Are you ever startled awake by imagining someone knocking on the wall or door?

[TimeForWasp]

It's been happening to me quite often the last couple years.

I thought maybe I was snoring loud enough to piss off the neighbors, but it has even happened since they moved out.

Is my brain sensing something wrong and waking me up?

[Randallflagg]

LMAO I know how you feel. I was a Counter Intel Investigator in the Army and used to sleep with a gun under my pillow. Never had a problem - always slept like a baby.

Now? I'm a retired old man and I hear shit that goes "bump in the night" nearly every night. I have a pistol that I keep by the bed, and I have been known to grab it, go downstairs and check the locks. Never amounted to anything.

It's weird, but I think (at least in my case) it's just a product of getting old(er)..

[RunKC]

Yeah I have sleep anxiety. I have fears of someone breaking into my house or forgetting to do a task that is extremely important and it keeps me from sleeping well throughout the night.

It’s weird bc I don’t have anxiety during the day (that I know of) and have no idea how to treat my sleep anxiety once I’ve fallen asleep.

[Simply Red]

Yes I have

[Simply Red]

not a fan.

[listopencil]

Your place is haunted. Call an exorcist or a witch doctor or something.

[bdj23]

All the fucking time.

I've had a few times I've woken up screaming having a nightmare that someone was breaking into my place.

My cat almost got a gun pulled on him the other night, heard some commotion and the blinds on the sliding door rustling like crazy. Woke up, jumped out of bed to grab my gun, turned on the lights and the cat started hissing and ran off.

I never sleep well.

[TimeForWasp]

I am more worried that my brain might be haunted.

[Over Yonder]

I have found that if you drink a case of beer before bedtime, nothing will wake you.


But, maybe that's just me :shrug:






:D

[TimeForWasp]

It has happened to me often enough now, that it still startles me awake, but as soon as I'm awake , I know it's nothing but am very puzzled what is causing it.

[bdj23]

I have found that if you drink a case of beer before bedtime, nothing will wake you.


But, maybe that's just me :shrug:





:D

The only way i sleep all throughout the night is if i am drunk.

[Rausch]

I'd say it's a reality 2 to 3 times a week.

Not a dream, just standard...

[Over Yonder]

The only way i sleep all throughout the night is if i am drunk.

Yea, I generally don't sleep well either. I blame it on working 2nd shift. Seems like about the time I'm getting into a good sleep, the sun starts coming through the curtains.

To the OP, I don't recall having the knocking one, but from time to time, I have that dream/sensation of falling. I wake up startled there. Don't know why. I have a decent fear of heights but not the kind where I just lock up and shart my pants, just a general uneasy if you follow. I dunno.

[Tombstone RJ]

I always sleep good, but I’m a light sleeper too, so it doesn’t take much to wake me up. Best of both worlds imho

[Rausch]

I have always been an insomniac. About 10 or 15 years ago when I lived in my grandmother's house I had a very odd deal.

Our waterbed (remember those!?) had busted so we had to sleep on the floor. My right shoulder was pointed towards the door and at one point I woke up and saw someone leaning over me.

Looked completely solid but completely black. It leaned over and then turned it's head the way a dog would when confused. Cocked, to the side.

My wife said "It's nothing, go back to sleep" and the odd thing was I did.

I'd normally blast my pants and turn every light on in the house after something like that. NO WAY would I go back to sleep.

But I turned my back to it and immediately went to sleep...

[TimeForWasp]

It is always 3 knocks.

[Randallflagg]

I have always been an insomniac. About 10 or 15 years ago when I lived in my grandmother's house I had a very odd deal.

Our waterbed (remember those!?) had busted so we had to sleep on the floor. My right shoulder was pointed towards the door and at one point I woke up and saw someone leaning over me.

Looked completely solid but completely black. It leaned over and then turned it's head the way a dog would when confused. Cocked, to the side.

My wife said "It's nothing, go back to sleep" and the odd thing was I did.

I'd normally blast my pants and turn every light on in the house after something like that. NO WAY would I go back to sleep.

But I turned my back to it and immediately went to sleep...


Ah yes! Waterbeds!! Every one I knew back then had one. I guess they were OK...until you tried to get laid on one...too much "give" :)

Hard to get any rhythm going..... LMAO

[Rausch]

Hard to get any rhythm going..... LMAO

You found your rhythm...

[Simply Red]

It is always 3 knocks.

