Wierd buzzing noise when lucid dreaming

[Radical]

Hi, I have a question for experienced lucid dreamers.

I once thought I had a lucid dream, I became concious in my dream, but everything was nearly completely black and there was an intense buzzing noise in my ears - I freaked out and woke up within a few seconds.

Is this normal?

[SenorKaffee]

Well, that was the environment of your dream avatar at the moment. No idea why your subconciousness modelled it that way in that moment, it will always come up with some weird stuff that you can react to, but you can´t keep it from doing that.

Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm - if you can stay calm, you will find a way to tune your surroundings into something more pleasant.

[Mnemosyne]

I've never experienced anything like that but I've heard that buzzing/static/vibrations are an indication that you're moving into a different (higher?) frequency at the beginning of an OBE.

[yesyesyes]

You were in the launching stage for an astral projection.

[Wabi-sabi]

I get that sound every morning but not in a lucid dream. If I hit snooze, I get it twice.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by yesyesyes

You were in the launching stage for an astral projection.

On the limited amount of info we have here... this was my first thought, also. A pronounced buzzing sound can accompany the initial stages of astral projection.

Ever had an OBE?

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by Wabi-sabi

I get that sound every morning but not in a lucid dream. If I hit snooze, I get it twice.

Haha, great =D

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Radical

Hi, I have a question for experienced lucid dreamers.

I once thought I had a lucid dream, I became concious in my dream, but everything was nearly completely black and there was an intense buzzing noise in my ears - I freaked out and woke up within a few seconds.

Is this normal?

I think that might be Tinnitus!

[Radical]

No, I had never had an OBE before, and if you look through the thread OBE's or Delusions? You will see I am very skeptical on the subject.

The buzzing was not an alarm clock or tinnitus.

I remember suddenly realising that I was dreaming, I don't know how I became conscious, but I had been trying to have lucid dreams since listening to Erin's podcast about them.

However, everything was black and there was a piercing buzzing noise in my ears. I thought I had woken up, but I hadn't since I could only see blackness accompanied by a slight blue tinge. I thought to myself I'm lucid, then I immediately woke up, sat up in bed and everything was normal.

[Lotus]

Skepicism is healthy for a subject like OBE. The only reason I believe they are possible is because I've had two--one spontaneously at age 12, one purposefully at age 23. (And I'm still trying to do it again, but I haven't been able to.)

OBEs aren't something that you can hear and believe; if you haven't experienced one, then it seems flakey. How do you describe the color red to a blind man?

Even I am not sure that they weren't some kind of seizure or explainable phenomenon. Maybe people claiming OBE all just have a misfire somewhere in their head. Personally, I don't care what causes it; all I know is that I enjoyed my OBEs on a very spiritual level.

What you are describing sounds a lot like what many people describe as leading up to an OBE. I'm totally deaf without my ear toys (cochlear implant and a hearing aid), but during the moments leading up to my second OBE, which occurred after I lost my hearing, I experienced a loud, rushing, sound that increased in pitch until I found myself violently shoved "out" of my physical body and literally up the block to the area rec center. Strangly enough...

I sound like a nut, no? It's all good.

[RandomJohn]

I did have an experience last night where, when deep in meditation, my body started buzzing (nothing to do with a lucid dream). I got scared, my heart started pounding, and after that my meditation was not so deep.

[Blueskied]

On my one and only LSD experience i heard a buzzing sound before the trip started going haywire. Was not intense though, more like a low humming.

[Digits]

Ive gotten the same thing a few times before too. Anyone else here was unable to move, and got a long period of lag before being able to move the body again after deciding to get up? I got that, and the samething with my senses, too.

[abanu]

Hi, Digits!

I have exactly the same symptoms as you do.
It seems like no matter what effort I put in to move or wake up in that moment I can't. Only after some time I am able to.

A few times I was able to reproduce this by falling asleep immediately after one of this things.

Sometimes the noise is so loud that it's kind of scary.

Abanu

[karlos768]

yes me too i have only had it once it was about 5/6 months ago ...

i knew i was dreaming and heard it buzzing really loudly in both ears and i could sort of feel it too i was trying to ride it out and hoped it would go but it just got louder to the point wher it also scared me and woke up sweating and heart pounding.

havent had it since though. i wouldnt want it neither

its made me curious that its not just me and also got me thinking about astral projection

[kgiuliani]

I have had the same thing - the very loud buzzing sound in my ears/head and then not being able to move for some time. That's happened to me several times and always scares me.

I also have a Chakra meditation CD which makes my whole body buzz - but not in a scary way.

Glad to know I'm not alone!

[boxofrain]

Hi everyone,

I found this thread on a google search for "buzzing sound while dreaming." I've been experiencing this buzzing sound since I was a kid. It happens a few times a year. 90% of the time it is when I die in my dream. As a child it would freak me out but now I'm used to it.

