Ever been jolted up from your sleep suddenly because you heard a loud noise only to find that your bedroom was as still as ever? Ever thought you could be losing your mind because of this? Well worry not, the probability is that you’re still sane, for now at least.

Medical professionals call this the Exploding Head Syndrome. It is a condition that causes you to experience an immensely loud noise which eminates from your own head. Usually, sufferers describe the sound like that of an explosion, roar, crashing waves, loud voices or even a loud ringing.

Apparently, this usually occurs one or two hours after falling asleep. However, it has been known to happen while wide awake although it affects those sleeping more than not. The syndrome is accompanied by a loud noise but never with pain. Although sufferers do suffer some degree of anxiety and raised heart rate as a result. I suffer this off and on and when it first started, I did find myself slightly scared by the ‘disembodied’ voices (in my case it was either people talking or someone calling my name). Although doctors do not know what causes the Exploding Head Syndrome, they all agree that it is set off by stress and or extreme fatigue. There are however a few medical practitioners who argue that it is as a result of the sudden movement of the middle ear component of the Eustachian tube. Although electroencephalograms taking during such episodes show unusual activity, doctors are ruling out epilepsy as one of the causes. Others on the other hand believe that it could be a form of minor seizure in the temporal lobe area where nerve cells for hearing are found.

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