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Comment on Exploding head syndrome by Brendan

Brendan — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 06:35:12 +0000

According to documentation I’ve read more than 80% of people affected by this syndrome primarily experience manifestations of it while falling asleep, while a small but significant minority tend to experience it while awakening. It appears these proportions are reflected by the postings in this forum. I’m in the minority affected upon waking, although it’s been more than a year since I’ve experienced it and my symptoms tended to be mild. I was initially concerned it might be epilespy. Consultations with a neurologist ruled that out but failed to produce a diagnosis, so I researched it and ultimately self-diagnosed. I’ve not yet returned to the neurologist to share the proper diagnosis but will do so at some point– I am quite certain of it because my symptoms match perfectly with a small subset of documented cases. At its height, I experienced an electrical buzzing sound that faded in and out. Another member of this forum who experienced something similiar aptly compared the timing of this sound to that of a passing car. It was also accompanied by a vibrational pulse in my head that varied proportionately in intensity with the sound. Later I would wake up and experience one or two vibrational pulses in my head over a thirty second period with no accompanying sound. Caffeine consumption, sleep deprivation, and stress appeared to be contributing factors. One thing I would like to emphasize that is very important– A few other contributors to this forum have related stories where they actually experienced these symptoms in a state where they were wide awake. From what I have read, this is almost certainly not exploding head syndrome, and it is very likely these are auras which are symptoms of mild epilepsy. If you are experiencing something like this in a waking state get medical attention IMMEDIATELY– Mild epilepsy can often be completely controlled with medication, but the prognosis can worsen if medical treatment is delayed. On the other hand, those suffering from exploding head syndrome have nothing to worry about, it is regarded by the experts as entirely benign.

Comment on A mind of our own by Pia Marjukka Laasonen

Pia Marjukka Laasonen — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:41:28 +0000

Dear Society,somebody odd is operating my mobile,can you limking me,I need skauts help.Dear,Oh My God.where I am.Dont wanna be a tabloid.

Comment on An unplanned post-mortem by Pia Marjukka Laasonen

Pia Marjukka Laasonen — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:16:08 +0000

Dear Society,degeneration personality do murder to itselfs.Most people behavior like anoreksia,bulimia and fat people are mental ill.Notice that broblem.Young girls want to ae supermodels.The Family girls dont walk naked in tabloid.Komplex about ttheir own Father,or dont have Father at all.Sexual behaviors Thruth is that they who try find their father doing sex with too many guys.Heh,I am 40years and live selibat.Hello I choose My Head.Deine Fräulein.

Comment on BBC Future column: Hypnic Jerks by Pia Marjukka Laasonen

Pia Marjukka Laasonen — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:42:53 +0000

Dear
iSociety,In dreams we can fly, space arounding me.Horror,vampireshouse is near.I skreem and woke up.My blood is running blueh.I was happy real wod,realize understudied.Yeats and so on.Yes i notice my imaginations.Deine Societyt(thank God)Freuline Friend.

Comment on BBC Future column: Hypnic Jerks by Pia Marjukka Laasonen

Pia Marjukka Laasonen — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:42:11 +0000

Comment on Legal highs making the drug war obsolete by Scott

Scott — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:36:47 +0000

At the end of the day for me it’s simply an issue of personal liberty.

Coming from someone who at worst drinks sake and beer socially about once a month, no government should ever have the right to tell me what I decide to ingest into my own body. I consider this a fundamental human right.

Current drug laws are arbitrary and focus on entirely the wrong problem, unless of course you’re in the business of telling other people what to do.

Comment on The bathroom of the mind by Pia Marjukka Laasonen

Pia Marjukka Laasonen — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:26:29 +0000

Dear Tom Stafford,you can write and dataspeak.Matrix hn evidental your own recearch maybe problemprosess first brains can think their personalityprocess and let your brains work be free,total lupus lupus maybe.Not in my way is think womens emotionalness hormons are not so good as testosteroni.Mens World This is.Leader all so almoust all are mens.Way to think.Freud was not in my modelling.Systems like persons itselfs.Happy people live norms way.Let humans are Professors or Poors Poems.Home is home.Kosmos,Karma calls
Tom Staffor kicks,links,life magazine.Woods,bears in our Country in walking streets.Jungle or Junky.Totalitary Countries…Zum beisbiel rasism,nazism,kluk klux klan and The End of Life skeletors.Nowadays go on.

Comment on The bathroom of the mind by Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:14:22 +0000

Interesting topic.

The comedian, Dane Cook, has a comedy bit about writing on the walls of public bathroom stalls.

It’s on YouTube. Check it out, it is funny.

Comment on Less thinking biases in a foreign tongue by bubbarich

bubbarich — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:45:36 +0000

Andy, I’ve long thought (based on personal experience) that cognition is built on language. This is more evidence for this.

Comment on BBC Future column: Hypnic Jerks by Tom

Tom — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 08:12:09 +0000

Recently I jumped out of bed from horizontal sleep to vertical standing. From what i remember i was under the impression that insects were crawling all over my walls. The thoughts going through my head was ‘what the fuck ahh’, but take into mind i’m short sighted and can’t see me arse from my elbow without my glasses, there was no chance i could have seen anything. I put it down to exam stress and realising nothing was there tried to get back to sleep.