I had one experience when it rose in my sleep and I was aware I was asleep...it rose without pain but it was VERY freaky and when it hit my head I heard a sound in my head like a clock ticking very very fast.
I then woke but did not open my eyes as I was still trying to figure out if it was real or a dream but I KNEW that it was too real and powerful to be just a dream.
It rose in my sleep because it was too powerful for me to deal with awake and aware.
I think your Kundalini is doing something similar.....It is having a tough time with some issue ,maybe due to not being able to completely surrender to it,,so it rose when there was little to stop it.......Its all good Necromancer