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Holly
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"jumping" while falling asleep?
Does anyone know what I mean? Its like you are almost asleep and something makes your JUMP and scare the living daylights out of you?
This happened to me last night, and after the night I had the night before, scared the crap outta me...
Why does this happen?
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Posted 12/5/06 9:40 PM  |
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Phyl
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
I have no clue why it happens but I HATE when it does
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| Posted 12/5/06 9:40 PM |
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SoinLove
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
I HATE when that happens! It's scary!
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| Posted 12/5/06 9:41 PM |
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
someone once told me that it's your muscles relaxing and that it usually happens after a stressful day.
not sure if that's true though 
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| Posted 12/5/06 9:41 PM |
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SoinLove
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
Posted by SweetestOfPeas
someone once told me that it's your muscles relaxing and that it usually happens after a stressful day.
not sure if that's true though
Makes sense. Of course it probably ends up stressing you out even more 
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| Posted 12/5/06 9:42 PM |
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cj7305
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
Yes, but I'm usually dreaming that I am falling. Hate that feeling!
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| Posted 12/5/06 9:49 PM |
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Holly
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
Posted by SweetestOfPeas
someone once told me that it's your muscles relaxing and that it usually happens after a stressful day.
not sure if that's true though
WOW. If thats true, then thats why for me!!!!!!! I had a STRESSSSFUL day yesterday!!!!!!!
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| Posted 12/5/06 9:50 PM |
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Juliet
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
I just had this yesterday. I was taking a little nap between work and school and for some reason my body felt like it was going through the motions of stepping up onto a curb or a step and missing the step. I felt all jerky and woke up.
DH and I both experience this when we are really tired.
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| Posted 12/5/06 9:51 PM |
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Libragal07
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
I always wonder why that happens and I hate it
I scares the crap out of me and my heart is beating so fast it takes me awhile to try and fall back to sleeep
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| Posted 12/5/06 9:51 PM |
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
Yes its so freaky when that happens!
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| Posted 12/5/06 9:52 PM |
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Holly
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Holly
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
Posted by Libragal07
I always wonder why that happens and I hate it
I scares the crap out of me and my heart is beating so fast it takes me awhile to try and fall back to sleeep
me too...I feel my heart pounding out of my chest!!!!!!!!
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| Posted 12/5/06 9:52 PM |
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MelToddJulia
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
Yeah, its normal. Dont worry!
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| Posted 12/5/06 9:57 PM |
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Libragal07
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
Ok I did some research.....
Why do people "twitch" sometimes while falling asleep?
Your question was moved to the front of the line because it was more exciting than the others -- plus it had nothing to do with water vapour.
In medical parlance, the twitching is called hypnagogic myoclonus (the first word refers to sleep and the second to muscle twitches).
Hypnagogic myoclonus (also called sleep starts) is very normal and happens to just about everyone. According to the University of Marburg in Germany, reports of sleep starts are in the 60 to 70 percent range of sleepers (which means everyone) and they're often forgotten. It happens before you're getting into heavy duty sleep mode when the brain is gradually sliding away to dream land. You have probably experienced a falling sensation -- or some other weird feeling -- if you twitch yourself awake. Some people also experience visual sleep starts, a sensation of blinding light. Auditory sleep starts involve a loud snapping noise. (This happens to me, and up until now, I thought it was something outside my body and I would force my husband to get up and go investigate. Guess I won't do that anymore.)
Not a lot is known about why people experience sleep starts, but there seems to be some suggestion that anxiety, some kind of noise, a vivid dream, muscle fatigue, or even genetic disposition plays some part, perhaps in how frequently the sensation occurs
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| Posted 12/5/06 9:57 PM |
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Shorty
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
Posted by Holly
Posted by Libragal07
I always wonder why that happens and I hate it
I scares the crap out of me and my heart is beating so fast it takes me awhile to try and fall back to sleeep
me too...I feel my heart pounding out of my chest!!!!!!!!
i haaaaate that!
I'm usually dreaming that I'm falling into a fire or a body of water...or falling off a building ledge when i have that jumpy contraction....i haaaate that!
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| Posted 12/5/06 9:59 PM |
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alisonggg
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
yes it has happened and I always think "this is it, my heart is going to stop"
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| Posted 12/5/06 10:02 PM |
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Jax430
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
that often happens to me just as i'm falling asleep..it's so weird!
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| Posted 12/5/06 10:20 PM |
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mrswask
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
I hate that!!!
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| Posted 12/5/06 10:33 PM |
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Kate07
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
I'm so glad this is a common thing. This has happened to me for years!!! It scares the crap out of me when it happens.
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| Posted 12/5/06 10:36 PM |
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neenie
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
it happens to me, Alot, as well 
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| Posted 12/5/06 10:53 PM |
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alnem
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
it happens to me too! i am usually dreaming that i'm falling down a flight of stairs and right before i hit the bottom i wake up from "the twitch". so embarassing when it happens when people are around you! one time i fell asleep on the train and it happened...i was mortified! 
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| Posted 12/5/06 11:10 PM |
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Gertyrae
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
Yup - happens a lot!
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| Posted 12/5/06 11:25 PM |
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lvdolphins
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
Happens to me a lot!
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| Posted 12/6/06 7:01 AM |
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LaurenExp
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Re: "jumping" while falling asleep?
OMG, happens to me all the time. I hate it so much.
Sometimes I'm walking in my dream and I when I jump like that it's like I'm tripping or something in my dream. Bizarre.
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| Posted 12/6/06 7:27 AM |
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