Feeling like your fallin, whilst trying to sleep.

Ok, has anyone ever been really tired, they are lying on their bed,sleepy, when all of a sudden you suddenly jump, and feel like uve just fell from sumwhere? Lol.. If you have why do you do it? Or wht do you think about it? Dont you think its wierd? ...

lol

yeah that is weird I have done it plenty of times before! I don't know why it happens its just weird

yep.so weird

Yeah I've done it plenty of times to I think we be sleep and just wake up fast I know weird.

A doctor told me that when you jerk yourself awake because you think you are falling it is because you are experiencing sleep apnea. When you stop breathing in your sleep this is your body's way of quickly getting you to breath. I'm not 100% sure this is true because I haven't read this anywhere else but I do know that when you are falling your instinct is to quickly breath in so it seems like a plausible explanation.

I only get this when I am uneasy: sitting/lying in an uncomfortable position or when I am sweaty and/or very tired (read: after parties on a train).

yeah yeah, trust me we've ALL had one of those lol. the falling dream. it's like you're so close to going into deep sleep, and then in your dream you fall and right before you hit the ground, you wake up and jump. I hate them! my sister is a psychology major and she was telling me all about the physical and mental reasons why we have those kind of dreams, and the whole meaning behind them.. I would tell you what she said, but I was too bored to actually bring myself to listen to what she was yapping about, sorry :[

Ehm, with me it's nothing like that, it's when I'm half awake and half asleep and I get the physical sense of falling for half a second.

yeah it happens to me all the time when I'm very tired. makes me laugh when I'm around someone and I jump and they kinda get startled and they're like... are you ok. and I respond, yeah, I was just trying to scare you knowing damn well, I scared myself lol.

it happens because your falling asleep so quickly that your mind and body actualy believe your falling, so when you jump, it jolts you awake because your mind and body finaly realized that you weren't actually falling but actually going to sleep, it happens to me all the time when I'm really tired... I asked my mom this question awhile back because it freaked me out whenever it happend, and half the time although I know what it is and what caused it, it still freaks me out and is totaly wierd but is nothing to freat over

lol I do that all the time when I start to drift off into sleep! I hate that!

This strange falling sensation and muscle twitch is known as a hypnagogic myoclonic twitch or “Hypnic jerk” If this has happened to you on more than one occasion, don’t worry, you are not alone. Close to 70 percent of all people experience this phenomenon just after nodding off.
Most experts agree that this is a natural part of the sleeping process, much like slower breathing and a reduced heartbeat. The occurance is well known and has been well documented. However, experts are still not completely sure why the body does this.
The general consensus among researchers is that, as your muscles begin to slack and go into a restful state just as you are falling asleep; your brain senses these relaxation signals and misinterprets them, thinking you are falling down. The brain then sends signals to the muscles in your arms and legs in an attempt to jerk you back upright. This misinterpretation that takes place in your brain may also be responsible for the “falling” dreams that come with the falling sensation. These “dreams” are not really normal dreams, as they are not produced from R.E.M sleep, but rather more like a daydream or hallucination in response to the body’s sensations.
While this phenomenon happens to most everyone, studies have recently begun to link occurrences of “Hypnic jerks” to sleep anxiety, fatigue, and discomfort. People who are having trouble sleeping or can’t get comfortable in bed appear to experience the sensation more often throughout the night. It is especially more common with people who are trying to fight falling asleep or have deprived themselves of sleep for more than 24 hours.
Researchers believe that the lack of sleep from sleep anxiety or sleep deprivation confuses the muscles and the brain. The muscles continually attempt to relax and shut down for rest, while your brain remains awake creating continued “misinterpretations” of falling or loss of balance.

thats happens to sometimes when im tired ,it is really weird

haha so funny im pretty sure that has happened to almost everyone at least once lol well it happens to me too so im guessing there is nothing wrong with us lol

omg! that has happen to me im wondering the same question!

lol, I do this all the time in class..
sooo shameee!!!
when your just sleeping then you twitch, makes the other students think theres something wrong with me..

lol, I think its weird.

sooo shame that kine..
this happens to me in class when I sleep.

when ever I sleep I twich, makes people think there is something wrong with me.

sooo shame that kine..
this happens to me in class when I sleep.

when ever I sleep I twich, makes people think there is something wrong with me.