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What is the worst thing that has ever woken you up?

283 replies

OliveCrab · 29/09/2024 18:04

A fire

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Rhaenys · 30/09/2024 19:00

A neighbour’s cat somehow got into my house, came into my bed and bit my nipple.

Catherhino · 30/09/2024 19:06

A car smashing into the front of our house (drunk driver) and destroying our front wall, paralysing his passenger (who he was on a first date with!)

Norovirus (not at the same time as above!)

Fgfgfg · 30/09/2024 19:27

Electrical explosion from the house three doors down that was being used as a cannabis grow. Shortly followed by three men in balaclavas running down the road with bin bags full of plants.

Appletomtom · 30/09/2024 19:30

Woke up to find I had cremated a pizza put it in for dinner fell asleep woke up at 7am next morning the flat full of smoke and another time woke up to the dogs eyes right in my face scared the crap out of me

Madrigal12 · 30/09/2024 19:38

A wet fart and i was right in getting up to check it !!

hairbearbunches · 30/09/2024 19:41

A completely fast asleep but dreaming ex boyfriend with his hand down the front of my pants and a goofy smile on his face. When I asked him what he was doing he said 'checking for spiders'.

Haroldwilson · 30/09/2024 19:43

growinguptobreakingdown · 30/09/2024 18:10

A mouse biting my ear.Crunch.At least I think it was a mouse.I was in a hut sleeping alone on an island in Asia with no electricity.It really hurt but it was pitch dark and I was so scared i just lay there frozen.Also a rat woke me up stealing the stuffing out of my pillow.Same trip.Different hut!

Apparently if you scream at a rat, it screams back

Beautifulweeds · 30/09/2024 19:44

My toddler, who slept with me, putting every bit of jewellery I own onto my face! I woke up and was covered with cold metal pieces! He thought it was hilarious 😂

Middleagedspreadisreal · 30/09/2024 19:53

A ghost

PatsyPatsysaid · 30/09/2024 19:53

Bunsfield oil depot explosion

Sidebeforeself · 30/09/2024 20:01

Interesting that these burglars are never women isn’t it?!

So sorry to read some of these horrible stories.

eyupcocker · 30/09/2024 20:18

CherryBombe · 29/09/2024 18:21

My cats bum hole in my face.

This morning he woke me up with his foot in my mouth

🤣🤣

browneyes77 · 30/09/2024 20:20

I heard an almighty bang, followed by several other loud bangs.

Found out the next morning, that the bangs I’d heard, was the sound of a lorry crashing into the motorway bridge behind my flat and exploding into flames 😢

Supershiny · 30/09/2024 20:22

Ex husband creeping out of my wardrobe when I was asleep after breaking into my house, grabbing me by the ankles and pulling me out the bottom of the bed. 30 odd years later I still have nightmares about it.

Teenyweenytinytrees · 30/09/2024 20:28

Leg cramps while pregnant.

PrincipalCharlotte · 30/09/2024 20:30

My 3 year old discovering diarrhoea for the first time and telling me his "bum has been sick"

RobinEllacotStrike · 30/09/2024 20:33

My flatmate jumping up & down naked at the side of my bed, dick swinging, shouting "FIRE FIRE"

ScottChegg · 30/09/2024 20:36

soberholic · 29/09/2024 23:58

Giant Japanese mugade (centipede) crawling over my lips - and yes they're dangerous

Oh good God! I have a deep hatred of centipedes and millipedes, that would have absolutely finished me off. 😭

MoonWoman69 · 30/09/2024 20:48

I am so sorry to read some of these, hugs to you all that have suffered the most sad and horrific events 🤗
Mine was in the early 2000's, an enormous bang, like a cannon going off outside, not long after midnight. Turns out a local lads girlfriend had dumped him and was in one of our villages pubs, with her new bloke. He got himself drugged up, got in his car, tried to drive into a load of people coming out of the pub at closing time, then sped up the hill, lost control and totalled himself into a tree at the end of the street above ours. A nurse who lived opposite ran out to help, but it was too late. I can't say sadly, as he could have killed or seriously injured a lot of innocent people. From then on, every year we had lager cans and bottles, cards saying 'top lad' (🙄) and flowers left at the tree. Moved away from there years ago, but have passed very occasionally since and it's still going on.

More recently, my then 4 month old kittens; Suki, biting on the end of my nose with her tiny teef, while he brother Sabre, trampolined on my side! When you're woken suddenly from a deep sleep to play, it's quite scary, especially when you're still getting used to them roaming around the whole house! Mum Spooky, gave birth in the spare bedroom! They were in there until they decided to grow a bit and leap the little barrier we'd put up to keep them safely in there!!! They're coming up to 6 months old now, they like sleep more thankfully! But they're still so much fun when they're awake - and into everything! 🤣

Lollipopsicle · 30/09/2024 21:04

reallifeboogie · 29/09/2024 20:46

Aged 11 being woken up by my 19 year old brother raping me. Happened more than once.

@reallifeboogie I'm so sorry. That's just bloody awful. x

Emmasonej3791 · 30/09/2024 21:09

A phone call from an A and E doctor telling me my daughter was in ICU

12daysofchristmas12 · 30/09/2024 21:12

Last week I woke to someone climbing into my bedroom window! Luckily they ran away when I screamed.

TheGoddessMinerva · 30/09/2024 21:17

My brother knocking on my door in my university halls to tell me that our dad had died.

(sorry to detail the cheerful ones)

Satsuma2 · 30/09/2024 21:18

Many, many moons ago I lived in the annexe of a large house. I once had a cat, theirs, deposit a black bird into my mouth in the middle of the night. Better that than a flaccid dick says I!

Merinda · 30/09/2024 21:19

Endless buzzing from all devices from frantic messages and news across all channels when russia started bombing Ukraine in February '22. Multiple friends and relatives affected. Not been able to sleep properly since. Phone buzzing with air raid alerts and death news every day.
Easily the worst experience of my lifetime, and it continues. And I am not even there.