waking up to thunder and lighting

Yes I am terrified of it as I stood under a Tree when I was little that got struck by lightening I normally sit on the Settee curled hoping it will go away lol I shake and I get close to tears Gissi just barks at it lol and probably can not understand why I am sitting there not moving

No, I'm not afraid of it at all. I actually like being woken up to the sound of thunder. I love rain more though.

if i wake up to lightning and thunder i can go back to sleep but if i go to bed at night and theres a storm i cant go to sleep, i lay there watching the storm, it just scares me so lay there cuddling up to my partner and we watch the storm together.

I love thunderstorms. I like to watch the lightning.Do you have cable? If so, the best thing is to find a comedy and watch it until the storm passes.

My daughter and I are both afraid of loud thunder although she is also afraid of lightning. My daughter has a bunk bed where the bottom bunk faces the opposite of top bunk. She will sleep under the top bunk with a blanket over it hanging down as to block out all light cept her lil nightlight that she will plug in underneath to read or sleep with. As for the thunder, I'll put her radio next to her nightlight so she can adjust the volume to drown out the lightning. Sometimes we'll really go all out and I'll sleep with her in our decked out fort.

Oh I love thunderstorms :) Sorry that you are afraid of them... there are alot of people who are!! I would gladly have that storm here... we had a little bit of thunder (like 2 or 3 rolls of it) this afternoon but it has cooled right down now so there would not be any storms tonight, but I do love them.... I love watching the lightning - especially at night when it lights up the sky and / or even the house....

As a small wolfie cub I used to be petrified of thunder and lightening, apparently it's a well common phobia called brontophobia, there you learn something new every day! I used to run and hide in my parents room and sleep on the floor with my stuffed cub and blanket and pillow! I used to make my dad promise me it wouldn't thunder, I would wait till one flash then run into my parents before the next flash! Even as an adult I will hide under the covers, big softie I know, but I can never sleep once I hear the first rumble, because I am forever waiting for the flashes and claps and I'm soooo warm from being under the covers that I can't sleep anyhow so I just lie there restless!

I actually enjoy listening to thunder and seeing the flashes from the lightning as long as I'm inside. Often I go to sleep with that sound. I specially like to be snuggly in bed, warm as a toast and listening to the storm outside. I don't like to be outside when there is a storm, when there's a big one and it's really close.

Nope cybersister, not afraid of thunder or lightening at all but then I'm a tad weird. One of the few positive things my folks taught me as a girl was never to be afraid of storms, in fact whenever there'd be a horrific storm my mother would have me sit on her lap on one of the chairs in the kitchen and we'd watch the storm..think my mother used to tell me it was God bowling..LOL. Now my one kitty, Kissy is different..even when its just a pitter patter of rain she high tails it under my bed and won't come out until it's over

I really hate thunder and lightning storms. I turn everthing off in the house, don't run water, don't talk on the phone or go near windows. I just sit in a safe place in the house and wait it out. I also never have my bed by the window. One time I was forced to have my bed by the window, and a storm started and it was really bad, and I swear I thought a bolt of lightning shot over my head. I went out and slept on my loveseat that night. My daughter loves having her bed by the window and is not afraid of storms. She however now blames me for making my 3 grandkids afraid of storms.

Hello dear TerryZ. Like you, I am also afraid of loud thunder and lighting. They are so scary. When it is this kind of weather, I would stay inside and do not want to step out unless I have to. It is so dangerous. When I was a small kid, I was extremely afraid of the roaring sound of thunder and lighting and would hide myself under the table without daring to come out. Lol. So you are not alone there, my dear friend.

Hi There! Actually, I love the sounds and sights of thunder and lightning. There is nothing better than a good old fashioned thunderstorm. It is a little annoying if you are trying to sleep, but I do love to watch it. cheers,

dear terryZ Thats amazing I was sleeping and time was midnight i.e. 3 AM as IST. I was suddenly woke up listening the huge sound of thunderstorm and lightening Thereafter I could not sleep again due the power failure . Yes I am very much afraid of thunder & lightening. During thunderstorm and lightening in generally I use to stay in house . pkc3000

I usually wake up, but only because we've got 2 100 lb labs in the bed with us, terrified of the noise. I usually wake up when it starts thundering, but we've got a porch right outside our bedroom and that porch has a metal roof. It sounds heavenly when rain hits it. That sweet sound puts me right back to sleep.

Hello TerryZ. I'm sorry that the storm frightened you this morning. I love to listen to the thunderstorms and watch the lightening. I find them sort of comforting for some reason. They are so fasinating too. I can sympathize with you though being frightened. My grandkids were terribly frightenend when they were little. they would come and crawl in bed with me. They have gotten over the fear and are pretty well grown. I do miss haveing them come crawl in bed and snuggling.

I used to be very afraid of storms! As a child, I would get so scared I would make myself sick. Now, they don't bother me as much. Now a tornado or a hurricane would really frighten me and I have never witnessed either one! I've heard that a lot of places had some really terrible storms this morning. Many homes, etc were destroyed. I hope there weren't too many fatalities.

I love thunder and lightening. It is like watching mother nature's art show. My dogs on the other hand do not like the weather. I also like to listen to the rain.

I guess we had at least one really bad clap of thunder this morning. MIL said her first thought was tornado because it rumbled for so long and was so loud, she said it was just like a freight train and since she grew up in Texas she thought tornado even though we don't really get big tornados here and only occassional small ones. Anyway, I slept right through it. The only time thunder and lightning scare me is if I'm out on the road in it. I know they claim cars are safe because of the tires but I had a bad scare once and that was more than enough for me. I was leaving a friend's house after a bible study meeting and had a few of the kids in the van with me when lightning struck the driveway right in front of us. All we saw was a huge flash of blue that lit up the whole van and made my radio go all statcky and loud for a minute. Our ears were ringing and everything but we didn't feel anything else other than being scared.

••• I'm not afraid , you shouldn't be afraid either because there's a one in a million chance that you'll get hit by a lightning (maybe a billion) ••• haha , just hide under the covers

Hehe,hi TerryZ.No i actually like to listen to it for an odd reason i dont know why.I keep on doing my things while its thundering and lightning,the only person who it does bother is my daughter,she does not like the loud banging noise and clings to my leg,hehe! Peanutjar:)