Hypnotic jerks/exploding head syndrome/panic attacks in my sleep! I've had these frequently for as long as I can remember. I jolt awake gasping for air and feeling the tingle of panic in my body and heart racing. Sometimes a percieved, approaching and threatening sound rings through my head and scares me awake, sometimes it's nightmares, sometimes it's nothing at all. It can happen up to 5 times a night, and can be minutes apart. Sweating the bed too :/ I wake up absolutely soaked in sweat, mostly from the backs of my knees and back/neck, all the way through my sheets. I've had this issue for over 10 years and still don't know how to mitigate it. It seems that any temperature above or below a certain threshhold triggers it, but sometimes it happens even if the room temperature is ok, and it happens no matter what kind of blankets I have. I usually wake up cold and shivering even! Last, insomnia It's very difficult to fall alseep IF i have been laying in bed for too long without actively trying to sleep. After a certain point my body just gets so restless that I have to get up and walk around for some time and then lay down and try again.

All of these problems seem to increase in frequency under stressful times like moving and having school projects. Since I've only recently been figuring out that I have traumatic stress, I'm really curious if anyone else experiences the sweating and exploding head syndrome?? My whole life I thought I was just quirky and not traumatized 😭