FYI: It was this article, that I found on reddit.com, that reminded me of the buzzing sound which led to my google search. This is my type of forum, I hope to contribute some more.

[The David]

I have had many OBE-related experiences at night. However, the problem is that it is simply impossible to tell if they are real or not, because my research on OBEs is almost certainly influencing my dreams. I have had nights where I will wake up convulsing, moving phantom limbs, paralyzed and freaking out, only to roll over, tell the person sleeping next to me about what happened, only to wake up for real the next morning and find out I had been alone all night. lol

[heidie]

Hey Radical,

I had a very similar experience this summer that I posted about here: psychic hearing in dreams?

[KLEER]

I had the same thing last night, this was my first attempted lucid dream (Ive had a few before but never intentionally) so i fell into my semi-concious state and just felt my skin ripple and heard a deafining buzzing/boom/whoosh noise, then remember falling asleep...thats all i can make myself do, better luck for tonight though

But seriously, any one who wants to help me do it can PM me...ill check every now and then

[EDIT]

but yeah, in the "dream" i didnt see anything, all was black but i felt rippling and buzzing...wtf was it?

[Darren]

Had an experience last night with the same buzzing/humming and sense of fear or presence in the room. I've had plenty of experiences before that I've put down to sleep paralysis - These have always came after a rough weekend when i haven't got enough sleep and been really tired or after I've over-slept, which was the case last night.

The funny thing was I was able to tell myself what was going on and i went lucid at the same time. I tried to fly out of my room, lol, but it was more like a floating sensation. It was dark and i had to feel my way around with my hands against the walls. I think it was because I had my eyes closed. I'm wondering now if i could've had a bettter experience if i opened them at some point.

At another point during this experience I tried to go through a glass window. Not by breaking it but go through it like I was invisible. As far as I can remember I just bumped up against it and didn’t get very far (oops!). I put this down to lack of practice Tonight I think I’ll try it again (tell myself to go Lucid as im trying to go to sleep) and see if I can do any more amazing or fun things. Hopefully this time with less fear which I think held me back last night. If I let go of the fear I think it could be a really enjoyable experience.

[Spacey]

I had a similar experience last night like what has been described on here. Never before (that I remember) have I experienced this. I had to search the internet right when I woke up so I could get an idea about what was going on.

So I was having trouble sleeping and eventually without realizing I had fallen asleep, I started dreaming thinking it was waking life. I was lying in my bed and watching TV when the volume starting getting louder and there was this intense buzzing noise and I could feel electricity throughout my entire body. The sound and electricity got more and more intense and then I woke up. I was scared, nothing like that had ever happened before. And like what has been said, I felt a presence in the room. Dark figures flickering in and out of dimensions seemed to be lurking about my room.

I then calmed myself and went back to sleep. I had some strange dreams and then a little later the buzzing and electricity started once again and the next thing I remember is being in a lucid dream, or what I thought was a lucid dream. I think I astrally projected, from what I've read, I am pretty damn sure this is what occurred. I have lucid dreams quite frequently so that part wasn't new.

I then continued to have one of the best lucid experiences that I have ever had. It lasted for what seemed like at least 2 hours. Every 10 minutes or so it seemed like I would be losing lucidity but I kept on using some techniques that I have read about which helped me attain full lucidity once again.

So yeah, I guess the best thing to try to do when this buzzing and whatnot happens is try to stay as calm as possible.

[ConnorM]

Originally Posted by KLEER

I had the same thing last night, this was my first attempted lucid dream (Ive had a few before but never intentionally) so i fell into my semi-concious state and just felt my skin ripple and heard a deafining buzzing/boom/whoosh noise, then remember falling asleep...thats all i can make myself do, better luck for tonight though

But seriously, any one who wants to help me do it can PM me...ill check every now and then

[EDIT]

but yeah, in the "dream" i didnt see anything, all was black but i felt rippling and buzzing...wtf was it?

I'd say you were on the verge of going Astral !
You're probably too good for Lucid Dreaming

[bamboozld]

i have experienced buzzing/static/vibrations during sleep paralysis and sleep. so it wouldn't necessarily be abnormal. i don't want it though as it is accompanied by very strange feelings, ridiculous images, and a distorted awareness. kudos to all of you that can withstand this and overcome this lurking fear, gaining control of your dreams.

[JanT]

Hi Radical -
This is very common - and precedes an out-of-body (or astral) experience.

William Buhlman describes these 'symptoms' and much more in his book “Adventures Beyond the Body: How To Experience Out-of-Body Travel”.

This is the most comprehensive book on OBE's that I have so far found and recommend it often to others.

