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Infernal · 03-17-2004, 04:30 PM

Sometimes when I'm half asleep, I'll start dreaming that I'm walking along then all of a sudden I trip....

I jumped like I'm falling off the bed, My feet actually move. It's a very freaky feeling

sadistikdreams · 03-17-2004, 05:16 PM

oh god yeah. it's so scary. like, i'll just be laying down and fantasizing, and then i fall, and it feels like i fall, or try to balance myself.

KellyC · 03-17-2004, 06:35 PM

I don't remember if it's like that. But sometimes when I sleep, I get to a certain part of a dream, then my whole body, mostly my feet or legs just jerks, then I wake up. It happens often too, and I dont think its nightmare related.....

MadHatder · 03-17-2004, 08:18 PM

I get this sometimes when I'm in the middle of a boring lecture. My whole body sort of shakes as though I'm trying to stop myself from falling. Very wierd.

Date the Banana · 03-17-2004, 09:46 PM

Freaky feeling! Doesn't it mean that you start dreaming before your brain has time to put your motor skills on standby for the night? Usually happens when I'm dozing at my desk or sleeping on the couch. Odd

tehblaed · 03-17-2004, 09:57 PM

These are called Hypnagogic Jerks and are completely normal. So normal, in fact, that many hypotheses state that it is a natural thing that occurs when the body is shutting down to go to sleep.

They are also sometimes called Myoclonic Jerks...I know there is a difference between the two, as they are not exactly the same.

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/neuro/...es/31231a.html
http://www.crhsc.umontreal.ca/dreams/TNmodeling.htm
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar...nagogic%20jerk
http://www.soundmedicine.iu.edu/arch...eepTwitch.html

What I find interesting is the brain's ability to fabricate an entire dream *and* sense of time lapse in the split second when this jerk occurs. For instance, the falling off a cliff dream that often goes hand-in-hand with these experiences.

slimshaydee · 03-17-2004, 10:22 PM

I've had these many a time
thanks for clearing up what it is tehblaed

Infernal · 03-18-2004, 12:02 PM

very nice links tehblaed.

fillips · 03-18-2004, 08:17 PM

haha i hate that feeling. i always have ones where im going down some steps and fall D:

ladyadmin · 03-19-2004, 01:51 PM

I can't count on one hand the amount of times this has happened. My first reaction is "Where am I?" and the next, "What the hell just happened?"

The links were educational, thank you.

jay-g · 03-19-2004, 08:39 PM

I dont know about that scenario. But i have dreamt that i was falling from the sky, and right before i hit the ground, i shake myself awake. If i did hit the ground and was still asleep, i wonder what would happen.

diddagirl · 03-19-2004, 10:23 PM

Oh yeah...happens all the time. I always feel as though I am falling, maybe through ice, or a bridge or whatever it may be. My legs and arms literally jolt up and it feels soooo real.

SiNai · 03-20-2004, 03:02 PM

Interesting information! I've had these many times during my life, but when I was younger, they seemed more drastic- Falling off buildings, cliffs and stuff. Lately it seems all I do is trip..

Slayer · 03-20-2004, 08:20 PM

It happened to me a lot....didn't know so many people experience it too.

nash · 03-21-2004, 02:01 PM

I hated it when I was trying to sleep in class.

orange monkeyee · 03-21-2004, 07:43 PM

what sucks is when that happens, and instead, you roll off your bed onto the floor into a pile of what ever stuff happens to be on your floor ( in my case, a bunch of computer parts, ow)

Jesus Malverde · 03-21-2004, 07:52 PM

No what sucks is when you wake your Dad up during one of these and the jerky movement of his hands hits you in the mouth.

JRG · 03-21-2004, 08:25 PM

I've had that feeling before - always in class listening to a boring lecture. The weirdest dream I've ever had almost all my teeth were loose and I could feel them breaking out of my mouth and I just kept spitting them in my hand. It didnt hurt but all my teeth were coming out, sorta like when you loose all your baby teeth at once.

qtpye4u84 · 03-21-2004, 08:33 PM

Yea thanks for the info see i kinda knew it was some thing like that when i have just fallen asleep barely i will have the same dream about walking up steps and then tripping and waking up due to my body jerking it feels so real the funny part is when i do this my boyfriend laying next to me will do it right after i do lol either hes faking or making fun of me thats what i think lol

saut · 03-22-2004, 09:22 AM

I've been discussing this topic with some of my friends lately -- now I have a name for it! I always get the feeling that I'm jumping over something, but I wake up right afterwards and I try to land. It's a very strange sensation.

