question: When I lie down I can feel my head crackling, I feel like the bones are adjusting to the pressure. I don t know if it is a natural thing for the plates of the skull to move, but it is causing me distress. I cannot sleep because I fear my skull might break and open up. My aunt had brain hemorrhage and she started feeling her skull crackling after the operation. I m even thinking that it might be a psychosis that I developed after seeing my aunt suffering. Is it also possible for the bones of the skull to soften? During the day I feel pressure in my skull as well, it comes and goes in different areas. I am 33 years old and don t have any medical problems. Just depression and a slight tinnitus.