2007-03-14 06:30:20 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
I love it when that happens, its normally when you're in a very light stage of sleep, just as you are dropping off. gets your heart racing and the adrenaline pumping.
2007-03-14 06:34:23 · answer #1 · answered by Psychodelic Chicken 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think most people experience this. Some say it is when you are about to astral project if you believe that sort of thing -(when the spirit leaves the body temporarily and goes off on its travels while the body sleeps)
The jump or twitch is when the Spirit returns to the body too fast.
2007-03-14 13:36:55 · answer #2 · answered by Jewel 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I get this all the time. It's when you're falling asleep, but a noise, or a thought, or anything, jerks you back awake. It could be your subconscious picking up a sound outside or something.
2007-03-14 13:34:33 · answer #3 · answered by lady_lorj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've done this when I'm very tired, or especially, when I'm jet-lagged. It always makes me so mad, because it's so startling! And then sometimes I have trouble going back to sleep. I think it's the body's way of releasing tension, my DH used to do it all the time and he had a v. high-stress job.
2007-03-14 13:44:09 · answer #4 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is actually when your body/brain is going down the levels of sleep into REM sleep. Since the brain is moving "down" your actual body has the sensation of falling and you jerk awake. Usually you do not notice this transition but when you do it can be unsettling.
2007-03-14 19:36:29 · answer #5 · answered by BeholdthisDarkness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's very common. It is when you are asleep in REM (dreaming) and your body is paralised(don't panic this is normal and always happens) then when you wake up and you are no longer paralysed and so your muscles jerk awake. Hope this helps.
2007-03-15 06:34:11 · answer #6 · answered by Dr Sherior 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it happens to everyone. Horrible though, isn't it? It gives my boyfriend a right fright when I do it as well!! Poor sod, he's a really light sleeper, so feels it when I suddenly jerk awake!!
2007-03-14 14:33:53 · answer #7 · answered by Princess Paradox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have and its very common. I've read, contrary what others have said, that its your brain changing patterns. If that is true or not, I don't know. You can't believe everything you read. Its a weird feeling. My legs always jerk though.
2007-03-14 13:44:57 · answer #8 · answered by Wendy G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had this sensation for as long as I can remember. Even in childhood.
Disconcerting at times, but I have, touch wood, no medical issues at all.
2007-03-14 13:38:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
common when in the last stage of sleep it`s thought that if you reach the bottom you`ll die which is why you never do except when you will do and then you won`t know
2007-03-14 17:35:58 · answer #10 · answered by Dorian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