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Laughing in my sleep

  • 05-01-2018 02:50AM
    #1
    Gwynplaine
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    Mid 30's now, been laughing in my sleep for as long as I can remember. It happens maybe 3 times a week. I'd say I can only remember what I was laughing at maybe 5% of the time. My wife is well used to it now, but it can get quite annoying for her. It's most just giggling and a bit of a chuckle, but sometimes can be a big loud laugh and it wakes me up.
    The Snore Lab App can be funny to listen back to.
    Has anyone else experienced this? Are there any remedies to prevent it?


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  • #2
    bilbot79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,170 ✭✭✭bilbot79


    Gwynplaine wrote: »
    Mid 30's now, been laughing in my sleep for as long as I can remember. It happens maybe 3 times a week. I'd say I can only remember what I was laughing at maybe 5% of the time. My wife is well used to it now, but it can get quite annoying for her. It's most just giggling and a bit of a chuckle, but sometimes can be a big loud laugh and it wakes me up.
    The Snore Lab App can be funny to listen back to.
    Has anyone else experienced this? Are there any remedies to prevent it?

    If the snore lab app is funny to listen back to I'd maybe replace it with the late night wind up app. Excellent cure for somnabulent laughter


  • #3
    Damocles2
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,770 CMod ✭✭✭✭Damocles2


    Hypnogely is a relatively common phenomenon of laughing during sleep.

    "The collected data and review of literature suggests that hypnogely in majority of the cases presents as a benign physiological phenomenon related to dreaming and REM sleep." Essentially it's one type of normal response while dreaming occurring for a number of people.

    Source:
    Nikola N. Trajanovic, Colin M. Shapiro, and Srdjan Milovanovic, Sleep-laughing – Hypnogely, Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, Volume 40, Issue 4, July 2013, pp. 536-539.


  • #4
    decky1
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    Had this a few times , sort of half woke up but next morning I felt really refreshed for some reason--as I'm a bad sleeper and never wake refreshed I found this a pleasant experience, wish it happened more often. could never remember what I was laughing at though.


  • #5
    Fathom
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    Last time laughed in sleep. Woke up. Roommate was tickling me!


  • #6
    branie2
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    I woke up laughing after some dreams


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  • #7
    Fathom
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    Have flu. Chased in nightmare. Woke up in panic. Laughed after.


  • #8
    Fathom
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    Woke up laughing in my sleep. University pressure?


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