Has anyone ever been asleep and woken up to a loud noise, but instead of just waking up you get up running and with a panic attack??????????

[simplethoughts]

I do not know if anyone can associate it with this. I get super nervous all the time it is very annoying.

[babybird722]

Yep, for the past couple of months I wake up abruptly, as if I am in a fight.... with my ex boss. I get up, run out of the bedroom and walk around in circles trying to escape but having no where to go. Two weeks ago I started a PTSD medication that tamed those feelings of fear and last week I quit my horrible boss. I wish that someone had told me years ago that I did not have to suffer the way I have suffered all this time.

[simplethoughts in reply to babybird722]

Oh thats good that you are not going through that! Thank you I thought it was just me going crazy

[Isinatra]

Yep and yep. I experienced what I thought was someone banging on the outside of my house. Always happened when I thought I was asleep. It was real loud and distinct. Experienced it for months until I talked to a psychiatrist about it. The hallucination went away right after it was discussed. I was under a lot of stress at the time. When I realized it wasn’t real, I guess that’s why it went away. And I was truly convinced that it was real. Quite an experience. Once in a great while I still experience the banging, but I know it’s not real and go back to sleep eventually.It was scary for me at first, but not anymore. Hope you find your answer.❤️🏄‍♀️

[Dolphin14]

Yes, I have PTSD. It's happened to me quite a few times. A dream triggers something and I wake up in a panic.

[FearIsALiar]

YES!