I figured out last night that I'm deadly afraid of lightning and thunderstorms............when I've been woken up by them!
I usually don't mind them...in fact when they happen and if I'm awake, I like to watch them. But if they happen in the middle of the night and they wake me up, like last night, I will all the sudden begin shaking and my heart will begin beating really fast and the lightning flashes outside my window scare me so bad that I have to hide my face under the covers so I don't have to see them.
Last night was especially scary for some reason. It was around 1:00am and a huge roll of thunder shook the whole house and woke me up from a deep sleep. I thought it was a bomb or something! Then I realized that it was thundering. Anyways, the thunder was SO loud that I could feel the entire house trembling with each long, rumbling sound it made.
My baby chick, Ivory, was in his brooder box and I suddenly realized that I should probably shut off his light because for some reason I fired a bolt of lightning would come in through the outlet and strike him.
But my room was dark and the thunder was rolling loudly outside so I was too scared. But I guess my need to protect Ivory overcame my fear because eventually, I waited until a loud roll of thunder ended before I leaped out of bed, unplugged the light, and jumped back in so fast. I slipped under the covers and just laid there, still as a rock, half expecting a lightning bolt to strike me or something. I was so scared that my heart was pounding against my chest and and I was breathing hard and my room felt really humid and suffocating.
I stayed under my covers, even though it was really warm under them because it was a warm night last night (which is probably the cause of the huge thunderstorm). I finally fell asleep but then I suddenly felt this strange shocking feeling that I could imagine what it would feel like if a current of lightning went through someone, and I honestly believed that I had been struck by lightning!
I couldn't move or anything for a few seconds and when I finally could, I could feel my heart pounding like I had just sprinted a mile. I honestly thought that maybe a bolt of lightning had jumped from the outlet near my bed and passed through me. I even thought I could hear strange voices outside of my bedroom and I was just terrified!
And guess what I was thinking the whole time? I was thinking that I had been struck by lightning and was gonna post it on BYC as soon as I woke up in the morning. Strange what you think when you're half asleep!
But now that I think about it, I think I might have dreamed about being struck by lightning. But it felt so strange and real. I must have imagined it after I fell asleep.
So yeah, a really frightening and strange night it was.
Anyone ever have a similar "night fright" when it's thundering and you're suddenly awoken from a deep sleep?
Last night was especially scary for some reason. It was around 1:00am and a huge roll of thunder shook the whole house and woke me up from a deep sleep. I thought it was a bomb or something! Then I realized that it was thundering. Anyways, the thunder was SO loud that I could feel the entire house trembling with each long, rumbling sound it made.
But now that I think about it, I think I might have dreamed about being struck by lightning. But it felt so strange and real. I must have imagined it after I fell asleep.
So yeah, a really frightening and strange night it was.
Anyone ever have a similar "night fright" when it's thundering and you're suddenly awoken from a deep sleep?