[billy8]

I've had this happen at least a few times during my life while lucid dreaming...
intense buzzing noise in one ear, paralysis, and this incredible fear that a "spirit" or something was trying to invade, where I try and fight it off by either trying to get my physical body to wake or yell at "it" (in my head) to go away- I'm not religious, but spiritual, although last nite when it happened again, I couldn't help to feel that it was evil somehow, and I screaming "I banish you!, go away", etc...
It has shaken me all day ...some say its a beginning of an OBE, so when it happened at various times in the past I've tried to Consciously stay with it and go with the flow per-se..but last nights experience scared the hell out of me...and I really fought it until my body woke up..
any (serious) ideas?

[scarfina]

Originally Posted by Radical

Hi, I have a question for experienced lucid dreamers.

I once thought I had a lucid dream, I became concious in my dream, but everything was nearly completely black and there was an intense buzzing noise in my ears - I freaked out and woke up within a few seconds.

Is this normal?

I think this is sleep paralysis. I just had the same dream / night terror tonight. Similar things have happened to me and I'm starting to wonder. I also suffer from Chiari malformation and sleep apnea.

First I had a seemingly normal, but lucid dream. The "dream interpretation" of some of the symbols in this dream were supposed to mean enlightenment, and I am wondering if what came after the lucid dream was enlightenment.

I went into a room in my apartment upstairs. I first tripped over a stair and then ended up in a pitch black room, my real life living room. I immediately heard a loud buzzing sound in my right ear. I suffer from chronic tinnitus, however, my tinnitus is a high pitched ring. In my dream, of which I have never experienced tinnitus here, I heard a buzz, like a mechanical sound or an old buzzing bell (not tinnitus). I wasn't alone in my dream, there was something else there, something scary. I went to turn on a light but none of them would go on. This is when the buzzing happened again and I began to panic. I then saw flashes of light in the pitch black room. I was screaming someone's name and I remember thrashing, but upon waking all I could say was "I am sweating. I can't move". That lasted a few seconds, not really significantly long enough for me to be worried. What was different this time was the buzzing. I have had dreams like this often, but never put the pieces together before the buzzing.

Ok. Well the buzzing refers to an auditory hallucination often related to people suffering with sleep paralysis. People suffer from sleep paralysis when they awake in REM.

I am the first one to admit that medically, no one answer is sufficient enough. No one actually knows how powerful the brain is, and I am an advent dreamer. Medically, this is explained by sleep apnea causing me a multitude of awakenings I am unaware I experience. When I awake, the dream memory is retained. However, I am told things and I learn new things from my dreams. No scientific answer can explain that. But sleep paralysis could be a symptom of narcolepsy, and although I would never dismiss my spiritual dreams as "grandeur delusions" you could bet your butt off I will be making an appointment with my doctor as a person with a brain herniation and sleep apnea and sleep paralysis (possibly narcolepsy).

Because I have great suffering on this Earth, I like to look at my sleep issues as a gift with a curse attached. I can not function well, however I remember my dreams. I learn things. I see people I miss, albeit not by my own demise, but with patience it comes, and I get to remember it. But to my dismay, my life is suffering from it. If I have narcolepsy, if you have narcolepsy, deal with it.

Your dream is a classical sleep paralysis dream. This is MEDICAL!
Read an article about it here:
Sleep Paralysis: Awake But Still Asleep | Serendip's Exchange
They explain the buzzing by saying that:
"The buzzing or ringing sounds in the ears and other auditory hallucinations are closely associated with the activity of the auditory cortex and involves the temporal lobe. During the early period of sleep paralysis, the activity of the temporal lobe increases significantly, sometimes inducing hallucinatory sense. Similarly, the visual cortex generates internal visual stimuli, causing the victim to "see" terrifying figures during the paralysis."

Be Well!

[scarfina]

Originally Posted by billy8

i've had this happen at least a few times during my life while lucid dreaming...
Intense buzzing noise in one ear, paralysis, and this incredible fear that a "spirit" or something was trying to invade, where i try and fight it off by either trying to get my physical body to wake or yell at "it" (in my head) to go away- i'm not religious, but spiritual, although last nite when it happened again, i couldn't help to feel that it was evil somehow, and i screaming "i banish you!, go away", etc...
It has shaken me all day ...some say its a beginning of an obe, so when it happened at various times in the past i've tried to consciously stay with it and go with the flow per-se..but last nights experience scared the hell out of me...and i really fought it until my body woke up..
Any (serious) ideas?

read my reply above!

[alienfetusinc]

Hey man im glad you posted this because ive had a similar experience a multitude of times. I watch tv because it helps me draw myself back i have it so often!!! But that ringing is normal when i realize im dreaming. Turning on music or tv will help get rid of the ringing. When i get it its usually also accompanied by a weird body feeling. I think the thing is too relax and not let the feeling get too you. I believe it too just be a transitional body feeling between sleeping and wakefullness. Hope this helps!