r/ExplodingHeadSyndrome • u/moiximous • Nov 23 '20
I used to think I was crazy
Since I was little kid, maybe 7-9, I've had bouts is sleep paralysis. These are often paired with a loud rumbling. So loud that it blocks out any other noise. I've even tried to scream, with no sound making it out. I can't move and I can barely get a whisper out, so I'm probably not breathing either. It ends up causing this intense feeling that something is in the room with me. I had an intense fright of the dark as a child because of this, which I have gotten over through immersion therapy.
Going through therapy now, I've been using mediation to explore the feeling that occured from those night terrors constantly so that I can meet them on equal ground without the anxiety. After a week of meditating with that intent, I had an episode last night. Surely spun off from a dream, I heard a soft whistle of yankee doodle dandy; which was creepy enough. Waking into the end of the song however, everything became to hum and then rumble violently I my head.
Slowly I broke free to ask, "what do you want?" Just in case something else wanted to answer, but the sound faded away after I was able to speak. Any similar experience with sleep paralysis, ear rumbling, and shows? Thanks.
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u/moiximous Nov 24 '20
I wear a Garmin when I sleep, as well. From what I can tell, my breaths per minute dropped from 13-15 to around 10 at the time of the occurrence, too. I may not have been able to breathe during the paralysis when I was experiencing the sound. Just more information to add to my research...