Rob jc
12-05-14, 19:34
I was just wondering if anyone can relate to this sleep problem(s) i have.
I have had these for years and obviously at first they freaked me right out, over time i have just had to accept them as..erm well shet happens.
The most annoying one is at the point of drifting off to sleep I will get violently jolted awake like head shocked, sometimes chest pain, hard to tell the source sometimes. All i know is that it is traumatic and will happen maybe dozens of times in a row before i drift off. I know when i am going to have a bad night when i have this feeling of pressure in my head, accompanied with what i call the fog of doom feeling.(so hard to put into words that feeling)
I know this may sound weird but one of the things that diminishes the fog of doom feeling is to self tickle my arm, ears or neck.
So when it happens i will sit up ultra fast in bed and gasp like i was fighting for my life. One of the strangest visual effects is that i see a massive black spiders web for a split second at the point of being jolted awake. I will see this more commonly when it is daylight(my hours can be strange) and facing a white wall. I just assume it is the imprint of the veins in my eyeballs i am seeing but i don't know. It is like my body is being awakened before my consciousness has kicked in.
The second and even more disturbing experience is like the opposite.
I will gain consciousness and still be asleep. All i see is black and i have to physically focus/fight with my mind to push myself back to reality and become conscious. Gets to the point that sometimes it is really tough and feels like my head will explode with the weird intense fear.
Would be interested if anyone else on here have similar experiences.
Sucks to be me :)
Cheers Rob
I have had these for years and obviously at first they freaked me right out, over time i have just had to accept them as..erm well shet happens.
The most annoying one is at the point of drifting off to sleep I will get violently jolted awake like head shocked, sometimes chest pain, hard to tell the source sometimes. All i know is that it is traumatic and will happen maybe dozens of times in a row before i drift off. I know when i am going to have a bad night when i have this feeling of pressure in my head, accompanied with what i call the fog of doom feeling.(so hard to put into words that feeling)
I know this may sound weird but one of the things that diminishes the fog of doom feeling is to self tickle my arm, ears or neck.
So when it happens i will sit up ultra fast in bed and gasp like i was fighting for my life. One of the strangest visual effects is that i see a massive black spiders web for a split second at the point of being jolted awake. I will see this more commonly when it is daylight(my hours can be strange) and facing a white wall. I just assume it is the imprint of the veins in my eyeballs i am seeing but i don't know. It is like my body is being awakened before my consciousness has kicked in.
The second and even more disturbing experience is like the opposite.
I will gain consciousness and still be asleep. All i see is black and i have to physically focus/fight with my mind to push myself back to reality and become conscious. Gets to the point that sometimes it is really tough and feels like my head will explode with the weird intense fear.
Would be interested if anyone else on here have similar experiences.
Sucks to be me :)
Cheers Rob