Oh be glad it's not 4 knocks, that's far more creepy

[Easy 6]

Its not a consistent thing, but yeah I sometimes am woken up by imaginary(?) knocking, also get those dreams where I'm falling some huge distance then startle awake scared shitless just as I hit bottom

My biggest fear though, is that I generally sleep like a rock... if someone broke in I'd likely never hear them, they'd have to make a retarded amount of noise to wake me

[KChiefs1]

It is always 3 knocks.



Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me.
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no.

[Rausch]

Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me.
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no.

Now you're just showing your age...ROFL

[Over Yonder]

Ah yes! Waterbeds!! Every one I knew back then had one. I guess they were OK...until you tried to get laid on one...too much "give" :)

Hard to get any rhythm going..... LMAO

Difficult, yes. But for those few strokes when you were in tune with the wave, DAMN did she appreciate it!!! You kinda felt like an 18 inch porn star;)

[Rausch]

Difficult, yes. But for those few strokes when you were in tune with the wave, DAMN did she appreciate it!!! You kinda felt like an 18 inch porn star;)

He knows.

HIGH baffle, low "bounce back," plus that whole warm feeling.

It was a muff-melter...

[Easy 6]

It is always 3 knocks.

Uhhh, thats maybe not good...

[Ming the Merciless]

To anyone who has said no:

what are you doing this weekend? I have guest bedroom available

[Rausch]

To anyone who has said no:

what are you doing this weekend? I have guest bedroom available

At first I figured this was a Clay stalking thread.

IT IS NOT.

[Easy 6]

Any other strange things going on around the house?

[TimeForWasp]

no

[TimeForWasp]

What is weird, If someone actually does knock on the door and wakes me up, I am never startled, I just wake up normally.

[burt]

The only way i sleep all throughout the night is if i am drunk.

I quit drinking...one word...melitonin(sp?).

[burt]

Oh be glad it's not 4 knocks, that's far more creepy

about 25% more creepy....roughly speaking...or roughly spooking

[Rausch]

Any other strange things going on around the house?

Other than Pawnmower?...

[Easy 6]

Other than Pawnmower?...

LMAO

[KChiefs1]

Now you're just showing your age...ROFL



I didn’t think about that but you are probably right. LOL

[bdj23]

I quit drinking...one word...melitonin(sp?).

I used to take it a lot. Got to where 30mgs wouldn't even knock me out. Been a few years since I've used it though. Maybe it's worth another shot?

[Simply Red]

I would like to have sleep paralysis with Pawnmower and a tub of sour cream.

[Randallflagg]

He knows.

HIGH baffle, low "bounce back," plus that whole warm feeling.

It was a muff-melter...


God I loved the 70s....... :)

[threebag]

Dope?

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

I used to lay awake worrying someone will break in. 9 years ago we got a yellow lab , he stays in the house and patrols at night. He'll lay beside my bed for awhile then ease off to lay on the sofa for awhile. If he hears anything he goes ape shit. even during the day if someone knocks on the door he's barking and going nuts. Really annoying BUT at night I know if anyone trys to break in he's got my back.

Takes the worry away.

[listopencil]

I would like to have sleep paralysis with Pawnmower and a tub of sour cream.

Greek yogurt is better for you.

[Randallflagg]

I used to lay awake worrying someone will break in. 9 years ago we got a yellow lab , he stays in the house and patrols at night. He'll lay beside my bed for awhile then ease off to lay on the sofa for awhile. If he hears anything he goes ape shit. even during the day if someone knocks on the door he's barking and going nuts. Really annoying BUT at night I know if anyone trys to break in he's got my back.

Takes the worry away.


Our German Shepherd and Dachshund take that chore to heart as well. I don't really know which one goes crazier.....but I wouldn't want to tangle with the Shepherd. True, you could drop kick the little guy - but he'd bite the piss out of your ankle :)

[BWillie]

LMAO I know how you feel. I was a Counter Intel Investigator in the Army and used to sleep with a gun under my pillow. Never had a problem - always slept like a baby.

Now? I'm a retired old man and I hear shit that goes "bump in the night" nearly every night. I have a pistol that I keep by the bed, and I have been known to grab it, go downstairs and check the locks. Never amounted to anything.

It's weird, but I think (at least in my case) it's just a product of getting old(er)..

Jesus christ man...you guys live in so much fear. I hope you can find peace.

