Explosions in my Mind

[M-Cat]

Sometimes when trying to fall asleep, I am jolted by an INCREDIBLY loud explosion in my mind. It sounds real, but somehow I can tell my mind created the sound. It just seems to... come from inside. I can't really explain it. This happens once every few months or so and last happened a few weeks ago. I searched and this is the only thing I found, but no one replied: "This happened a long time ago. I don't think it relates to dreaming, so I'm posting it here. It was early morning, and I was in the half awake/half asleep (actually mostly asleep) state, and all of a sudden I hear a defeaning explosion. (I wasn't dreaming anymore, but I was in the this semi-state) I jolt awake with my heart racing. My first thought is lightning must have hit that house, but it was a bright sunny morning. My second thought was that maybe a bomb dropped in the area, so I run outside, and everything is ok. My third thought is, maybe a TV or Radio was on in the house, but everything was off, actually everyone was still except for my mom who was in the bathroom. I never found out what that was. It happened years ago and it's the only time in my life something like that ever happened. It was not like ordinary Sleep-Paralysis with booming sounds... this was just a defeaning explosion noise out of nowhere Anyone have anything similar/random like this that was maybe actually connected to something? "

[Burns]

I know what you're talking about - the same thing happens to me sometimes. But I'm not sure how to describe it either. I'm not sure if it's hypgognic imagery or not, or even there's even a name for it. Sorry I'm not much use.... Welcome to the forum, by the way

[M-Cat]

thank you but sometimes I'm just lying wide awake and all of a sudden BOOM! so I don't think its hypnagogic. It doesn't really worry me, but it's scary when it happens

[orbsycli]

oh god i love this stuff!! I am mostly an auditory dreamer, it's my most sensitive sense, and what I mostly focus on during my waking life. I get such a kick out of the noises that come from thy withinity. Falling asleep is so amazing. The noises from this world fade out, the dream world fades in. I always tell myself to shut up and listen, then watch. It's no wonder why I'm the only person that I know that can sit down and watch a movie all the way thru, extremely attentive, without getting up once. O The allusions and symmetry everywhere . . . (Life is beautiful)

[Bosco]

i get that too...for me it feels like a jolt of electricity is flowing through my head, its wierd but i have come to to worry about it but i would really like to find out what it is

[Bosco]

here you go i found this Exploding head syndrome is a rare condition first reported by a British physician in 1988[1] that causes the sufferer to occasionally experience a tremendously loud noise as if from within his or her own head, usually described as an explosion or a roar. This usually occurs within an hour or two of falling asleep, but is not the result of a dream. Although perceived as tremendously loud, the noise is usually not accompanied by pain. Attacks appear to increase and decrease in frequency over time, with several attacks occurring in a space of days or weeks followed by months of remission. Sufferers often feel a sense of terror and anxiety after an attack, accompanied by elevated heart rate. Attacks are also often accompanied by perceived flashes of light or difficulty in breathing. The condition is also known as 'auditory sleep starts'. The noise may be accompanied by a perceived bright flash of light, and the light on its own is known as a 'visual sleep start'. Note that Exploding Head Syndrome does not actually cause one's head to explode.

[theitaliangunman]

I experienced the same feeling, and it might have been something falling on the roof..but it seemed too loud. Maybe the sounds you hear are amplified?

[Jess]

Originally posted by dropout14 Note that Exploding Head Syndrome does not actually cause one's head to explode.

[Leo Volont]

In many of the Ancient and even in the Modern treatises on Kundalini Energy, or the Qi or Chi Energy, they speak of various strange sensations that overlap the perceptions while the Energy is opening up. Sparkly lights, or 'snow', and sounds of thunder, or chimings of bells. there are other things, but it is not necessary to remember any of them. These things are temporary and they pass.

[Jess]

Originally posted by Leo Volont Sparkly lights, or 'snow', and sounds of thunder, or chimings of bells. Sounds like going a round with Amir Khan! Only kidding. That sounds good...at least your heads aren't exploding.

[M-Cat]

Thx dropout that sounds exactly like what I experience Though we still don't know what causes this. I once read a Darwin Award where this chess player was concentrating so much that his head actually did explode (no joke). Sounds like a severe case of Exploding Head Syndrome to me.

[blade5x]

Hey that quoted in the first post was me, and I forgot to add, I did see a flash of white light, which made me think it was lightning hitting the house. Thanks for the definition. Even though I've only had one concious incident of this, it's good to know what it is.

[Leia]

Originally posted by M-Cat Thx dropout that sounds exactly like what I experience Though we still don't know what causes this. I think I found the same source dropout used (click), but here's what it says on the cause of EHS: Originally posted by Wikipedia The cause of exploding head syndrome is not known, though some physicians have reported a correlation with stress or extreme fatigue. The condition may develop at any time during life and women are slightly more likely to suffer from it than men. Attacks can be one-time events, or can recur. The mechanism is also not known, though possibilities have been suggested; one is that it may be the result of a sudden movement of a middle ear component or of the eustachian tube, another is that it may be the result of a form of minor seizure in the temporal lobe where the nerve cells for hearing are located. Electroencephalograms recorded during actual attacks show unusual activity only in some sufferers, and have ruled out epileptic seizures as a cause. It also says that patients who took Clomipramine (like, three people) had immediate relief from the syndrome. Meh.

[fly by night]

I get the same thing like a stick of dynamite goes off inside your head, accompanied by a brilliant white flash! Other times I will get the falling sensation at the onset of sleep only to catch myself falling and suddenly jolt or jerk myself wide awake. This leaves my heart pounding only making it more difficult to get sleep. How can one sleep now that ones edrenelin is fully flowing? I never found any detailed information on the cause of sleep starts but one person expalained it like this. It,s your body / brains inability to transition through the 4 stages of sleep properly, primarily the first and second stages, which is the starting of sleep ( hence sleep starts) .