Study: 10% of kids/teens hear voices? Did/do you?

[Raziaar]

Yeah, I also experience this type of thing when I'm about to fall asleep. One moment you're just laying there and the next you hear a tremendous noise that sounds like metal colliding with each other. It's hard to describe because the sound instantly goes away afterwards. I'm not sure if it's ever a voice, though.

That's called Exploding Head Syndrome. I have that all the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome

 

[Vegeta897]

Is that what exploding head syndrome is? I thought that was something else.

But reading this: The condition is also known as "auditory sleep starts."

That makes a lot of sense. That's exactly what I thought it was. It happens right before you're about to fall asleep. It's like some kind of "bug", like your ears are going into sleep mode but your brain isn't, so it's not ready for it.

On a related note, does anyone ever experience those times where you're falling asleep, and you are imagining things in your head, and something happens in your imagination that causes you to jump, or jolt? Like, I can remember one time in my head I pictured someone throwing something at me, and when it hit me it really startled me and I jolted in bed. I think this may be directly tied to the syndrome, it hits you right when you're starting to fall asleep. It's as if your brain conjures up those images because it knows it's about to happen. Just like how dreams conjure up something when a loud noise wakes you up.

 

[YROC]

Yes, just like two nights ago and I was going to make a thread about it. :|

When it happens, it always does right as you're about to fall asleep.

 

[Xevrex]

I randomly hear something that sounds like the noise that comes from being too close to an explosion in HL2. That strange high-pitched noise, only I hear it longer than a couple of seconds and the only way to stop it is to drown it out with music or just wait. It's at random times of the day, and only when I'm alone.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

I hear people call my name a lot.





























Oh wait, its your mothers in my bed.

 

[Raziaar]

I hear the Wilhelm scream five times a day.

 

[Shem]

That's called Exploding Head Syndrome. I have that all the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome

Thanks for the link, but yeah, it seems that I've experienced almost all of the symptoms associated with exploding head syndrome. Oh well, as long as it doesn't happen all of the time, I guess I'm fine. Is it a common syndrome, though? Do a lot of people also have it?

 

[Vegeta897]

It's my theory that basically everyone has it, they just don't realize it. I had heard of exploding head syndrome many times before, but never made the connection that it was that thing I was experiencing.

 

[Raziaar]

His theory is of course that everybody has every type of disorder or symptom though. So I wouldn't put much stock into his theory.

 

[Vegeta897]

Nowhere it says EHS is a disorder, so there's no reason to assume not everyone has it. Everyone falls asleep, and I'm almost sure the syndrome has to do with the state your brain goes into during sleep, and everyone goes into this state, so it follows logically that everyone would get it sometimes.

 

[Bad^Hat]

This just in: studies also show that anywhere between 10 and 100% of kids/teens are full of shit. The study also indicates this trend may continue on into adulthood, particularly in heavy internet users.

Just kidding, but seriously that study seems kind of dumb (as opposed to all the other brilliantly incisive ones posted here, right). I know this might seem obvious to most, but consider you're dealing with kids here. Teens, even. Real stable sample group right there.

To further investigate how common these "auditory vocal hallucinations" are and whether they are associated with developmental and behavioral factors, the researchers looked at 3,870 Groningen primary schoolers. All were asked whether they had heard "one or more voices that only you and no one else could hear" in the past year.

"Voices that no one else can hear."

May also be interpreted as: thoughts.

Nine percent of the children answered yes. Only 15 percent of these children said the voices caused them serious suffering, and 19 percent said the voices interfered with their thinking. Boys and girls were equally likely to report hearing voices, but girls were more likely to report suffering and anxiety due to the voices.

Wait, thoughts don't cause suffering.

Oh wait yeah they do THEY'RE IN ****IN' SCHOOL. Angst, much? Also, I don't think I even need a study to say that girls, in general, experience more peer pressure than boys at this age.

SYSTERY MOLVED.

 

[Raziaar]

Nowhere it says EHS is a disorder, so there's no reason to assume not everyone has it. Everyone falls asleep, and I'm almost sure the syndrome has to do with the state your brain goes into during sleep, and everyone goes into this state, so it follows logically that everyone would get it sometimes.

Who gets it?

It is not known how many people have exploding head syndrome. It may be more common in women than in men. It can begin at all ages. It has even been reported as early as less than 10 years of age. The average age when it first appears is 58 years.

