Thread: Falling Sensation

I'm not sure where to put this...I just was always curious about this. I'm sure someone else has had this feeling while you're just about to fall asleep, and all of the sudden I'll get a mental picture of me in a: Roller coaster going over a hill, skydiving exp, or tripping/falling, etc and get a SCARY REAL feeling of me falling and jolt up awake as can be. (Sorry about the run on haha) What would that classify being?

I get it once in a blue moon...but it always scares the hell out of me!

Ah the jolt thing, I hear it's pretty common, but I'm not 100% sure what it's called.

Maybe hypnagogic jerk? Not totally sure.

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I get it a lot too, though it doesn't scrare me anymore, got used to the whole thing

I got it FOUR times last night.

Sounds more like sleep paralysis to me.

Originally Posted by ClouD

Ah the jolt thing, I hear it's pretty common, but I'm not 100% sure what it's called.

Maybe hypnagogic jerk? Not totally sure.

No, you're the hypnagogic jerk!

I've had this before too. The feeling in your stomach is so real... pure adrenaline just gathers there. Not exactly painful or discomforting, but very disconcerting.

I've only ever had that when I've been drinking. Usually happens when I'm drunk and in a car (Not driving of course). This sudden feeling that I dropped 20 feet. Some of my friends remarked on the same thing.

In my own personal beliefs, the slipping sensation is created by the feeling of your astral body slipping into the dream plane before the physical body is 100% completely asleep. In turn, it creates a sensation of your body falling off behind you.

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I experience these rarely, but I'm sure they are nothing to worry about. I used to think they were signs of a WILD about to begin, but I'm not sure if that's what they really are.