[BWillie]

I used to lay awake worrying someone will break in. 9 years ago we got a yellow lab , he stays in the house and patrols at night. He'll lay beside my bed for awhile then ease off to lay on the sofa for awhile. If he hears anything he goes ape shit. even during the day if someone knocks on the door he's barking and going nuts. Really annoying BUT at night I know if anyone trys to break in he's got my back.

Takes the worry away.

Why are you so worried someone would break in? I've never even been remotely worried of someone breaking into my house. Could it happen? Yeah sure I suppose. But it's never preoccupied my brain. I'm not in a gang. I don't keep valuables in my home. Theres no reason someone should seek to break into my house, at least over any other home. I sleep like a rock, and very easily. I've literally never had any dream or fear of this. I guess that must be why so many people need guns to ease their psychosis.

[Randallflagg]

Jesus christ man...you guys live in so much fear. I hope you can find peace.

I had "fear" when I was in Viet Nam. Today, "fear" has been replaced with "caution". I fear nothing or no one. Why you ask? I am prepared for the worst but expect the best.

I have been at "Peace" since the day I married my Wife, thank you. :)

[BWillie]

I had "fear" when I was in Viet Nam. Today, "fear" has been replaced with "caution". I fear nothing or no one. Why you ask? I am prepared for the worst but expect the best.

I have been at "Peace" since the day I married my Wife, thank you. :)

No offense. But if you sleep with a gun under your pillow it does not sound like you are at peace. Worrying about stuff that is out of your control isn't good for your health or your mind. IMO.

[HonestChieffan]

Motion detectors and a high end alarm system is a good investment. I keep a .40 on the bedstand and i have a 12 ga in two upstairs rooms where I can take position. We can keep the smart burgler out with a good system but there is no way to keep your hopped up methhead out with lights and alarms.

Best safety is thinking it through, what will you tell 911, describe where you are and you are armed, and do what is necessary to protect your family.

Hope none of us ever has to.

[Randallflagg]

No offense. But if you sleep with a gun under your pillow it does not sound like you are at peace. Worrying about stuff that is out of your control isn't good for your health or your mind. IMO.


Thanks for your insight. However, you didn't read the post very carefully. I was stationed in Berlin during the Cold War. I slept with a gun under my pillow due to my job at the time.

After I retired that part of my existence went the way of the Iron Curtain. The gun I have near my bed now, is kept in a drawer NEXT to my bed. Not under the pillow.

Additionally, I do not worry about stuff that is "out" of my control. A gun - being handy, in case of an emergency, takes the "worry" out of my mind. I am prepared for any eventuality that "may" or many not happen. I, unfortunately, had to take human life during Viet Nam. I have regretted it every day since then - that being said however, SHOULD the need ever arise - I wouldn't hesitate to do so again. I would have a problem, however, if something were to happen (God forbid) and I didn't have to means to "fight back".

[Randallflagg]

Motion detectors and a high end alarm system is a good investment. I keep a .40 on the bedstand and i have a 12 ga in two upstairs rooms where I can take position. We can keep the smart burgler out with a good system but there is no way to keep your hopped up methhead out with lights and alarms.

Best safety is thinking it through, what will you tell 911, describe where you are and you are armed, and do what is necessary to protect your family.

Hope none of us ever has to.

Same here - taking a life is never an easy thing to do - however, better to take a life than to lose one of your loved ones.

We (My Wife and I) live in a 3 story house - main floor, upstairs and a finished basement.

Guns are kept on all three floors. Always loaded (Not chambered or in battery) but ready none the less.

[Nickhead]

Yeah I have sleep anxiety. I have fears of someone breaking into my house or forgetting to do a task that is extremely important and it keeps me from sleeping well throughout the night.

It’s weird bc I don’t have anxiety during the day (that I know of) and have no idea how to treat my sleep anxiety once I’ve fallen asleep.

beers n weed :thumb:

i never even know im asleep until 4am, and by then its time to get up. i as well, crash every evening normally before 9. :D

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Why are you so worried someone would break in? I've never even been remotely worried of someone breaking into my house. Could it happen? Yeah sure I suppose. But it's never preoccupied my brain. I'm not in a gang. I don't keep valuables in my home. Theres no reason someone should seek to break into my house, at least over any other home. I sleep like a rock, and very easily. I've literally never had any dream or fear of this. I guess that must be why so many people need guns to ease their psychosis.

Well, since I retired I don't keep a semen collection anymore so I really have nothing worth stealing but meth heads don't know that. And home invasions do happen.