Oh yeah... uncertainty is 100% certainty.

 

[Vegeta897]

I'm making a logical conclusion. Where did I say I was certain? I specifically said theory.

 

[Raziaar]

I'm making a logical conclusion. Where did I say I was certain? I specifically said theory.

Your logical conclusion is obviously wrong.

And it is considered a "disorder". Look at the medical sites and stuff talking about it and they classify it as a disorder, medical condition... whatever.

And 'syndrome' itself is telling that it's a disorder.

 

[Raziaar]

Nowhere it says EHS is a disorder, so there's no reason to assume not everyone has it. Everyone falls asleep, and I'm almost sure the syndrome has to do with the state your brain goes into during sleep, and everyone goes into this state, so it follows logically that everyone would get it sometimes.

So... everybody goes to sleep... so that means everybody must have it?

Right.

I'm supposing everybody sleep walks too.

 

[the cow says moo]

Hm, this thread seems to have two joke options. The less obvious one being yes.

EDIT: and I remember hearing loud buzzing noises in my ear as a kid, so maybe I had exploding head syndrome.

 

[CyberPitz]

Oddly enough, it's not the stereotypical "The voices tell me to" thing, but ever since I moved down south with my father, I'd hear my mothers voice scream my name. Now, it's not that someone else could have said my name that sounded like my mom, it's wherever I was, alone at home or at school, and it would ALWAYS sound the exact same *Pitch and what not*. It was one of the things that I had to turn around and see if she was behind me screaming at me. Over the course of a year, I've gotten used to it, and now that I've been out of school for 7 years, I've since stopped hearing it.

 

[Dario D.]

Argh. I didn't want a comedy-option in the poll. (looks like a mod added it) Can it be removed, please? Comedy-options ruin statistics, because they draw all people of a certain type (those wanting a laugh, or being silly), which may or may not significantly skew the numbers. (already this poll has the flawed subject-line that draws more voices-people than non-voices people)

 

[Qonfused]

When in doubt, comedy option.

 

[Vegeta897]

Comedy-options ruin statistics

Bro, you're on HL2.net

 

[VirusType2]

Yeah, but not when I was a teen. It wasn't until it was older that I started to get crazy. Haven't heard them in a while though.

 

[Azner]

Is that what exploding head syndrome is? I thought that was something else.

But reading this: The condition is also known as "auditory sleep starts."

That makes a lot of sense. That's exactly what I thought it was. It happens right before you're about to fall asleep. It's like some kind of "bug", like your ears are going into sleep mode but your brain isn't, so it's not ready for it.

On a related note, does anyone ever experience those times where you're falling asleep, and you are imagining things in your head, and something happens in your imagination that causes you to jump, or jolt? Like, I can remember one time in my head I pictured someone throwing something at me, and when it hit me it really startled me and I jolted in bed. I think this may be directly tied to the syndrome, it hits you right when you're starting to fall asleep. It's as if your brain conjures up those images because it knows it's about to happen. Just like how dreams conjure up something when a loud noise wakes you up.

Only when in dreams. Usually when i dream i just fell off a cliff or something, my whole body spasms.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

When in doubt, comedy option.

 

[dfc05]

I never hear voices telling me to do things or being creepy, but one time I was sitting in the kitchen with my mom and sister, and my mom mentioned something about being anemic (as in, not having enough red blood cells). And I could've sworn I heard someone ask "What's anemic?" I thought it was my sister but my mom never responded, so I said, "Aren't you gonna answer her?" But nobody had said anything.

I randomly hear something that sounds like the noise that comes from being too close to an explosion in HL2. That strange high-pitched noise, only I hear it longer than a couple of seconds and the only way to stop it is to drown it out with music or just wait. It's at random times of the day, and only when I'm alone.

I hear things that I associate with certain video game sounds but I think I just make the association upon hearing a real sound, not imagining it. I'm too tired to know for sure at the moment.

On a similar topic, I've always found the "imaginary friend" thing to be weird, especially since it seems to come up in media as a typical thing for kids to have. I've never had an imaginary friend. I wondered about it occasionally as a kid but was never able to make up an imaginary friend even if I explicitly tried to do so. Maybe it's because I had a sibling around?

 

[Bad^Hat]

When in doubt, comedy option.

Abstinence: the truer comedy vote.