headsplosion

[roxybisquaint]

For many years, I've had random nights where I'm awakened by the sound of someone shouting in my ear. Usually it's my name being yelled in the same way you might shout "BOO!" to scare someone. It's sudden and close and very very loud. I wake up startled, only to realize the sound I heard wasn't external (there's no one standing over me and my ears

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[serrico]

Huh!

The brain is weird. Awesomely weird, sometimes, but weird nonetheless!

I'm glad you were able to find an explanation for the shouting, though. That would freak me out.

[roxybisquaint]

The first couple times it happened to me, it definitely freaked me out. And then the thing last night freaked me out too. But at least now I know it's just a weird thing that happens sometimes. Yep, the brain is mysterious!

[intrepid01]

Human beings are just…weird you know?

All the stuff that happens to us that medical science doesn’t even have a handle on is scary large, for example I’ve been suffering for the second time with something I have never even heard of called benign positional vertigo, while asleep I turn over and suddenly it like the world is spinning out of control, the first time the symptoms lasted a week, this time they lasted 3 months before going away, and worst of all there is no treatment or medicine for the condition.

And while there is plenty of documentation about it the explanation on the cause has a preamble with the phrase, “thought to be caused by…” scary stuff!

You get so used to going to the doctor for “cures” to whatever problem you have it’s a great surprise when they say they can prescribe some motion sickness pills that don’t really work and just to live with it until it goes away.

Man, “shit” really does happen!

[roxybisquaint]

Hey, I actually read about benign positional vertigo during my searches about this exploding head thing! I think it was on some page about various sleep disturbances. OMG, you've had that lasting three months?!

I get frequent episodes of vertigo (I think one of my inner ears is messed up), but for me it's not a spin, it's a tilt, and it generally only lasts a few seconds at a time. Worst case of vertigo I ever had lasted a few hours. I can not imagine the kind you're talking about nor having to deal with that for days or OMG weeks or OMFG months. eek!

“thought to be caused by…”

^ Augh, I hate that. The human body has so many strange quirks and most of the time that's about all you ever do find out. I don't bother going to the doctor unless I'm sick for several days without improvement or I've got something obvious wrong like I sprained an ankle. The rest of the time, the internet usually tells me what I need to know.

Hope your vertigo stays away.

[intrepid01]

Well the first four days are the worst then it gradually gets better so now I only get light headed when I get up or lay down but in the early days it like being in the spin cycle of a washing machine every time you move, at least it settles after about 10-20 seconds.

Funny thing is your eyes are apparently tied into the balance mechanism so they automatically track where you are supposed to be, but since the problem is created by your brain getting mixed messages from the balance centre from each ear they track from one point and back again which only enhances the spinning experience.

I hated those fairground rides as a kid because I always got dizzy and sick so this is a special type of hell for me, I’d rather have a broken arm, at least that’s only unbearable until you get the cast, this is totally incapacitating, and when its dark you have no sense of direction or which way is up and I end up prat falling so lights at all times are a must.

[miniglik]

Ha ha! That is so whacky!

And the internet IS awesome.

[roxybisquaint]

The internet knows all!

Head explosions...

[tackdriver56]

I think I would be contacting all my friend and loved ones, to make sure no one died.

At least mark the dates on the calendar... in case this is your "ability" beginning to manifest ;-)