August 27, 2008


a question.

Twice in the past 5 years, I have heard a voice whisper my name in my ear. This happened as I was in bed, waking up. I was awake so it wasn’t a dream. I’m pretty sure the voice was female, and no, I’m not schizophrenic. Anyone else ever experienced anything like this?

posted by Brandon Hobson in advice, consciousness, humans, mysticism, observations, odd, philosophy, psychology, spirituality 

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13 Responses to “a question.”

  1. Deron Bauman on August 27th, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    when I was three or four I saw a small plane fly through my bedroom window and the tiny / miniature pilots wave at me as they flew past.

  2. Brandon Hobson on August 27th, 2008 at 10:47 pm

    Anything like that happen lately?

  3. Deron Bauman on August 27th, 2008 at 10:51 pm

    no. sadly.

  4. Mike Dresser on August 27th, 2008 at 11:04 pm

    Nope. But good on ye’. There’s a lot of wisdom to be found in the unexplained, regardless of the source.

  5. jonathan on August 28th, 2008 at 12:38 am

    I hear my mom call my name from time to time. It’s always always in that calm, “I want your attention” or “wake up” tone that she uses. It happens somewhat regularly, but I wouldn’t call it often either.

  6. Laurie J on August 28th, 2008 at 2:24 am

    Yes. With a regularity that bothers me.

  7. brandonnn on August 28th, 2008 at 8:12 am

    I think I just fell prey to your spam ninjas with a buncha wikipedia links, so I’ll do it again this way: the answer you’re looking for can be found there to a T, though it’d more correctly be termed a hypnopompic hallucination as it happens when you’re waking up rather than falling asleep.

    For several years when I was a tyke I used to get the whispered name as well as more vivid and terrifying hallucinations. They came back in my early 20s, which I thought for sure meant I was cracking up, until I found out how relatively common they were. Now they’re sort of fun!

  8. poo poo on August 28th, 2008 at 11:38 am

    i hear the exact same thing, but i’m usually in a cheap brothel in vegas.

  9. Doc on August 28th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    “Oooh, Congressman…”

    you can guess the tone

  10. Daryl Scroggins on August 28th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    Maybe this is the origin of the thought some people have that god has spoken to them. You know–the miracle of “Get up, the fucking house is on fire!”

  11. Cindy Scroggins on August 28th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    And on Saturday, the Schizophrenic Christmas Choir will sing “Do You Hear What I Hear?”

  12. Brandon Hobson on August 28th, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    uh oh.

  13. Brandon Hobson on August 28th, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    Thank you, Brandon. That makes sense.

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