Inception...
51Huh, so other people also have this? Also regularly?
40You've never had a unique experience in your life
75Years on Reddit (now Lemmy) taught me this. We're all the same, really.
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Oh you sweet summer child.
Next you'll tell us you also have an imaginary character that runs besides your car and does parcour on fences, buildings and poles
11Is yours yodelling the whole time too?
2Omg I did have one when I was a child. Spent whole family trips watching him parkouring a full speed beside our car. You are saying more people did this?
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The amount of times I’ve kicked or smacked my wife when my limbs go flying cause of this… I’ve lost count
34An ex elbowed me directly in the eye once doing this...ouch.
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Love that moment! It's becoming quite rare time older I am...
29And then you can't get back to sleep after....
14i hate it when my brain pulls out a prank like this.
13Ngl, I love it. It feels great! Me and my brain are buds. :)
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It's been awhile since I have a fake fall. Always like: wtf?! Franticly trying to catch myself, somehow.
13I did this on a plane once and kicked the seat in front of me.
13I actually think it's a nice feeling. I love falling. Its the end I dislike
11But in the end it doesn't even matter.
3I had to fall, to lose it all
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Like when it ends?
1Same here, thought I was the only weirdo who liked it
1Nah. A lot of people like falling. Else parachuting wouldn't be a thing
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is there a name for it?
9Hypnagogie
15Bless you.
8Whats ligma
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I've known them as Myoclonic Jerks
9Buncha jerks is right!
3From that article it seems Hypnic Jerk is the more specific name.
2I originally learned this term from the show House.
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I've heard them referred to as Hypnic Jerks.
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I've never experienced this before in my life, sounds awful though
9It's more weird/disorienting than awful. If you've ever been walking, tripped, and then caught yourself before you fell, it's like that. The difference is you're in bed, so you're half asleep, and you can't fall because you're already lying down.
34I see, thanks for the explainer. Guessing based on the comments it must be somewhat common for this sensation to happen to people at least once in their life. The only time I had an odd sensation in bed is when I actually fell out of my bed, it was very disorienting but the difference is I actually fell out of my bed.
edit: spelling
11It's such a weird feeling. I can't sleep on my back so whenever I would forcefully try myself to sleep in that position that would happen to me. It's always happen when I'm just about to fall asleep.
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It's never been super bad experience for me, more annoying because, well I'd like to sleep lol. For me it's basically the same feeling when you're sitting and nod off and catch yourself before you tip over/fall. Usually accompanied by a sharp inhale and an "oh shit!... oh anyways, sleep".
5The worst thing about it is it stopping you from sleeping
4Yeah, it's not that bad. I'm guessing it will release some adrenalin keeping you awake for a bit but that's it.
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The fucking worst.
8It's your brain being confused. It hasn't gone to sleep yet but your muscles have. So the brain is like: yo leg, you dead? And fucking jolts it. Then he's like "woah no need to freak out. kk we good, we're going to sleep btw". And then you sleep.
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Haven't had this happen in years. Forgot this was a thing. Weird.
6Me too. It suddenly stopped happening.
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It’s not even always my leg at times. Sometimes it’s somehow my rib area or even my arms. Punched myself once cause of it lol
4I no longer get the full body jerk but my legs or arms will randomly twitch just as I'm falling asleep and it's pretty much the same annoying effect
4I got gout in my toe once, every time I did that jerk right before sleep I involuntarily flexed my toe and the lightning shot of pain woke me right back up again. It was the most miserable 48 hours of my existence.
3a hypnic jerk
3This is just when your consciousness is shared with a version of you that's falling
2Not sure if it's the same exactly but I'm prone to the sudden start preceded by a dream of stepping off something and 'missing' the ground below it.
2then go to sleep slower
1Fun fact you might have a mild form of vertigo.
1People should stop giving medical advice or diagnosis online based on almost nothing. Even if you say "might have".
12I think I do. Is it curable?
0It depends what you have, some forms are curable and some aren't. Talk to your GP and probably get a referral to an otolaryngologist.
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Interesting, because this happens to me (not as bad as it used to be) and I do have vertigo.
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I heard somewhere that the body does this to check if youre still alive? Dont know if its true
0The fuck it's gonna do if I'm dead?
0Know its dead.
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Never had the fall. Heard the noise though…
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