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Originally Posted by NatsukiKuga
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I'd suspect that the sounds you're hearing when nodding off are called "hypnagogic hallucinations." They're p common, and they take all kinds of forms. Almost everybody gets one at least once in their lives, and folks with bipolar and anxiety issues are especially prone.
Sometimes people experience them as a heavy, even suffocating, weight on their chests. Check out this cool Fuseli painting:
https://artsandculture.google.com/as...gA?hl=en&avm=2
The hallucinations themselves are harmless, but they can be a sign of narcolepsy. If you have the insurance for it, might not hurt to get a sleep study done.
As to your first question about martial arts, I strongly recommend it. Tai Chi has helped keep my head straight in the decades since my BP2 started manifesting. I do monitor my moods, and I back off from the contact stuff when I'm feeling flaky, but there's always newbies to teach, floors to sweep, etc. You're always learning when you're willing to let yourself.
Good Luck |
Omg THANK YOU!! Now I can relax. I thought I might had exploding head syndrome for a minute. I'm constantly worrying my self. My dreams have been normal too by the way. I'm a lucid dreaner. I used to get lucid dreaming. I did Google narcolepsy but I don't think I have it. Is that when you feel like your gonna fall asleep any time of the day with out warning? Sorry if I misinterpreted that. I used to be a huge lucid dreaming fan boy. It helped me allot with my depression. Just the sounds scare me a bit. I've been feeling allot of fatitude from my anxiety and stress don't help me sleep because I can't relax. I'm almost too afraid to sleep my muscles are too tensed at night. I got GAD so it's rough. And I can't feel my body sometimes. What causes the dog barking noise when you wake up? I've also heard thoughts from dream/wake state before too when waking up from an anxiety attack. Sorry if my post is going off topic. My therapist said not to worry about the sounds. I would get a sleep study but the sleep lab lied to me after they said I would get one and I'm not sure if my sleep lab in OSU takes Medicaid. Thanks for the info. What about falling asleep and seeing a person looking at you from a TV show? Could that also be from hypnogigic image and stress related?