Hearing someone call your name in the middle of the night is something many people experience.

Many people have had this experience: late at night, just as you’re falling asleep or just waking up, you hear someone calling your name near your ear, or a loud “bang” as if something exploded, jolting you awake, but there’s nothing in the room.

This is a fairly common phenomenon, and medicine has several names for it.

One is called “hypnagogic hallucination.” When you’re transitioning from wakefulness to sleep, your brain hasn’t fully shut down yet, and it can generate sounds or images on its own—sounding like someone speaking, calling your name, footsteps, or someone standing beside the bed. It can also happen before waking up, called “hypnopompic hallucination.”

Another is called “exploding head syndrome.” It sounds scary, but there’s no pain: when falling asleep or waking up, there’s suddenly a loud bang in your head, like an explosion, a door slamming, or something crashing. Statistics show many people experience it at least once in their lives. It’s more likely when you’re under stress, staying up late, or have an irregular schedule.

These phenomena themselves aren’t dangerous, and there’s nothing actually calling you. If it keeps happening and affects your sleep, you can visit a sleep clinic; doctors usually ask first whether you’ve been staying up late, under stress, or have a disrupted routine.

Regular作息, moderate daytime exercise, and not looking at your phone before bed help many people.

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