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August 24th, 2011
Hi everyone

I have a history of anxiety, panic attacks, ocd, insomnia, depression and Tourettes. I do not handle stress well at all and for the last few weeks I have been under a tremendous amount of stress which has caused tons of anxiety, fear, insomnia and other issues.

About a week ago I went to bed and I don't know if I was dreaming, awake or somewhere in between but sometime during the night I had this sudden and paralyzing fear come over me. I desperately wanted to go into the kitchen for some odd reason but was terrified to even lift the covers off of my head. At some point I went back to sleep, had a nightmare and suddenly became aware of these weird "digital" sound effects playing inside my head (it almost sounded like R2D2 from Starwars or something). It really freaked me out and I still have no idea if I was dreaming, awake or somewhere in between. When I became fully awake the weird noises disappeared.

A few nights later, more nightmares and other strangeness.

Then last night, as I slept (it must have been about 5:00AM) I suddenly became aware of this very loud and continuous racket going on. Again, I don't know if I was dreaming, awake or somewhere in between. As I began to awake just a little bit (but still mostly asleep) I surmised that the loud racket I had heard was the geese outside honking and assumed now that I was a little more awake, I would be able to tell exactly what the noise was and where it was coming from. As I lay there, still 75% asleep I suddenly heard this strange sound effect (again, like R2Dt but slightly different this time) playing inside my head. It only lasted a few seconds but really freaked me out badly. A few more nightmares later, I completely woke up and just felt like I had been through a meat grinder. I didn't even want to get out of bed to face the day.

I don't know if this is a parasomnia or what it is. I have, in the past, experienced sleep starts (where I hear the loud explosion/flash of light going off in my head). I've also experienced myclonic jerks, talking in my sleep and one night I was sound asleep when all of a sudden it felt like my bed had lifted off of the floor a few inches and was moving around and the globe over my ceiling light had turned into a rotating disco ball. Not sure if I was dreaming or just losing my mind!.

Has anyone else ever experienced any of this...especially the weird noises or sound effects coming from inside your head in the middle of the night and not knowing whether your dreaming, awake or somewhere in between?. This is just completely freaking me out. I'm not a drug user or anything so I'm sure it's not from that. Not sure what is causing it except maybe severe stress and anxiety??.

Thank for any help on this!, JJ
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Scared_of_Sleep
replied August 26th, 2011
Hi, I have similar experiences but slightly in a different way. I have had problems with sleep paralysis so mine are probably linked to that. Anyways I don't know much but here is what I read, the strange noises you hear and you are not sure if you're awake sleeping or in between are nothing to be scared of. When you are about to fall asleep this is likely to happen because it does with me you hear things for me I see some things too like a movie but what I understand is I am dreaming, and somehow am aware of it so I snap back to reality (I wake up.) Sometimes the noises I hear are something in the dream but when you wake up and you hear it was something for real (like the geese) don't be afraid it just got mixed in your dream as you were waking up. Again I don't really know much but I am just speaking from personal experience, I would say stress and anxiety might have something to do with it for sure. Please see a specialist about this someone who knows this stuff, and just relax and don't think too much about it, when it happens try and tell your self that this is your mind mixing dreams and reality and try to calm yourself. I hope this helped.
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stmacg
replied August 30th, 2011
when the consciousness impinges on the subconsciousness during rem sleep we see, feel and even hear a lot of whats happening as the subconsciousness processes information. the reasoning portions of our consciousness tries to make sense of it and fills in gaps. The problem I have is that my consciousness sometimes is to active and I can not sleep. I can hear music, voices, and other sounds from the white noise of the TV or fan in my room and sometimes I enjoy it other times it keeps me awake all night. one thing that works for me is to get up and write down what I was thinking about to get it out of my head or to listen to what what playing over and over in my head somehow this allows me to finish the thought and get on with my sleeping. I hope this helps some of you out there.
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PC_88
replied September 24th, 2011
Wierd Dreams all the time
I experience what the person at the top does too..a little more than often but I hadnt thought much of it before now..should I seek advice from my doctor?
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PC_88
replied September 24th, 2011
I experience what the person at the top does too..a little more than often but I hadnt thought much of it before now..should I seek advice from my doctor?
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Scared_of_Sleep
replied September 24th, 2011
I think you should talk to your doctor just to be on the safe side if it is happening a lot and it bothers you.
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youngchixxy
replied December 22nd, 2011
bad dream story
All as i have to say is that In my dreams its kinda like as you say in your story about yours but mines been like this from the age when i was about 6 years old maybe younger i dont remember by now iv mostly dreamed about spirits like 5 to 6 time and ever since then iv stop dreaming in that kind of way now that im 16 years old i never hoped again to go throught this faze again but its happing but all diffrently i have a bf name sylvain and i really really love him and i dont want him thinking im some kind of freak when i tell him cause i dont know if he understands ,Iv been sleeping really late for the past couple of days like im tierd and i wanna go to sleep but my eyes just wont shut and in about 3 hours i have to go to school for example so i just shut my eyes so i could at least get my body to sleep when its ready but as that happens i started haveing a dream of my bf halfly dead in front of me but i didnt see or hear alot from my dream from that dream cause ive got scared and a waken from it then the fallowing night ive went to bed and talk on the phone to feel just a little bit less stressed about going to sleep again and haveing that same dream well bang same thing happen's again but this time it got really diffrent i had an image but it just washed away from my mind and all i remember was a big loud car crash sound thill today i still dont know what to do i act like everything is normal cause if i even try to get some one to understand they wouldnt they mostly think im nuts and that the reason im like this is because i dont go out alot or i dont sleep or eat as much but i just dont know how to get over all this dreams i cant sleep at night right away after school im so tierd that i go to sleep when i get home and i dont get these dreams

