Thread: Very strange "spasm" or "violent jerk"

Hmm, I think these spasms are pretty common.

I got some yesterday and the day before yesterday, out of nowhere my leg made a "violent jerk". I am not sure of the functions, maybe some kind of mechanism to see of the body is asleep, could be REM related.

If anyone got some knowledge on this I would like to know too.

It's annoying because every time I do it I feel awake. Even though I try not to move after that (maybe it was a reflex of the body), I somehow feel as though it was my fault because it jets me out of relaxation and I feel as though I have to start SP all over again.

Or perhaps we're in a dream at that point? I tried a reality check and nothing happened.

So far I've been lying completely still while doing some reality checks. Maybe I'll try getting up and walking around, and seeing if I can make monsters appear.

i get those from time to time. i'm still not sure what it is and well i dont really like it. when i get it, i feel like i just fell through my bed and just get slammed right back into it. sometimes it scares the crap outta me...

This used to happen to me in high school when I would sleep in class. Then you look around and see if anyone noticed =D

Originally Posted by Michael

This used to happen to me in high school when I would sleep in class. Then you look around and see if anyone noticed =D

Happens to me every time. Especially when sleeping at a desk.

thats so true man!

Originally Posted by fireup

This used to happen to me in high school when I would sleep in class. Then you look around and see if anyone noticed =D

That's the worst. I hate when that happens

@nobodycares: I wouldn't be worried. The jerking happens to a lot of people including me, and about not remembering your lucid. Are you good at remembering your non-lucids? If you dont have good recall in general it wont just magically become better when you have lucid dreams. Or was that just a weird occurrence?

My recall is outstanding. I usually dream 3 times per night, and remember all three in the morning. I try to lie in bed after I wake up after each one, trying to go lucidly into one, but that hasn't worked so far.

I think I was lucid once, but it was so quick and I didn't have a chance to do anything because I immediately woke up when I tried to chance it from night to day.

But I seem to be progressing more and more every day. Now I'm jerking around, so I'm thinking I'm close. I read somewhere that if you can stay awake while the jerk happens, hold still, and wait another few minutes, you will go immediately into your dream.

Another problem I am having is trying to do a WILD at bed time (10 pm usually). Lucid dreaming is hard since I work over 15 hours each day (not enough time or brain power for reality checks) and only get about 5 hours a night (they tell you to start WILD after 5 hours of sleep). Perhaps I am trying to enter dreams in non-REM sleep, however I always remember several dreams every night so I must be dreaming.

I NEED to control it. I used to be able to when I was a kid, and now I can't at all.

I need to have a good nightmare and I'll immediately know it's a dream, but nothing really scares me anymore... need to find a good movie lol.

Perhaps I am trying to enter dreams in non-REM sleep

I think that's your problem. Try doing a WILD WBTB ,or WILD nap.

Ive never had success WILD'ing right before bed.

Originally Posted by fireup

Happens to me every time. Especially when sleeping at a desk.

Completely true. This usually means that you are dreaming, but you haven't reached SP yet. I fell asleep during the extra 30 minutes or so that was left after I finished the SAT (rather, the equivalent). I had a dream, and two people were in a fight, I reached out to catch somebody's fist, and did the action in real life. My fist flew out sideways, and I almost fell out of my desk.

I usually jerk just before I enter SP.
I see it as a omen. =]

It happens to me if I'm exhausted when going to sleep. And it's quite common.
I believe it's called a hypnagogic myoclonic twitch.

hey there, you're describing Hypnic Jerk perfectly~