03-22-2004, 12:56 PM

yes, i used to have frequent dreams of sliding off something- I've never cared for steep declines, and that was a part of my dreams for a while, but none recently. Just means we're afriad of "slipping" and "tripping" in a certain situation or life in general. We're too cautious or worried.

nash · 03-23-2004, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jesus Malverde
No what sucks is when you wake your Dad up during one of these and the jerky movement of his hands hits you in the mouth.

Maybe that's 'cause he was already awake...

ariekitten · 03-24-2004, 10:59 PM

yeah i get that....right as i'm falling asleep like the clumsy dumbass i am i trip on the sidewalk (in my head) and my whole body twitches. lol

ngdawg · 03-27-2004, 09:50 PM

It's caused by the relaxation of your muscles as you drift off to sleep (about the only worthwhile info i got out of highschool health class). but, I also hear a gunshot as i drift off...hmmmm

Batman976 · 04-02-2004, 11:43 PM

I jerk myself awake a lot too, but I have another question for you guys.

Sometimes when I'm sleeping I'll dream that I'm pissing. I feel the pissing sensation and everything, then I wake up scared to death that I pissed my bed. It's never happened (yet) but it always feels real at the time. It freaks me out too. Does this happen to anyone else? Or am I just weird? It's okay, you can be honest.

ngdawg · 04-03-2004, 08:25 AM

damn-someone else has those??? Mine, i'm always in an odd place out where i can be seen but trying hard to hide... You're right- it is a very surreal feeling. One thing I had heard a very long time ago-if you want a repeating dream to end, tell it to someone, so here's hoping you stop pissing

qtpye4u84 · 04-05-2004, 03:38 AM

Wow the piss dream yup yup!!
I have those I wake up hoping i did not pee the bed i feel the bed then go to the bath room and once when I had that dream I really did pee I woke up and tryed to stop it but i couldnt. It pissed me off so bad the dream was so real I was like in high school for some reason and I went to the bath room I could feel the white hard toilet and every thing I was like talking to one of my old high school friends while i was peeing.
That has to be the worse thing that has ever happened to me thank god my hubby was at work hehe so I could change the sheets.
I hate the feeling that you forget to breath so you wake up and gasp for air but then that could be just me I dont know if any one else does that.

VitaminH · 04-05-2004, 07:59 AM

I get that trip-dream-leg jerk thing all the time. Once a month I'd say? It's irritating when I went to get some sleep.

Latch · 04-11-2004, 04:24 AM

I get it fairly often.. someone once told me it was soemthing like:

"your subconcious trying to keep you from falling asleep for whatever reason". It happens right at the transition from conciousness to unconciousness.

Dunno if that's completely true (and I have clicked on the links yet).. but it sounded good to me

biercan · 04-13-2004, 08:40 AM

Yeah. I'll almost be asleep, and then my leg will jump a mile and my heart wil start racing. If you get muscle spasms while awake, eg - in lectures, you're either very tired or stressed.

tkkfan · 04-13-2004, 09:53 AM

My dad says that it's an instinct from when we evolved from monkeys. He says that when you're in a tree asleep (as a monkey), that you would wake up in a start to make sure that you didn't fall out of the tree. Also, to sleep light in case of preadators. It is something that has been implanted in our subconscious for a long time. And...it happens to every single person on the planet.

On another note, those pissing dreams always wake me up, and I obviously have to piss. One time tho, in my dream, I found a bathroom. All I know after that is my couch smelled like piss for like 2 weeks. It was all cold and wet too. Ugh. I did throw it away after that.

onodrim · 04-13-2004, 10:22 AM

Yep, I get those all the time when I'm falling asleep, or drifitng off in class. It happens enough that I always just assumed it was normal.

SecretMethod70 · 04-13-2004, 01:47 PM

I hate it when that happens and I'm falling asleep in class. No one would have ever noticed me drifting off until I jerked around in my chair!

I HATE IT!

tkkfan · 04-13-2004, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Yep, I get those all the time when I'm falling asleep, or drifitng off in class. It happens enough that I always just assumed it was normal.

'cause yer a munkey

Infernal · 04-14-2004, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tkkfan
My dad says that it's an instinct from when we evolved from monkeys. He says that when you're in a tree asleep (as a monkey), that you would wake up in a start to make sure that you didn't fall out of the tree. Also, to sleep light in case of preadators. It is something that has been implanted in our subconscious for a long time. And...it happens to every single person on the planet.

On another note, those pissing dreams always wake me up, and I obviously have to piss. One time tho, in my dream, I found a bathroom. All I know after that is my couch smelled like piss for like 2 weeks. It was all cold and wet too. Ugh. I did throw it away after that.