I hope this has helped for some meaning for those who's haveing these dreams commein to you are not the only one's

but if you actly have a cur for these things hit me up Thank you for reading
ps : message from youngchixxy
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Afraid_to_sleep
replied April 2nd, 2012
Hi, im 14 and have been experiencing this too, I have anxiety, lots of stress, ocd, and a temper. Well,im pretty sure I was awake falling into a deep sleep.. Then I saw this girl in my head wearing white, with her face blacked out , in the corner of my room. I couldnt move, I felt paralized, nd couldnt speak. I heard a strong wind noise like u get from bein in a windy place with a cell phone. All of a sudden I felt tgsi big jolt on my body and I opened my eyes .It scared me. Nd now im afraid to fall asleep. Any suggestions?
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Afraid_to_sleep
replied April 2nd, 2012
Hi, im 14 and have been experiencing this too, I have anxiety, lots of stress, ocd, and a temper. Well,im pretty sure I was awake falling into a deep sleep.. Then I saw this girl in my head wearing white, with her face blacked out , in the corner of my room. I couldnt move, I felt paralized, nd couldnt speak. I heard a strong wind noise like u get from bein in a windy place with a cell phone. All of a sudden I felt tgsi big jolt on my body and I opened my eyes .It scared me. Nd now im afraid to fall asleep. Any suggestions?
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JackDiamond
replied December 27th, 2012
First off, I'm really glad no one has brought up alien abductions in this thread. hahaha!
uhh...Anyway...

These types of dreams/hallucinations/whatever have been a part of life for as long as I can remember, though they were much more common when I was young and would happen sometimes during the day when I was awake.
Without going too much into it, my home was an incredibly stressful place. Not as bad as physical abuse, but probably not much better either.
Over the years I'd come to just accept that I was crazy and stupid (less intelligent than average, almost retarded), and fell into alcohol and marijuana. That didn't help my intelligence any, but it helped me not care that I was stupid.
At some point in my early twenties I met a man that became a mentor to me, gave me a job, and eventually pounded into my head that I actually was smart enough to learn how to be intelligent and, in his own way, taught me how to live without drugs and alcohol again.
It's been nearly seven years since he started me on the road to fixing myself and it's been much easier to deal with stress now that I know how to recognize it.
I've recently taken an interest in looking into the problems from my childhood that still linger.
The dreams, sounds, and other sensations such as controlling my hands and body from the outside seem to have always happened during and after stressful situations.
Even as an adult of 30 these (and other) symptoms still return when I try to remember forgotten periods of my childhood or when I'm around my parents for long periods of time, though they're nowhere near as severe now. No more than minor annoyances and gone in a minute or two.
The dreams have stopped almost entirely and sleepwalking has been reduced to sometimes finding a half-a-glass of water on my nightstand that wasn't there when I went to bed.

Anyway, the way I beat my mental disorders were with good counsel, a good sleep schedule, good nutrition and exercise, and staying away from pot and other drugs.
Also, separating myself from the people and places that caused the stress was a great deal of help, though I know that's not always possible.
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