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The feeling that you have when you’re falling to sleep half way between a conscious and dream state and you dream you trip or fall and your body shudders you awake are called hypnic jerks (from the same “family” as hiccups). One evolutionary explanation is that it developed from when we were primates and to stop ourselves falling from trees (as observed from monkeys)
Also, the reason why the majority of people can’t run fast or punch properly in dreams is because our bodies go into a natural paralysed state to stop us from actually doing those things, so our brains can’t compute running or punching in a dream because it doesn’t send signals of the sensations of putting force behind a punch, or using our leg muscles to run for example (also why a lot of people “glide” in dreams without actually physically walking). This doesn’t apply to some people though, hence sleepwalkers, and people that lash out in their sleep!
Also, the reason why the majority of people can’t run fast or punch properly in dreams is because our bodies go into a natural paralysed state to stop us from actually doing those things, so our brains can’t compute running or punching in a dream because it doesn’t send signals of the sensations of putting force behind a punch, or using our leg muscles to run for example (also why a lot of people “glide” in dreams without actually physically walking). This doesn’t apply to some people though, hence sleepwalkers, and people that lash out in their sleep!
This falling thing happens to me Lm the time, so fascinating to know the reason!
Its scary, isn’t it!
Absolutely - When I’m clearly having a nightmare I can never run and can hardly walk … thanks @HockyRorror !
Its awful when having a nightmare! But I would rather have that than be prone to sleepwalking that can be embarrassing or dangerous. I have a friend that has stripped completely naked whilst asleep, gone downstairs (hazardous In itself) and stood at their front door exposing themselves to anyone walking or driving past.
I must be special because I often have dreams where I’m being chased and not only am I running but I’m jumping over fences
A bit strange (but not alone), but I’m wondering whether in your dreams are you physically running as in feeling your feet hit and feel the ground (which forms part of the signals that get sent to your brain to explain to it you are running) or running as in dream you travelling the same speed as you run but actually gliding as explained in my other post? The latter also ties in with being able to jump over fences in your dreams because it’s linked to being able to fly which is common in dreams (which humans obviously can’t do in real life) because of the weightlessness that we experience from the paralysis that makes our brains making the most of us unable to comprehend running properly when dreaming as opposed to real lifeI must be special because I often have dreams where I’m being chased and not only am I running but I’m jumping over fences
That’s cool!! Did anyone else hear that horrible myth that a hypnic jerk is a sign of imminent death?? It was something like, “if you have a dream where you feel as if you’re falling and then wake up with a start, it means your brain knew you were about to die and narrowly avoided it”. It sounds ridiculous now but it wormed its way into my subconscious years ago and I used to feel worried whenever I had one. Bc of this post I looked it up (once and for all) - it’s definitively false & nothing to worry about
Anxiety and stress seems to cause them, though. Who would’ve guessed
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Hmmmmm I definitely don’t have any issues scaling the fences in the dreams. So maybe I do glide? I’m always surprised when I wake up at how easy I found it getting away
I have not heard that but heard the similar rumour that if you die in a dream you die in real life. I used to regularly have that thing (don’t know how common this is) that in a dream I would be falling to the ground at speed and when just inches before hitting the ground, my body would literally stop, and then float very gently and slowly to the ground and the second I touched ground, I would wake up, which made me believe it to be true (when I was younger)!!That’s cool!! Did anyone else hear that horrible myth that a hypnic jerk is a sign of imminent death?? It was something like, “if you have a dream where you feel as if you’re falling and then wake up with a start, it means your brain knew you were about to die and narrowly avoided it”. It sounds ridiculous now but it wormed its way into my subconscious years ago and I used to feel worried whenever I had one. Bc of this post I looked it up (once and for all) - it’s definitively false & nothing to worry about
Anxiety and stress seems to cause them, though. Who would’ve guessed
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Dreams are so odd in general! But yeah, unless you’re a professional Olympics hurdler and your brain can tell your unconscious body you are jumping fences because in real life, you possibly could, you are likely to be glidingHmmmmm I definitely don’t have any issues scaling the fences in the dreams. So maybe I do glide? I’m always surprised when I wake up at how easy I found it getting away
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And then the opposite is sleep paralysis, whereby your body’s natural paralysis state is still in play when you’ve actually woken up and are conscious.
