Last night I dreamt I was trapped in a room by a bear. After awhile I escaped and ran out of the building. He was hot on my trail. Three wolves then showed up. One wolf went after the bear and the other two after me. I stood my ground and one of them jumped at me. As he reached arm length I defensively thrust out my arm. I woke up as my arm was moving and it was because I was actually thrusting it out in bed.

So it would seem that sleep atonia failed. My body reacted to dream stimuli and I'm confused as to why. I see alot of discussion about waking up to active atonia (sp), but not the other way around.

So my questions for whoever on here knows about such things are:

Is it normal for it to dissipate so quickly? I thought, "of all the times to experience sp that would have been one."

Could this simply be an ingrained response to what was perceived as a real danger, part of the fight or flight that was initiated in the dream?