Last night

[zestfive]

I had a strange experience. I don't know if I had fallen asleep (and possibly dreaming) or that I was in the drifty place just before sleep. I physically felt and heard a shot ring out on the left side of my head near my temple. I felt the pain, my heart was racing even before I knew what was happening. It scared me but not enough to completely disturb trying to get sleep. I don't know if it was a dream thing or what. Of course my mind races to all sorts of crazy thoughts.... premonition, some psychic connection to something/someone who's experiencing the shot gun blast or perhaps it's just some strange phenomenon that is actually physically present in my brain that is far to technical for me to understand without studying how the brain works. It was just very weird.

Comments

Exploding head syndrome

[ncalrod.livejournal.com]

Sounds like text book Exploding head syndrome. It's harmless if somewhat disconcerting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome

Re: Exploding head syndrome

[zestfive.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh! Thank you! I didn't even know anything about this. I'm guessing you've also experienced something like this?

Re: Exploding head syndrome

[ncalrod.livejournal.com]

I have not experienced that particular phenomenon but I have a deep interest in all things related to sleep particularly hypnagogic and REM related phenomena. Anything to do with dreams or pseudo-dream states fascinates me. Well to be honest a lot of things fascinate me.

I have a spectacularly curious nature and love to indulge it by reading anything I can get my hands on related to whatever has caught my interest. I find things interesting that would normally bore others to tears or as is more often the case confuses the hell out of them as to why ANYONE would want to know the things I go looking for. I have a partial eidetic memory when it comes to things I've seen or read so when something catches my interest (something that isn't hard to do) I proceed to research the hell out of it to slake my curiosity then as a byproduct the information proceeds to rattle around in my brain awaiting the unlikely event that it might one day become relevant. I have something of a reputation among my friends as a walking encyclopedia of obscure information because of this. There is a reason I have so many interests listed in my LJ bio page.

I do have a number of topics I never get tired of studying however and sleep, dreams and the states that surround them are one areas of interest in which I have always had an abiding fascination.

Re: Exploding head syndrome

[zestfive.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much again for bringing this to my attention. I can totally relate to the curiosity and research. I worked a job where people used to call me "Cliff Clavin" from Cheers because I always wanted to know more details to what most people viewed as useless facts.

Your information was certainly relevant to me!

If you were close by, I'd love to take you to lunch and learn more about your interests...that speaks to my endless fascination to other people's fascinations!

[cariadwen.livejournal.com]

good grief!

[howlsthunder.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's crazy. I've had loud noises that didn't exist wake me up before but the above link to the Exploding Head Syndrome is really interesting.

[astramance.livejournal.com]

I experienced something a bit similar a few years ago and had no clue about what it might be. I heard a clap of thunder, though there was no thunder storm. And I couldn't feel my hands at all for about 10 seconds, which seemed to be an eternity. I woke up yelling in panic. I'm glad it didn't occur again. I found the experience somewhat traumatizing.

[zestfive.livejournal.com]

I know, right? I feel much relief after what ncalrod wrote. For me, knowing is half the battle. I'm guessing it hasn't happen since for you?

[astramance.livejournal.com]

No it didn't; fortunately.