Your theory is pretty interesting.

Spanxxx · 04-15-2004, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Batman976
I jerk myself awake a lot too, but I have another question for you guys.

Sometimes when I'm sleeping I'll dream that I'm pissing. I feel the pissing sensation and everything, then I wake up scared to death that I pissed my bed. It's never happened (yet) but it always feels real at the time. It freaks me out too. Does this happen to anyone else? Or am I just weird? It's okay, you can be honest.

I have dreams where I have to go pee really really bad, and then I finally find a bathroom, and I get to go pee, and while I'm peeing I wake up and think, "OH SHIT, I FOUND THE BATHROOM IN MY DREAM" and then I realize, whewwww, I didn't pee the bed, but of course I have to pee like VERY badly and I get up and run to the bathroom.

Also, I have the twitch stuff, but rarely do I have dreams that go with them. I frequently twitch while going to sleep though. Used to freak my wife out when we first got married. It doesn't often wake me up I don't think. The really bad ones that do wake me up are often like a full body convulsion - I'll just spasm from head to toe really quickly and make like a half crunch and then back to straight out position extremely quickly. Those wake me up. At least enough to stir and go back to sleep.

...sleeping is weird stuff.. and I just love it. Of course, I don't get enough of it though =)

SixEdxMia · 04-15-2004, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tehblaed

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/neuro/...es/31231a.html
http://www.crhsc.umontreal.ca/dreams/TNmodeling.htm
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar...nagogic%20jerk
http://www.soundmedicine.iu.edu/arch...eepTwitch.html

What I find interesting is the brain's ability to fabricate an entire dream *and* sense of time lapse in the split second when this jerk occurs. For instance, the falling off a cliff dream that often goes hand-in-hand with these experiences.

Awesome,Awesome links.thank you muchly.

Otaku · 04-15-2004, 08:53 PM

funny how everyone thinks it is only them.

I thought i was the only one who's legs spasming woke them up

Dostoevsky · 04-26-2004, 08:20 PM

Wow, I'm super late on this thread but I will say that I experience the exact same thing as described by the author of this post. Also, my girlfriend often times kicks and convulses when entering sleep and doesn't usually wake up from it.

lyxo · 04-28-2004, 09:49 AM

when i get too high and watch a movie sometimes it happens, i just jerk out of sleep

but when i was a kid i used to kick the shit out of anyone that was sharing my bed, i couldnt help it

other than that, when i have intense dreams, especially greatly relating to reality, i experience the same as the author

03-17-2004, 04:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Infernal Crazy Location: Brooklyn, NY	Any had this experience? it deals with sleeping Sometimes when I'm half asleep, I'll start dreaming that I'm walking along then all of a sudden I trip.... I jumped like I'm falling off the bed, My feet actually move. It's a very freaky feeling

03-17-2004, 05:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
sadistikdreams lonely rolling star Location: Seattle.	oh god yeah. it's so scary. like, i'll just be laying down and fantasizing, and then i fall, and it feels like i fall, or try to balance myself. __________________ "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." -Lin Yutang hearts, by d.a.

03-17-2004, 06:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
KellyC Comment or else!! Location: Home sweet home	I don't remember if it's like that. But sometimes when I sleep, I get to a certain part of a dream, then my whole body, mostly my feet or legs just jerks, then I wake up. It happens often too, and I dont think its nightmare related..... __________________ Him: Ok, I have to ask, what do you believe? Me: Shit happens.

03-17-2004, 09:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
Date the Banana Insane Location: Japan	Freaky feeling! Doesn't it mean that you start dreaming before your brain has time to put your motor skills on standby for the night? Usually happens when I'm dozing at my desk or sleeping on the couch. Odd __________________ all work and no play make Date something something

03-19-2004, 01:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
ladyadmin Insane	I can't count on one hand the amount of times this has happened. My first reaction is "Where am I?" and the next, "What the hell just happened?" The links were educational, thank you. __________________ The Programmers' Cheer Shift to the left, shift to the right! Pop up, push down, byte, byte, byte!

03-17-2004, 08:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
MadHatder Crazy	I get this sometimes when I'm in the middle of a boring lecture. My whole body sort of shakes as though I'm trying to stop myself from falling. Very wierd.

