Do you have impact dreams?

Question

I call them impact dreams.
They occur within the first 20 minutes of sleep and they usually involve some kind of impact in your dream either resulting or the result of a very strong jolt that goes through your body and causes you (or maybe its just me) to have a very strong kick.
I have been having these dreams since I can remember, usually just going through a dream and then I get hit buy a car, fall off a cliff, fall over a railing, parachute doesnt open, walk into a wall because i wasnt looking, anything that involves an impact.
My reason for asking is I want to know if it is normal, why it happens, and is it something i should concern myself with.
I have a feeling the dream is a reflection of what my body is going through, and my brain uses my dream to explain it, example-dream your arm was chopped off, but in reality your head has cut off the circulation to the arm and you lost feeling in it.

Answer 1

Hi there,

You really need to seek help for this. Consult a therapist.

If you have such dreams it is perfectly normal to feel that strong jolt that you are talking about. We don't just see dreams we FEEL them. So its natural to feel such an impact on your body after having such nightmares. Everyone has such dreams sometimes in their lives but if it is happening way too often you need to seek help.

Dreams are usually a reflection of your subconscious. It is quite possible that you have had some traumatic or upsetting events in the past which you needed to resolve in your waking life but you did not do it. So they appear in such forms in your dreams. Or if you have recently started to have them it is quite possible that you are going through too much of stress and do not have the time to deal with it in a positive way in your waking life. For example,
most of the dreams that you mention indicate a fear of failure and mostly fear of obstacles in the way to achieving your goals. Give a thought to whether you are constantly thinking about obstacles in your way.

Start writing a diary. Keep a dream diary, where you write down your dreams. And a daily diary, where you write down your feelings about the the day gone by. See if you can find a relation.

Also as you mentioned in your last example it is perfectly possible that your posture of sleeping is not very correct. If you have a tendency to sleep all curled up or if you just end up sleeping in one position throuhgout the night this can happen. When you get into bed try sleeping on your side, in a comfortable position. Your head should be resting on a not too hard a pillow. Arms and legs should be comfortably placed without any strain or discomfort.

Also before going off to sleep, lie straight on your back take deep breaths for about 10 minutes then slowly roll on to your side and fall asleep.

If these things do not work please seek professional help.

Although I hope this helps a little.

Answer 2

Yes, I do. Back in my early 20's I was walking home from the mall, it was pitch-black dark at night and there was an area of construction with no barriers or tape or signs to stop my forward progress and I fell into a ditch, a long fall. For over a decade I have a recurring dream of that and my whole chest and diaphram convulses with a quick and very hard convulsion. I only have the dream once every three months, sometimes once a year. I can't replicate the convulsion when I am awake. I also had a dream my landlord stabbed me in the chest once for the same convulsion. I'm not sure if it is the same thing or if that is what you are talking about. I believe they are called "night terrors" and so long as you don't have a full blown case of them you should not need to go see a doctor, but when you do see your doctor anyway for a routine check up you need to tell him.

Answer 3

LOL. I used to get them alot when I was kid. I would be in the half asleep, but still a little awake state after going to bed. Usally a random thought of me falling of my bike would cause me to jolt or have a pronounced start. I would say it would happen a least once a month from the time I could ride a bike until my mid twennties. Later the half dreams would be of bumping into objects, or objects falling on me. Now in my late thirties I only get them a couple of times a year.

I have talked to other people who have had similar experiences. I think it is perfectly normal. It is the subconscience way of blowing off some mental steam.

Answer 4

Dreams sometimes get effected by what you had experienced in your life... Are you working too hard or stressing out? I noticed that when I am stressed, I sometimes have dream of myself falling into a black pit, which cause me to wake up with a feeling that I fell off my bed or fell off somewhere high... You should try to relax yourself before you sleep...keep all thoughts outta your mind... But for me, these kind of dreams happens rarely, so I don't really know if it apply to you. You should see your doctor, I think he'll be able to explain this better than me.

Answer 5

A recurrent dream often is the way of a trauma of our early childhood to show up... something we cannot remember or we fear to remember. If it is really bothering you, seek professional help.
I used to have a horrible recurrent dream, on therapy, once I found out why it was, it was gone forever

Answer 6

very very often. i usually kick the wall, accidentally boot the cat off the bed (poor kitty!) or almost fall out of the bed myself!

Answer 7

don't listen to the previous answers. impact dreams are perfectly normal.

it is called a myoclonic twitch. follow the link. very interesting!

Answer 8

I "jolted" so bad, I fell out of bed !