Mom/kid bond, or just coincidence?

[Peppergirl]

Some of you who are on my FB page may know, my son totalled my car yesterday. He wasn't seriously hurt, and neither were any of his passengers, thank God.

Here's the weird part.

I've been working 3rd shift and had clocked out at 8am yesterday. I didn't go to bed until about 1130a, so I figured I'd try to sleep till around 6p or so.

I have a cell phone that is my home phone too. When I'm sleeping, I put it on silent rather than turn it off. This allows me to see the missed calls when I wake up, and decide who to call back and how quickly.

I suddenly woke up from a dead sleep at around 515pm. I automatically glanced at the phone to look at the time, and the phone was ringing (on silent). And it was my kid...calling about totalling the car. He was crying and there ambulance noises in the background, etc. Pretty unsettling to say the least.

It didn't occur to me until later how spooky it was that I woke up at the exact instant that he called me.

Spooky? Or coincidence?

On the coincidence side, I am a TERRIBLE sleeper. I tend to only sleep 5-6 hours a night and I wake up at least twice during that time.

Maybe I'm just overthinking it, but the timing of it just seems awfully strange.

[Zellie Crescent]

The good thing is nobody got hurt, but yeah that's still scary.

[MaggieTheCat]

I would definitely say it was your subconscious telling you to wake up 'cuz something was wrong, but that's just me. Stuff like that happens in my family all the time, particularly with my mom and I. It's like we have some kind of 6th sense that tells us stuff that most other people don't know about yet.

Sorry that the car got totaled, but glad that everyone is okay!

[tropicsgoddess]

I think more or less maternal instincts in this case.

[Mikkel]

Well, the phones I know flash the display on silent, not enough to wake me but perhaps enough to wake a light sleeper?
I'd still vote instinct though, I have experienced such things myself.
Good thing no one got seriously hurt.

[Plaidman]

Mom bond.

happens to my mom and me all the time.

[Mytical]

I have to agree, it probably is that family connection kicking in.

[Jack]

Uh. Yeah. I'm going to go with the flashing light hypothesis.

[Peppergirl]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Forgot to mention I wear a sleep mask during the day, because my blinds and curtains in the bedroom don't block the light. A must for a 3rd shifter.

So much for the flashing light theory...but coincidence is still on the table.

[Treasure]

Maternal instincts, he was upset, and telling you, as the phone is ringing "Mom, wake up, i need you, please please ohmigod mom"

We've all done it, call someone, and tell the ringing pickuppickup, answer the phone!

maybe you were already getting to a lighter sleep level anyway, and the buzz of the phone against the nightstand is what pushed you awake? but mostly i'm gonna go with instincts.

echoing the sentiments that it sucks for the car, but glad everybody walked away.

[Mikkel]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Forgot to mention I wear a sleep mask during the day, because my blinds and curtains in the bedroom don't block the light. A must for a 3rd shifter.

So much for the flashing light theory...but coincidence is still on the table.

Some speakers left on, perhaps. The signal to the phone can be heard in nearby speakers.
I'll go with parental instinct still so I won't be surprised when you tell that there were no speakers on in the house.

[Kaylyn]

I know I'm hyper sensitive to electronics; I can sense when a television is on but muted when I'm passing by and can't see it, at least the old CRT style televisions. I can sense the frequency they put out, it's like a mix between hearing and feeling. It's possible due to whatever circumstances you sensed the phone ringing even though it was on silent. I don't discount the psychic bond thing either, just offering another possibility. No matter what it was, you somehow knew you needed to wake up and that's all that matters.

[Jack]

Passing by how closely? I suspect static electricity.

[Kaylyn]

I used to pass by my mom's bedroom and know whether she had her TV on or not (she played a lot of Dr. Mario, Tetris, and Sonic the Hedgehog and would often leave the TV on but turn the game off); her door would be closed and I'd pass approximately ten feet from the TV, going through the bend of a T-shaped hallway but not approaching the door itself. It was mostly an auditory thing, though I know I wasn't really hearing the pitch, more like feeling it with my ears, if you can understand what I'm trying to say.

[Imprl59]

My Mom can do that too. We don't talk all that often but there have been a number of times she has called and said what's wrong just after something went horribly wrong. We have hardly scratched the surface when it comes to understanding the human brain.