03-17-2004, 09:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
tehblaed Insane Location: land of the merry	These are called Hypnagogic Jerks and are completely normal. So normal, in fact, that many hypotheses state that it is a natural thing that occurs when the body is shutting down to go to sleep. They are also sometimes called Myoclonic Jerks...I know there is a difference between the two, as they are not exactly the same. http://www.medhelp.org/forums/neuro/...es/31231a.html http://www.crhsc.umontreal.ca/dreams/TNmodeling.htm http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar...nagogic%20jerk http://www.soundmedicine.iu.edu/arch...eepTwitch.html What I find interesting is the brain's ability to fabricate an entire dream and sense of time lapse in the split second when this jerk occurs. For instance, the falling off a cliff dream that often goes hand-in-hand with these experiences.

03-17-2004, 10:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
slimshaydee If you've read this, PM me and say so Location: Sitting on my ass, and you?	I've had these many a time thanks for clearing up what it is tehblaed

03-18-2004, 12:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
Infernal Crazy Location: Brooklyn, NY	very nice links tehblaed.

03-18-2004, 08:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
fillips Upright	haha i hate that feeling. i always have ones where im going down some steps and fall D:

03-19-2004, 08:39 PM	#11 (permalink)
jay-g Addict	I dont know about that scenario. But i have dreamt that i was falling from the sky, and right before i hit the ground, i shake myself awake. If i did hit the ground and was still asleep, i wonder what would happen.

03-19-2004, 10:23 PM	#12 (permalink)
diddagirl Addict Location: Calgary, AB	Oh yeah...happens all the time. I always feel as though I am falling, maybe through ice, or a bridge or whatever it may be. My legs and arms literally jolt up and it feels soooo real. __________________ "Is it so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived long in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done." -Matthew Arnold

03-20-2004, 03:02 PM	#13 (permalink)
SiNai Dreams In Digital Location: Iowa	Interesting information! I've had these many times during my life, but when I was younger, they seemed more drastic- Falling off buildings, cliffs and stuff. Lately it seems all I do is trip.. __________________ I can't seem to remember now What it was like- to live life, before you.. symbiont

03-20-2004, 08:20 PM	#14 (permalink)
Slayer Insane Location: Brooklyn, NY............. South Of Heaven	It happened to me a lot....didn't know so many people experience it too. __________________ "the key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering"

03-21-2004, 02:01 PM	#15 (permalink)
nash Psycho	I hated it when I was trying to sleep in class.

03-24-2004, 10:59 PM	#23 (permalink)
ariekitten bAck iN aCtiOn! Location: in my imagination	yeah i get that....right as i'm falling asleep like the clumsy dumbass i am i trip on the sidewalk (in my head) and my whole body twitches. lol __________________ I am known as Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobilla Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andri Charton-Haymoss Ivanovici Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser III. Don't hesitate to call. ~Vash, Trigun >'.'< kitty kitty, meow ^..^~

03-21-2004, 07:43 PM	#16 (permalink)
orange monkeyee Banned	what sucks is when that happens, and instead, you roll off your bed onto the floor into a pile of what ever stuff happens to be on your floor ( in my case, a bunch of computer parts, ow)

03-21-2004, 07:52 PM	#17 (permalink)
Jesus Malverde Psycho Location: Sinaloa, Mexico	No what sucks is when you wake your Dad up during one of these and the jerky movement of his hands hits you in the mouth. __________________ ...I'm that cat by the bar toasting to the good life...

03-21-2004, 08:25 PM	#18 (permalink)
JRG Tilted	I've had that feeling before - always in class listening to a boring lecture. The weirdest dream I've ever had almost all my teeth were loose and I could feel them breaking out of my mouth and I just kept spitting them in my hand. It didnt hurt but all my teeth were coming out, sorta like when you loose all your baby teeth at once.

03-21-2004, 08:33 PM	#19 (permalink)
qtpye4u84 Flavor+noodles Location: oregon	Yea thanks for the info see i kinda knew it was some thing like that when i have just fallen asleep barely i will have the same dream about walking up steps and then tripping and waking up due to my body jerking it feels so real the funny part is when i do this my boyfriend laying next to me will do it right after i do lol either hes faking or making fun of me thats what i think lol __________________ The QTpie Last edited by qtpye4u84; 04-05-2004 at 03:29 AM..

03-22-2004, 09:22 AM	#20 (permalink)
saut Registered User Location: Pittsburgh	I've been discussing this topic with some of my friends lately -- now I have a name for it! I always get the feeling that I'm jumping over something, but I wake up right afterwards and I try to land. It's a very strange sensation.

03-22-2004, 12:56 PM	#21 (permalink)
:::OshnSoul::: Guest	yes, i used to have frequent dreams of sliding off something- I've never cared for steep declines, and that was a part of my dreams for a while, but none recently. Just means we're afriad of "slipping" and "tripping" in a certain situation or life in general. We're too cautious or worried.

