Today, I woke up from a nap and thought I felt somebody's arm in my bed. I frantically start hitting it and start screaming. I soon realized it was my own arm. I'd fallen asleep on it, and it was completely numb, I couldn't feel a thing. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I woke up, only to find my arm was still asleep. I tried to move it just a tiny bit, but somehow ended up punching myself in the face. FML
Today, I woke up in the middle of the night with a numb arm. When I tried to reposition it, it flew crazily and slapped my girlfriend in the face. My girlfriend, who was in a string of abusive relationships, and has severe PTSD. FML
Today, when I woke up, I quickly pulled the bed sheet with my right arm to get out of the bed. I failed to notice that a big portion of the sheet was pinned under my body. My arm dislocated and I fainted because of the pain. Great way to start the day. FML
Today, I was woken by my alarm. I got really tangled up in my blankets, and struggled frantically to untangle myself so I could turn off the alarm. I not only kneed myself in the face, but I accidentally punched myself in the nuts too. Hard. FML
Today, I woke up to somebody shaking my shoulder. I had slept over at a friend's house, so I assumed my friend was just fooling around. With my head under the pillow, I swung my hand at his face then gave him the finger. Turns out, my friend left for basketball and I had slept in. It was his mom. FML
Today, I took a nap on my couch. I woke up three hours later to my neighbor knocking on my door, asking if I was OK because looking from the outside in, they thought I was dead. Guess I sleep like I’ve been hit by a truck. FML
Today, I stayed home, sick in bed. I had been sleeping on my arms. I got up quickly to grab the phone. My numb left arm rocketed and punched me in the (now cut) lip, which threw me off balance, making me smash my (now bloody) nose off of the headboard. It was a telemarketer. FML
Today, I woke up in the middle of the night to get a glass of water. Groggy and disoriented, I bumped into several pieces of furniture and made a lot of noise. My dad woke up, mistook me for a burglar, and knocked me out with his fist. FML
Today, I was trying to sleep, when I felt someone rattling my bed from underneath. Petrified from shock, I lied there for what felt like hours, waiting for a murderer to spring out. I must've finally fallen asleep, and when I woke up in the morning, I found out it was a minor earthquake. FML
Today, as I was lying on my bed with one of my arms hanging from the side, I felt something sniff my hand from underneath. I don't have any pets. FML
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snafu57 1
you're lucky your arm didn't fall asleep during the day,or else it'd be up all night.
krivedko 0
don't be so boring!! this story is much better than all that whiny shit posted by losers and nerds!
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Comments (103)
kerrygirl 13
not a hope anyone could possibly be that stupid
LilaBear 2
actually that's pretty common. My mum said once when she was younger she woke up and saw this hand beside her face and since she couldn't feel it she totally freaked out, thinking it was another person... then realised it was her own hand that had gone dead. I've heard of a lot of people who've freaked out before they've realised the arm/hand beside them is their own (because it's gone dead and they haven't been able to feel it).
kerrygirl 13
the screaming and hitting part is a bit over the top though, ya obviously everyone wakes up with that happening every so often but no one totally freaks........u come to the conclusion straight away that its your own hand!!
jandrews10 0
I don't care but this is is some funny shit man. I laughed out loud. Thanks for the laugh.
nviedemerde 0
You've obviously never fallen asleep on your arm. This happened to me once and when I woke up only my numb hand was touching my face. I didn't scream, but I gasped and sat up really fast and then felt my arm dangling and realized that there wasn't some strange person in my bed. Thankfully. It's a seriously scary feeling.
borabora1991 0
Thank you, OP. The mental images you just gave me were absolutely hilarious. I literally "lol'd". Thanks. :)
liveBabylon 0
Maybe somethings wrong with me but when I see a hand in the morning I take a minute before hitting it...It may be a friend, family.... Come one guys panicking only makes things worse. >_< YDI
Chopperman_fml 0
I woke up once with my dead arm draped over me, and I threw it at the wall with my other hand. It's freaky to wake up with a strange arm on top of you...
swkisses5 0
yea my arm went completely numb after i slept on it but i woke up (cus i go into an extremely deep sleep) and i thought my arm was missing bc i couldn't feel it lol unfortunately for me i had had a nightmare so when i woke up i really thought my arm was gone lol
il0velamp 0
you're retarded, whether your arm/hand is dead, you would still recognize it as your own. hence "I know this town like the back of my hand"
NikkiRainbow63 31
I haven't hit myself like OP has, but I feel the need to defend myself when I wake up and see something that freaks me out, even just for a second. I've accidentally punched my mom in the face because she scared me when she woke me up...
cowsgomooatyou 8
and how is this a FML? Everyone does stupid things sometimes but if you think this is a FML you have an easy life.
obnum 19
Agreed
shek1608 11
oh come on!! estupido!
negative_creep 0
and how is this an FML?
brontide 0
Have you *seen* the moderation queue? Most can't even spell to save their life and I find myself saying yes to the ones that are at lest complete sentences.
izzie321 27
^^^ Funny how you failed to correctly spell the word "least".
snafu57 1
you're lucky your arm didn't fall asleep during the day,or else it'd be up all night.
Veritas143 0
That reminds me of the show "Life" the main guy said something like that.. thank you.
kwinters 5
omg your life is so ******.
MagneticGuitar 0
We have all been there. The numb arm bit, not the hitting yourself part...
ceceisgay 0
"i slept on my arm. FML" how did this get accepted ?
jordanlite 16
Numb arm, yes. But no one gets a numb limb to the point of forgetting that it's their arm.
krivedko 0
don't be so boring!! this story is much better than all that whiny shit posted by losers and nerds!
ehh_why_not 6
And about fat girls
namhowell 6
How is this a FML? How do the majority vote FML for this is beyond me.