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General Category => Members Health & Wellbeing => Topic started by: StinkyPete on April 15, 2023, 08:41:22 PM
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I didn't know if I should post this under "Jokes" or "Members Health"
In the early hours of the morning a couple of days ago I was woken by a MASSIVE explosion. First I thought it was lightning and thunder over the house, but the sound wasn't quite right, and then I thought that my shed had been blown up by a former client, but there was no sounds of falling debris or other post demolition sounds. It was huge and woke me with a severe start. No follow-up sirens were heard. Stangely neither the dog or Chris hadn't stirred, and the shed was still intact, so the mystery of the massively loud Ker-Fu#$@&%-Boom remained. In the morning I checked facebook for any reports of a local disturbance..... Nothing.
A search for dreamed or imagined explosions turned up the wonderfully named "Exploding Head Syndrome".
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome and https://sleepeducation.org/sleep-disorders/exploding-head-syndrome/
I haven't stopped chuckling about it since, and the family reckons it's a great name for what I experienced. There's lot's of info about EHS on the web. :grin
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Yep, another symptom of advanced age. Enjoy them all!
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I’d like some of what you’re taking.
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The one I seem to be suffering from is Auto-brewery syndrome. It sounds like something Cerebral Knievel would come up with but I discounted that on the fact that you have to be dry. :nahnah
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That’s really interesting Pete. I can relate. While not at the H-bomb level that you experienced, I can admit to being woken by a loud noise and wondering why neither Ruth nor the cat were affected. The fact that it has a real name helps me to maintain the illusion that I’m not losing my marbles.
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........ The fact that it has a real name helps me to maintain the illusion that I’m not losing my marbles.
I actually spent the day on my hands and knees, searching for a few wayward marbles, while chuckling to myself. It was not a good look.
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LOL. That's a great mental picture you've painted there.
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Begs the question … did you find them? You may be happier without them.