When You Are Just About to Fall Asleep...
By Victoria7
@Victoria7 (1240)
Spain
November 24, 2006 4:56pm CST
...do you ever jerk awake suddenly, feel like you´re falling and become wide awake again?
Is this just due to muscle contraction or is it your soul leaving your body but you aren´t relaxed enough for it to happen?
It happens to me maybe 3 times a week.
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@pondlife (467)
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24 Nov 06
Yes this is a real pschologic phenomena called the 'post halsian phase'.
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@birthlady (5609)
• United States
24 Nov 06
Interesting question! Do you dream at all in the moments before you "jerk awake"? What is the first thing you remember upon awakening?
@Victoria7 (1240)
• Spain
24 Nov 06
Usually, odd as it might sound, that I dreamt of stepping off a kerb!! (spelt curb I think in US English) and falling further than the distance between the kerbside and the road.
Once or twice I have woken and been physically unable to move my arm, my legs or my body. I am in perfect health and put this down to our brains doing things while we are sleeping, carrying on fuctioning, and us not understanding fully what´s going on and why.
Or maybe I am just weird LOL :o)
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@courtlynne77 (4839)
• United States
24 Nov 06
This happens to me too, but not as often as that. Maybe once a month or so. It seems like it happens to my husband a couple of times a week. I have always wondered if there is more to this happening that just a muscle reaction.
@artygirl2006 (641)
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24 Nov 06
yeh ive done that before..my boyfriend always laughs at me. my leg twitches as well while im falling asleep. lol.
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@IoneS57 (318)
• United States
24 Nov 06
I think it could be a number of reasons, ones that you mentioned, but also Sleep Apnea as well. I suffer from it. It means I stop breathing when I sleep, so when my body gets starved for oxygen, it weill do something involuntary, to wake me up... scary huh?
@Lillith (774)
• United States
25 Nov 06
This happens to me a lot and is something that I have never really given any thought to about WHY it happens. The idea of your soul leaving your body is an interesting idea though. I may do some research on this.
@gifana (4833)
• Portugal
24 Nov 06
Many times. And you have made a point that I have nevered considered before. It has also happened to me while I was consciencous but in limbo not aware of my being awake. They say that if you dream that you are falling there is nothing to fear as long as you wake up before you hit. Wether there is any truth in this theory I have no way of knowing because I always wake up before the fall is complete.
@smith_velocity (1488)
• India
25 Nov 06
i have a hard time fallin asleep... i have to listen to my ipod for at least an hour b4 i can feel sleepy...
@vicki13579 (190)
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24 Jan 07
i kno exaclty what you mean. most nights my boyfriend as he is drifting off 2 sleep will jump rele violently, it frightens the life out of us both lol. sumtimes tho its jst the odd muscle twitches. happens 2 me 2 and if makes me jump when i jump lol
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
24 Nov 06
That happens to me every now and again. I don't think it has anything to do with the soul leaving the body though. I always feel like I am going into another state of mind or another place that I don't always belong in.
@charlesming (1865)
• Singapore
25 Nov 06
yes it is called the hypnic jerk. or something like that. it is normal. :)
