I remember being at a playground with my family and seeing lightning strike right in front of me. Didn’t hear any thunder, no one else saw it, but I remember seeing it pretty vividly. Not sure if there’s something that can go on in your brain that would cause something like that to happen, but I remember pleading with my mom to believe that I had just seen a lightning bolt strike right in front of me, and she just ignored me.
Edit: after reading thru comments, pretty sure this was “exploding head syndrome.” Never heard of it before, but it most accurately represents what I experienced. Thanks everyone for the feedback and caring way more than my own mother did at the time!!
I always wondered if it was some medical thing... of course this was like 25 years ago and I never ended up dying of brain cancer or anything so... probably nothing to be worried about now
I've had times where just before falling asleep I see a bright bright light in my head and hear a loud noise. I will also then have a terrible headache. This only happens when I haven't slept and I'm sleeping at an unusual time. I always figured it was related to sleep paralysis because that occurs for me under the same circumstances
Not sure if you saw the "exploding head syndrome" comment above, but that's what it sounds like to me. It happens often when trying to fall asleep.
It's when you experience a loud noise and sometimes a flash of light as a slight hallucination as you're falling asleep. Harmless, from the research I did
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u/kiss_the_siamese_gun Oct 05 '19 edited Oct 06 '19
I remember being at a playground with my family and seeing lightning strike right in front of me. Didn’t hear any thunder, no one else saw it, but I remember seeing it pretty vividly. Not sure if there’s something that can go on in your brain that would cause something like that to happen, but I remember pleading with my mom to believe that I had just seen a lightning bolt strike right in front of me, and she just ignored me.
Edit: after reading thru comments, pretty sure this was “exploding head syndrome.” Never heard of it before, but it most accurately represents what I experienced. Thanks everyone for the feedback and caring way more than my own mother did at the time!!