Its only happened to me once and it’s very short lived but it’s horrendous.
It’s happened to me a few times and it’s so scary. Knowing you’re awake but just not being able to move at all
It really is. I’m sure it only lasted for 10 seconds tops, but it felt so long at the time!
When it has happened with you, did you have any visual or auditory hallucinations? I didn’t but a seemingly predominant theme with people who experience this is of like a frightening character entering your room? Must be something to do with the fact that it mainly occurs when you wake up suddenly during the REM cycle. Friend of mine experienced that, and it sounded like a living nightmare!
only once for me too but yes, horrendous and like a real life horror movie for the moments when the dreams or nightmares play into very realistic reality.
I get sleep paralysis a lot, esp when im very tired and stressed and its horrible.
sometimes i feel like im being possessed, hear weird noises, or feels like something is going in my body and i see things and my heart is pounding and because you can’t move or talk its so scary
Im a bit more used to them now so when it does happen i just try and calm myself, i tell myself to breath slowly and to go back to sleep,
sometimes i feel like im being possessed, hear weird noises, or feels like something is going in my body and i see things and my heart is pounding and because you can’t move or talk its so scary
Im a bit more used to them now so when it does happen i just try and calm myself, i tell myself to breath slowly and to go back to sleep,
Do we think dreams/their meanings sleep paralysis etc warrants it’s own thread? Don’t know about anyone else but I find all that so fascinating!
I get them.
I get 2 different things.
One being sleep paralysis where I can't move. And I can see and hear things. The worst was a really dark haired horrible looking woman on top of me pinning me down.
This time around, luckily my partner was there and woke me up, he panicked because of the way I was breathing.
Other times it's like I can see the room but cannot wake up or move, no matter how hard I try I just can't get my eyes open or keep them open and I'll be trying constantly.
Another thing I get is where I can actually move, I guess it may be similar to sleep walking, apart from I don't very often get up.
But it's apparently where your brain has half woken up so still hallucinating like a dream, but awake enough to still move about/speak.
I can see things, imagine scenarios going on ect.
I see animals/insects/snakes ect in my room, I can see my partner asleep next to me, mid trying to get them away, it's like my brain wakes up properly and I realise what I'm doing.
I remember when I was a teen and had 2 friends stay over, one who stayed over a lot.
And I was trying to open my bedroom door because I thought the dog wanted to come in. And I remember waking up mid trying to let the dog in to one friend asking what I was doing and the other replying "She does it all the time, don't worry"
I will often say random things and then realise when they reply that it's completely random.
I had another time I got up and put my bra under my pajamas because i thought there was a group of my partners friends in the living room.
I don't know if it's related, but I've always had very very high REM sleep.
Any time I've measured my sleep (although I understand not completely accurate)
My sleep is always around 50% or more REM. And on the odd occasion it isn't above 50%, it's below 5%.
Where as for anyone else, I've never really seen it above 20%. My partner's and sister's is usually 12-15%
Sorry that was long haha it's always interested me
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I think so!
I find it all so fascinating!
I love watching my dog sleep when her little legs are going like she’s running in her dreams, it’s so cute!I must be special because I often have dreams where I’m being chased and not only am I running but I’m jumping over fences
Sleep & Dreams
An idea from. The 'Today I learned" thread. Sleep can be so fascinating so a thread to talk about dreams, their meanings, sleep paralysis and all other things sleep related! Do you think dreams have a meaning? Have you experienced sleep paralysis? Other weird sleep behaviours? --- I'm going to...
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