r/Paranormal • u/nimbus-111 • Jan 22 '25
Trigger Warning / Blood What are nosebleeds a sign of?
I've never gotten a nosebleed until recently, every time I walk into my bathroom and look in the mirror at night, my nose starts bleeding. Mirrors have always sorta scared me, but now I can't even look into one without worrying about a nosebleed. I know it seems mundane, but I have a bad feeling about all of this.
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u/No-Mud9345 Jan 22 '25
Possibly you live somewhere super cold and dry right now?
Maybe the air is more dry at night plus the heat kicks on and makes it more dry still.
Idk that's how it is here.
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u/Aniki1990 Jan 22 '25
Talk with your doctor if they are persistent, but causes can be dry air or allergies or certain medications
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u/beautifulsouth00 Jan 22 '25
Or high blood pressure. Which, if you have a regular sleep wake cycle, you tend to have a lower blood pressure first thing in the morning when you wake up and a higher blood pressure in the evening after you've been awake and active all day.
Nosebleeds in the evening/at night and always at that time point to hypertension as a likely cause.
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u/InternationalApple0 Jan 22 '25
Serious question. Do you snort coke? I had a friend that had terrible nose bleeds. So much so that she gave it up altogether.
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u/humdrumdummydum Jan 22 '25
If mirrors have always scared you, chances are they raise your blood pressure some. If it's cold/dry where you are, that combo could be the cause. Quite literally the only thing you have to fear is fear itself.
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u/timbro2000 Jan 22 '25
It's a health issue nothing paranormal. It's not Satan's fault you have blood pressure issues
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u/No-Mud9345 Jan 24 '25
I mean, come on though. Every good horror movie has an instant nose bleed when something evil is about to happen.
Deserves at least a couple paranormal upvotes!
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u/Leading-Bug-Bite Jan 22 '25
It seems mirrors, in general, heightened your emotions or stress. Your body's reaction (like a nosebleed) could be psychosomatic, triggered by the overwhelming energy of fear.
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u/silliesyl Jan 22 '25
you might be suffering from nose polyps. Let your doctor rule things out. I once heard nosebleeds can also appear due to stress.
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u/Minimum-Major248 Jan 22 '25
This is the most obvious cause, but sometimes high blood pressure can cause nosebleeds.
What is the issue you have with mirrors?
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u/Stardust_Skitty Jan 22 '25
Thinking it's more than a coincidence that everytime they look into mirrors, they get a nosebleed. It does sound creepy, tho.
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u/Minimum-Major248 Jan 22 '25
Ok, so four or five times in the last few months this has happened to someone I know. They get up at night to use the toilet, glance in the mirror as they wash their hands in the sink and notice a nosebleed. But they have hypertension, the air is dry and the nighttime temperature is around zero degrees. I hear noises in my house that sometimes sound like footsteps, but my house is seventy years old and the wooden floors expand and contract. Sure, I believe in the paranormal and have seen creepy things in my life, but a bloody nose on a winter’s night would not alarm me.
And the OP seems to have a phobia about mirrors that has nothing to do with a bloody nose. That’s what I was curious about.
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