03-27-2004, 09:50 PM	#24 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	It's caused by the relaxation of your muscles as you drift off to sleep (about the only worthwhile info i got out of highschool health class). but, I also hear a gunshot as i drift off...hmmmm

04-02-2004, 11:43 PM	#25 (permalink)
Batman976 is you wicked? Location: I live in a giant bucket.	I jerk myself awake a lot too, but I have another question for you guys. Sometimes when I'm sleeping I'll dream that I'm pissing. I feel the pissing sensation and everything, then I wake up scared to death that I pissed my bed. It's never happened (yet) but it always feels real at the time. It freaks me out too. Does this happen to anyone else? Or am I just weird? It's okay, you can be honest. __________________ The following statement is true. The preceding statement was false.

04-03-2004, 08:25 AM	#26 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	damn-someone else has those??? Mine, i'm always in an odd place out where i can be seen but trying hard to hide... You're right- it is a very surreal feeling. One thing I had heard a very long time ago-if you want a repeating dream to end, tell it to someone, so here's hoping you stop pissing

04-05-2004, 03:38 AM	#27 (permalink)
qtpye4u84 Flavor+noodles Location: oregon	Wow the piss dream yup yup!! I have those I wake up hoping i did not pee the bed i feel the bed then go to the bath room and once when I had that dream I really did pee I woke up and tryed to stop it but i couldnt. It pissed me off so bad the dream was so real I was like in high school for some reason and I went to the bath room I could feel the white hard toilet and every thing I was like talking to one of my old high school friends while i was peeing. That has to be the worse thing that has ever happened to me thank god my hubby was at work hehe so I could change the sheets. I hate the feeling that you forget to breath so you wake up and gasp for air but then that could be just me I dont know if any one else does that. __________________ The QTpie

04-05-2004, 07:59 AM	#28 (permalink)
VitaminH An embarrassment to myself and those around me... Location: Pants	I get that trip-dream-leg jerk thing all the time. Once a month I'd say? It's irritating when I went to get some sleep. __________________ "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." - Napoleon Bonaparte

04-11-2004, 04:24 AM	#29 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	I get it fairly often.. someone once told me it was soemthing like: "your subconcious trying to keep you from falling asleep for whatever reason". It happens right at the transition from conciousness to unconciousness. Dunno if that's completely true (and I have clicked on the links yet).. but it sounded good to me

04-13-2004, 08:40 AM	#30 (permalink)
biercan Banned	Yeah. I'll almost be asleep, and then my leg will jump a mile and my heart wil start racing. If you get muscle spasms while awake, eg - in lectures, you're either very tired or stressed.

04-13-2004, 09:53 AM	#31 (permalink)
tkkfan Insane Location: Flying over your house	My dad says that it's an instinct from when we evolved from monkeys. He says that when you're in a tree asleep (as a monkey), that you would wake up in a start to make sure that you didn't fall out of the tree. Also, to sleep light in case of preadators. It is something that has been implanted in our subconscious for a long time. And...it happens to every single person on the planet. On another note, those pissing dreams always wake me up, and I obviously have to piss. One time tho, in my dream, I found a bathroom. All I know after that is my couch smelled like piss for like 2 weeks. It was all cold and wet too. Ugh. I did throw it away after that. __________________ I can't believe I ate the whole thing!

04-13-2004, 10:22 AM	#32 (permalink)
onodrim Cosmically Curious Location: Chicago, IL	Yep, I get those all the time when I'm falling asleep, or drifitng off in class. It happens enough that I always just assumed it was normal. __________________ "The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides" -Carl Sagan

04-13-2004, 01:47 PM	#33 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	I hate it when that happens and I'm falling asleep in class. No one would have ever noticed me drifting off until I jerked around in my chair! I HATE IT! __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

04-15-2004, 08:53 PM	#38 (permalink)
Otaku Tilted	funny how everyone thinks it is only them. I thought i was the only one who's legs spasming woke them up

04-26-2004, 08:20 PM	#39 (permalink)
Dostoevsky Psycho Location: Macon, GA	Wow, I'm super late on this thread but I will say that I experience the exact same thing as described by the author of this post. Also, my girlfriend often times kicks and convulses when entering sleep and doesn't usually wake up from it. __________________ Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man’s values, it has to be earned. It is not advisable, James, to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

04-28-2004, 09:49 AM	#40 (permalink)
lyxo Crazy	when i get too high and watch a movie sometimes it happens, i just jerk out of sleep but when i was a kid i used to kick the shit out of anyone that was sharing my bed, i couldnt help it other than that, when i have intense dreams, especially greatly relating to reality, i experience the same as the author