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PaperclipPerfector  6mo ago (text post)   2425 thread views

Wellness Wednesday for November 22, 2023

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I don't have any exercise advice for you but I really want to know: why was he yelling?

I have yet to get a satisfying explanation. He says he was watching a movie on his phone, half fell asleep, and scared himself when something happened on screen + being in a different place than he expected. This seems unlikely. His father thinks he got into my liquor after everyone went to bed and had some kind of alcoholic fugue, and strongly implied no more drinking this week. This would fit but nothing is missing, and he's not the kind of guy who hides the evidence. His sister, my wife, just thought it was some kind of nightmare/terror thing. Which makes sense but, dude, it was a LOT, if that happened regularly you'd know about it. From what I remember hearing I kind of felt like what he was screaming seemed like a coherent sentence moreso than hallucination, "I DON'T EVEN WANT TO FUCKING BE HERE" etc, so it seemed immediately like he was talking to a person and snapped, maybe late night facetime with a girlfriend who really pissed him off? But he has no current gf he's talking about openly.

None of these possibilities are really very explanatory.

Without additional events I would just right this off as night terrors. I've done similar things in my life (shouting while asleep) for no reason at all. It wasn't a chronic condition, just happened to be a one off weird half-sleep where your mind plays tricks. Very embarrassing, but not uncommon.

Yeah it was just super freaky. Doesn't seem to be a big deal or anything.

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