# Ever have auditory hallucinations while sleeping?

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**Created:** [September 29, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-auditory-hallucinations-while-sleeping/597980 "2011-09-29T05:02:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-auditory-hallucinations-while-sleeping/597980/21 "2011-09-30T15:32:43Z")

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Yes, I had my first auditory hallucination a couple of weeks ago, during a bout of sleep paralysis. I was right in that spot between awake and asleep when a woman’s voice said, ‘‘Hello,’’ about a foot away from my ear. It’s hard to explain, it’s like 80% of the noise was external but there was just enough inside my head that I knew it was a hallucination. It didn’t startle me, but I woke up screaming twice that night.

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-auditory-hallucinations-while-sleeping/597980/22 "2011-09-30T17:11:03Z")

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Yes, always three knocks on the wall or window.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-auditory-hallucinations-while-sleeping/597980/23 "2011-09-30T17:19:56Z")

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> [@vivalostwages](#):
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> Have you ever experienced something like this that was so vivid you thought it was really happening?

I frequently have dreams I cannot distinguish from reality. The odd thing is, once I wake up, I realize the content of the dream was so outlandish, I should have known right away. It seems my dreaming judgement is not very good.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-auditory-hallucinations-while-sleeping/597980/24 "2011-09-30T20:23:10Z")

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> [@geneb](#):
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> Wow.. I didn’t know that was a common thing. Every now and then I will suddenly hear a sound like a gunshot or someone kicking in a door. Now I know what that is.

I first found out it was a real thing on here a year or two ago. Nice feeling, knowing that I’m not the only one having someone scream in their ear every now and then when nodding off.

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