Woke up scared like it was a bad dream................but it wasn't

@Jshean20 (14349)
Canada
July 26, 2012 11:02pm CST
So I had a weird experience the other night and I've never experienced anything like it. Sure I've had bad dreams, I wake up and know what I was dreaming about and understand why I woke up scared. In this situation however, I woke myself with a little "yelp"/ scream and was breathing fast and hard yet had no idea why? What could this have been and have you ever experienced this?
2 responses
Shavkat
@Shavkat (137221)
• Philippines
27 Jul 12
I usually experience this, when I sleep after eating dinner or so tired. Take some time to rest and let the digestive system works.
Jshean20
@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
27 Jul 12
When this situation actually happened, I hadn't eaten anything close to the timeframe of falling asleep. I think it might've actually been a breathing issue, it hasn't happened since. Thanks for you input.
bettymarie
@bettymarie (125)
• United States
27 Jul 12
I've had this experience before and I feel that maybe there was a bad dream, but so intense that one cannot remember it upon yelping. It's a very strange thing for this to happen but it does. Perhaps it could also be that the body needed to breath. In some cases when I have breathing trouble I wake up with a yelp and breath hard like you did. It could be a breathing issue. Nothing to be alarmed about.
Jshean20
@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
27 Jul 12
Maybe in the dream I was swimming and needed to come up for air...who knows! Thanks for your response