My strangest dream ever....Lightning / Explosion could have sworn I was awake.

[Boxerfan]

Welcome to the world of over share!

I have a sleep disorder & I commonly wake many times a night. Condition has been stable 12+ years. So I'm lying in bed trying to get back to sleep. I thought to myself it was very quiet and actually thought to myself "too quiet". Immediately just outside my window I heard a explosion sharp extremely loud-like a thunder strike very close. It was odd there was no echo

It was so startling I remember my Conure reacting & my small doggie woke up also & wanted on the big bed. I went to the bathroom and wrote the time down so I could check my camera's. I also looked out the window and the sky was mostly clear-zero chance of lightning.

I have 2 working security cams with sound & it recorded freeway traffic far off, trains passing & a plane flying over. But no explosion or flash. It was only after listening to both camera's for a full hour did I realize it probably was a dream. Nobody else heard it and I have no other explanation.

I can only surmise I reacted to it & startled my critters but like I said-I could swear I was awake & they reacted instantly.

This one was the night before last. So very weird I figured I'd give the lounge a "crack" at it
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Thanks everyone!. I'm not crazy well maybe just a little but I have a exploding head. My wife will be impressed.
But I will relate this to my Dr. and hope it NEVER happens again.

[Harker]

1. Perhaps enlightenment has come to you? n/t

[Cirque du So-What]

2. 'Exploding head syndrome' is a real thing

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-understanding-exploding-head-syndrome/

I've experienced it several times in my life - long periods in between.

[Boxerfan]

5. Wow-this exists?

Thanks and sorry you had to experience it!.

[Cirque du So-What]

7. Oh, there's nothing like it

The first time, I was like WTF?!? Immediately after they awakened me, I recognized subsequent episodes for what they were.

[Laffy Kat]

10. This is exactly what I was going to suggest.

It used to happen to me all of the time.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. Exploding Head Syndrome?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome

[Tech]

4. Might want to check out exploding head syndrome. It is real. Mayo has a section on it.

[Boxerfan]

6. I'm amazed-this is real. I will tell my Dr.

I hope I'm the once in a lifetime type.. Once again lounge-Wow!

[SheltieLover]

8. Have you studied Carl Jung's Synchronicity?

Here is a great read:

https://www.amazon.com/Synchronicity-Connecting-Principle-Collected-Extracts/dp/0691150508

[Wicked Blue]

9. This happened to me too, a couple of months ago

I have no idea why, although the Mayo article mentions ear disorders. I have some kind of neuropathy in my inner ear that causes dizziness, so maybe that has something to do with it.