Thread: Violently loud sleep paralysis/exploding head, a simple solution

So THAT'S what it's called!!!

I get this every night just before I fall asleep... though often it wakes me and then it takes a while before I get back to sleep. It feels like a mild electric shock running from my brain all down my spine and sometimes I feel it out to my fingers and toes. And yes, it takes any ambient sound (fan etc) and amplifies it ridiculously in an instant...

Thanks for posting this Nina... I was afraid I had some terrible neurological condition or something!!

Ok, just read the wiki page. Apparently it normally only happens occasionally, during some sort of 'episode' or 'attack'? I get it every night, and have for years. I also suffer from insomnia. But anyway, thanks for the advice about blocking out sound... I'll have to try that if I can manage to do it and not roll over afterwards.