• henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    3 months ago

    It’s not unusual to have brief hallucinations right before falling asleep. It’s happened to me on occasion. That’s another possible explanation.

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      3 months ago

      What sounds like a scream could also be an episode of “exploding head syndrome” (the most hilariously dramatically named relatively mundane sleep phenomenon)

      I’ve experienced it a handful of times in my life and it is very startling! Especially the 2 times where it sounded like someone shouting my name from inside my skull. Brains are so weird

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        3 months ago

        Just got one the other night, first time in ages. Sounds exactly like a shotgun going off.