird Sleep Phenomenon That’s Way More Common Than You Thought

 
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Exploding Head Syndrome: The Weird Sleep Phenomenon That’s Way More Common Than You Thought
Jenna BirchMarch 30, 2015
Exploding Head Syndrome: The Weird Sleep Phenomenon That’s Way More Common Than You Thought

If you’ve ever heard a loud “boom” in the night, don’t worry, you’re not going crazy — it’s just a sign of this strange sleep condition. (Photo: Getty Images)

Ever hear an “explosion” in the night that didn’t seem to exist? One that you never told anyone about, for fear they’d think you were going insane? According to Washington State University researchers, roughly one in five people experience the psychological phenomenon known as “exploding head syndrome,” which involves being awakened by an inexplicable loud – yet nonexistent – noise.

Exploding head syndrome generally happens when a person is falling asleep, and scientists believe it’s the result of a kink in the brain’s mechanisms as it’s turning off. You can think of the brain shutting down like a computer would: Motor, auditory, and visual neurons begin to flick off in stages.

However, the “exploding head” phenomenon occurs when, instead of shutting down gradually and slowly, the auditory neurons crash all at once — and with a bang. “That’s why you get these crazy-loud noises that you can’t explain, and they’re not actual noises in your environment,” says researcher Brian Sharpless, an assistant professor at Washington State University and the director of the university’s psychology clinic, in a press release.

Related: Suck At Sleep? Blame It On Your Brainwaves

Before this current research, the phenomenon was generally believed to occur among the 50-plus age set. Now, it’s clear that’s not the case.
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boom33 is this real?
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Yeah, I've had them since childhood.

I don't know how this research can be new, though, because my father explained the "bang" exactly like that: your brain shuts down for sleep too fast.
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Loud noises just as you're drifting off to sleep?

I have experienced this.

Seems to happen when I'm extremely tired or didn't sleep well the night before.
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It sounds like someone fired a gun next to you. Super loud, shocking actually. That was when I was drinking avocado soup from Islands Restaurant. Not kidding. I stopped drinking it and it was gone. But when I started drinking it again, it came back. So, something in Avocado does that to me.
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It sounds like someone fired a gun next to you. Super loud, shocking actually. That was when I was drinking avocado soup from Islands Restaurant. Not kidding. I stopped drinking it and it was gone. But when I started drinking it again, it came back. So, something in Avocado does that to me.
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There are variations, too.

A loud bang.

A sudden feeling that you tripped and are falling down.

Bright flash even though your eyes are closed.
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I have had this as far back as I can remember, always wondered what it was!
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This was a Pandemic a few years ago has it made a Comeback?
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I have had this as far back as I can remember, always wondered what it was!
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I thought this was a urban legend or internet joke.
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I've had happen a couple of times and when the explosion goes off I would get flash of light inside my eye lids as if it happens in my environment.
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ive heard it too over my lifetime, not often though, thank goodness.

not pleasant whatsoever.
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IF YOU EVER HAD A CAP GUN WHEN YOU WERE A KID WHICH YOU LOADED UP WITH "ROLLS OF PAPER WITH BLOBS OF GUNPOWDER ON" WHICH WHEN YOU PRESSED THE TRIGGER THE PAPER EXPLODED AND GAVE OFF ORANGE SPARKS AND SMOKE?

WELL FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS IT WAS LIKE A CAP GUN WAS FIRED OFF NEXT TO ME WHILE SLEEPING AND I HEAR THE BANG AND SEE THE ORANGE FLASH THROUGH MY SLEEPING CLOSED EYELIDS AND I AWAKE SMELLING GUNPOWDER SMOKE IN THE AIR ON MY PILLOW.

I POSTED ABOUT IT ON GLP. DOES ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCE THE SAME? IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY NIGHT. I SEEM TO FORGET ABOUT IT AND THEN OUT OF THE BLUE IT HAPPENS AGAIN WHEN LEAST EXPECTED AND LASTS A COUPLE OF DAYS.

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IF YOU EVER HAD A CAP GUN WHEN YOU WERE A KID WHICH YOU LOADED UP WITH "ROLLS OF PAPER WITH BLOBS OF GUNPOWDER ON" WHICH WHEN YOU PRESSED THE TRIGGER THE PAPER EXPLODED AND GAVE OFF ORANGE SPARKS AND SMOKE?

WELL FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS IT WAS LIKE A CAP GUN WAS FIRED OFF NEXT TO ME WHILE SLEEPING AND I HEAR THE BANG AND SEE THE ORANGE FLASH THROUGH MY SLEEPING CLOSED EYELIDS AND I AWAKE SMELLING GUNPOWDER SMOKE IN THE AIR ON MY PILLOW.

I POSTED ABOUT IT ON GLP. DOES ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCE THE SAME? IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY NIGHT. I SEEM TO FORGET ABOUT IT AND THEN OUT OF THE BLUE IT HAPPENS AGAIN WHEN LEAST EXPECTED AND LASTS A COUPLE OF DAYS.

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wtf
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I DON'T MIND IT HAPPENING! ITS PRETTY DAM COOL!

BUT I'D HATE TO THINK OF OUR BED BEING SET ALIGHT WHILE WE SLEEP OR MY SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTING DUE TO MY BEING A PSYCHIC FIRE STARTER! LOL!





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