just woke up.. 12am here.. felt like I was falling, really weird..

[Dude500X]

ended up googling it and wiki says its a hypnic jerk

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk

 

ugh, this is the first time this has happened to me that I remember, anyone here relate?  this is soo weird and scary but it interests me.. honestly felt like i was free falling for a second or 2,

 

anyway i am goin back to sleep lol.. just hope im not ill or somethin as it felt real scary

[Ailsa]

It is very startling the first few times it happens.  I hope that you managed to sleep well afterwards.

[Emily]

Emily, Alice and little nemo fall into wonderland that way too.

 

It happens every night.

Get use to it.

[Captain Cobra]

I think it's a pretty neat sensation.  Wish I could feel it longer.

[Dude500X]

glad I'm not the only one whose felt it.

 

was damn scary

[Guest]

Feel it every night, sometimes twice in a night. Gets annoying after a while.

[AgentChicken]

Same thing has happened to me mate. Sometimes i have similar dream's where in the dream i am looking at my fingers and they get smaller and smaller, and then everything ends up going super slow and then I wake up sweating, and looking at my hands. And this "dream" makes my mind go blank for 10 seconds and i have no train of thought or feeling for those 10 seconds.

[polluxval]

this is how i got some ideas for my book.

[Something]

I feel it every now-and-then. In all fairness I scarcely dream. I personally think it's pretty exiting. dweedle, there's a lot of things I can call you, but crazy is not one of them

[Dude500X]

lol Something.  Dunno why we keep fighting, you MUST believe me though I have no ill-will towards you.

[dinomagick]

That has happened to me... It happens when you are half-asleep/half-awake,

Most times, one of my legs jerks once, quickly.. After I realized what happened, I fall asleep naturally.

Essentially, it mostly happens in a comfortable position when you are falling asleep... fast..