It may sound like the plot of either a horrible sci-fi film or Tarantino's best yet, but "exploding head syndrome" is a genuine neurological disorder in which people experience a loud crashing sound ...

Exploding head syndrome is a condition that happens during your sleep. The most common symptom includes hearing a loud noise as you fall asleep or when you wake up. Despite its scary-sounding name, ...

You’re familiar with the exploding head emoji, and last night you tried a new brownie recipe that totally “blew your mind.” But have you ever heard of exploding head syndrome (EHS)? We reached out to ...

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Bang! The sound, like a gun firing or a metal case crashing to the floor, wakes me up. My heart is pounding. I frantically look around my room, my head spinning. Am I being robbed? Is my cat trying to ...

Hint: It’s a sleep disorder. This rare disease has a lot of mystery surrounding it, but it’s definitely not as bad as it sounds. Exploding Head Syndrome sounds like the end of the world but in reality ...

It was the car crash to end all car crashes. Or so it sounded when it woke me in the early morning hours, wide-eyed, heart pounding. I lay curled up in bed, straining to hear other sounds outside my ...

“Exploding head syndrome is totally different than what Hillary Clinton is experiencing right now. That’s different” – taken from Fox News, of course. Even they can’t blame Hillary for this because ...

This article originally appeared on Narratively. I fell into bed with my whole body aching. I had spent yet another day fretting — over a problem with a friend, family drama, wedding planning details ...

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Overcome with fear, Jill Lafferty lept from her bed – convinced she’d heard gunfire outside her home. It wasn’t the first time the 64-year-old Lafferty, New Jersey grandmother had heard a shooting in ...