[BlackHelicopters]

This happens to me, but the pills help.

[ShiftyEyedWaterboy]

LMAO I know how you feel. I was a Counter Intel Investigator in the Army and used to sleep with a gun under my pillow. Never had a problem - always slept like a baby.

Now? I'm a retired old man and I hear shit that goes "bump in the night" nearly every night. I have a pistol that I keep by the bed, and I have been known to grab it, go downstairs and check the locks. Never amounted to anything.

It's weird, but I think (at least in my case) it's just a product of getting old(er)..

My dad was an Abrams commander right on the border in West Germany. Used to watch T-72’s through his binoculars. Every time I woke him up he would jump out of bed instantly and look at me like he was expecting me to say the Soviets were coming. He was still doing it in the 2000’s.

[Randallflagg]

My dad was an Abrams commander right on the border in West Germany. Used to watch T-72’s through his binoculars. Every time I woke him up he would jump out of bed instantly and look at me like he was expecting me to say the Soviets were coming. He was still doing it in the 2000’s.

Indeed. The Fulda Gap was where (if an attack occurred) the Russians were expected to flood through. If I recall correctly (it's been a lot of years), the average life expectancy for a Tank and its crew (back then, we were using the M60 series) was about 9 seconds.

Most people (who weren't in the military during the Cold War) don't realize that there many "tense" moments back then. They rarely ever got reported back in the states. Espionage was at the highest it has ever been and people like me were kept EXTREMELY busy....

I (sort of) laugh about it now - but My Brother had joined the Marines in 1961 and a year later was the Cuban Missile Crisis. My Father (A Colonel) and my Brother used to laugh about the idea that we were actually about 60 seconds away from a Nuclear confrontation at that point - luckily, cool heads prevailed.

[ShiftyEyedWaterboy]

Indeed. The Fulda Gap was where (if an attack occurred) the Russians were expected to flood through. If I recall correctly (it's been a lot of years), the average life expectancy for a Tank and its crew (back then, we were using the M60 series) was about 9 seconds.

Most people (who weren't in the military during the Cold War) don't realize that there many "tense" moments back then. They rarely ever got reported back in the states. Espionage was at the highest it has ever been and people like me were kept EXTREMELY busy....

I (sort of) laugh about it now - but My Brother had joined the Marines in 1961 and a year later was the Cuban Missile Crisis. My Father (A Colonel) and my Brother used to laugh about the idea that we were actually about 60 seconds away from a Nuclear confrontation at that point - luckily, cool heads prevailed.

Yeah, my grandfather was Army Intelligence/CIA back then. Speaks Russian fluently. Some Russians he randomly started talking to told me they were asking him what part of Russia he's from he speaks it so well. Unfortunately, I haven't managed to get many stories from him. Worked some long hours according to my dad and grandmother.

Sounds like a crazy time to be living in Europe. My dad managed to get himself kidnapped by Baader-Meinhof/Red Army Faction when he was about 15.

[ping2000]

Stop sniffing glue before bed.

[loochy]

Paranoid MFers

[threebag]

I hope when and if someone does break into my home I have a feeling of imminent danger and fear for my life so it's easier to cope with the act of killing someone.

#LOCKNLOADED

[Jewish Rabbi]

I always keep a loaded gun by my bed I’m case of a break in so I can shoot myself rather than talk to a stranger.

[Over Yonder]

I hope when and if someone does break into my home I have a feeling of imminent danger and fear for my life so it's easier to cope with the act of killing someone.

#LOCKNLOADED

You are more evolved than me I guess. I just hope that somebody that crawls through my window at 2am has the good and decent decentsy not to bleed all over everything. That would piss off the wife :(

[Easy 6]

I always keep a loaded gun by my bed I’m case of a break in so I can shoot myself rather than talk to a stranger.

LMAO

[threebag]

You are more evolved than me I guess. I just hope that somebody that crawls through my window at 2am has the good and decent decentsy not to bleed all over everything. That would piss off the wife :(

Yeah I prefer they aren't a bleeder. :thumb:

I was trying to be tactful. Bottom line if someone comes in they are getting carried out regardless of what bullshit story I have to write in my Police Report.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

This thread gave me inspiration. I'm usually up at some time in the middle of the night so I'm going around the neighborhood and ringing everyones doorbell then going back home to bed.

[Chieficus]

Could be a form of this: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/16/get-some-sleep-bang-in-your-head-waking-you-it-has-a-name/