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I was sleeping and my mom barked because he heard a stranger and he woke me up. i got scared by no reason and i also feel weird... what's this? thanks

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Dr. Michael Roman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Very: Common when startled out of sleep to fell. " weird". The body is trying to adjust to the situation. No harm being done. And nothing to worry about

Answered 8/11/2014

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