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Great explanation! The same exact thing happens to me. It's definitely a tingling but it's not an unpleasant feeling. It's relaxing.
My sleeping pattern has been off for many years, but once 4-5 a.m. hits, my body begins to "vibe" and "buzz," and it can last for several hours. I haven't found any information on it. The only conclusions I've come to is hormonal changes, which occur throughout the night, anemia or some other vitamin deficiencies, or the lack of sleep causing some type of reaction.
I have a few disorders, and some of them could possibly be nerve issues, but nothing has been substantiated yet. Tests and radiologic and physical has been inconclusive.
Do you have any nerve disorders or vitamin deficiencies?
Happened to me last night. I'm 17 male and I've been having this happen to me over the years. I find that it happens on the nights where I cannot sleep in bed until after a few hours of trying. Then when I close my eyes, I feel as though my brain is distorting itself from reality (buzzing, vibrating etc) very hard to describe the exact feeling but it does feel good. I also am able to intensify the feeling by looking up, or if I open my eyes the feeling goes away completely. Idk if this is just me but this also sometimes leads me into sleep paralysis or lucid dreaming. Another thing that happens to me other than this is when in the same scenario, instead of my head buzzing, i'll feel like I'm falling (but not the type of fall that you see other people talk about) the fall feels more vivid, and I am able to move, however as the fall progresses, it slows my ability to move. I am also able to exit and re enter this state for as long as I don't give in completely to the fall, and fall asleep. This usually then is accompanied by sleep paralysis if I give into the fall. Super weird but honestly cool. I'm really intrigued as to knowing what this is and am glad I'm not the only one who experiences this.
Finally! I've been scouring the internet for others with similar symptoms. (51 yo male, excellent health)
I've almost been embarrassed that I actually LOVE the feeling, and can't wait to go to sleep at night. Here's my experience (and uneducated assessment):
-- It's very pleasant. No, it's not stress, although those "stress shivers" you can get in your chest would be the closest analogy--but those are terrible and this isn't.
-- It happens most frequently while awakening, but sometimes as I'm falling asleep.
-- It started as a "purring" feeling in my head, but also has been in my chest so strongly that I asked my wife to put her hand on my chest to see if she can feel it.
-- If I relax and focus on it, it strengthens. If I start to "wake up" it fades away
-- Looking "up" a bit with our eyes closed supposedly helps induce slower brainwaves (Silva, Mind Control)
-- Sometimes as I'm almost asleep during the "purring", there's an even stronger rhythm that is more of a "Whap, whap, whap" that usually wakes me back up due to it's strength.
-- I've estimated the "purr" to be around 12hz (12 per second), just from comparing my memory of it to YouTube videos.
-- The slower, stronger "whap whap" pulse is around 4hz.
-- Occasionally, just for fun, I intensely focus on it and it kinda "explodes" into a more blissful feeling (but also wakes me back up).
-- Previously I had only experienced this on occasion when I was sick with a stuffy head.
My thoughts? This is totally just my uneducated theory, but for now, I'm going to believe I'm sensing my own brain frequencies. Placebo disclaimer: This awareness started concurrently with researching meditation and the book Mind Control (Jose Silva), and really trying to understand how I was "feeling" as I fell asleep. My understanding of meditation is that it can "synchronize" our brain frequencies (Dr. Joe Dispenza). Imagine that our electrical impulses in our brain are like raindrops on a lake. Some reinforce others, some cancel out. If we could listen in (like and EEG does) we would effectively describe the sound as noise. But in meditation (or falling/awaking), our brain is slowing down those frequencies, possibly to a level that we could discern as vibration (alpha range of 8-12hz). And, if we're relaxing/meditating well, those frequencies synchronize into what Dispenza calls "coherence." I think this is what I'm sensing. All the web-evidence out there suggests this is a very good thing for our brains. We're just a lucky few that for some reason can sense it (or learned to).
Because a low theta (4hz) frequency is unlikely for me to have while conscious on any level, there's a chance that I'm creating it myself by having two 12 hrz frequencies (left and right sides of my brain, maybe) slip momentarily out of sync, which would create a 3rd, slower sensation, like when you have two engines running at the same time (jet engines or air conditioners sometimes sound like this. You're hearing two frequencies "almost" in sync)
Should we try to perpetuate this feeling? According to Silva, learning to stay conscious while letting the brain relax into slower frequencies IS actually the goal.
If you want to dive down this rabbit hole with me, check out the book
Mind Control by Jose Silva and the Gaia TV series called "Rewired" by Dr. Joe Dispenza.
Personally, I can't wait to greet that Cheshire cat every night now, and wonder where it will take me. 🙂
Hello did you find some way to solve this and whats exactly problem coming ?
Hello, this has happened to me like twice a year for a long period of time. I am 43 now and after not having this experience for a while, it started again 3 weeks ago. First time during these 3 weeks, happened around 3am while awake and trying to fall asleep again. It starst with a half spinning and the buzzing/vibration starts right after if I allow it, because I can control it. If I open my eyes, it stops and if I want it to continue I just need to close my eyes. It always happens when lying on my back. I like the sensations, but at the same time I concerned why this happens. Have you found out something else relating with it? Thanks so much.