A shock to the heart

[Orphic]

I've had a few dreams where I was in a deep sleep and felt a 'jolt' that woke me up. I think this might have been due to whatever dream I was having, or possibly astral projection. But last night was the first time not only my consciousness felt said jolt, but also my heart. I don't remember much about the dream...I remember sending some kind of sentiment to someone, perhaps by visual or vocal means. I think it was telling someone that I cared about them (in a platonic way), and this person happened to be coming toward me while operating a train. The sensation I received from whoever this was was that they were loved, and that's all they needed to know in life, so they somehow derailed the train and it dropped off the cliff the tracks were set upon. This woke me up and I felt...not exactly pain...but just a physical sensation in my heart. It was a little achey afterwards, and my heart rate had obviously gone up (the latter often happens when I wake up that quickly), but that was definitely odd. I felt okay when I woke up again this morning. I'm wondering if the heart feelings were from me worrying left and right if I have heart problems the last few days and last night before bed. Anyone ever feel something like this?

[tvs_frank]

I think it was telling someone that I cared about them (in a platonic way), and this person happened to be coming toward me while operating a train. lol. yeah, you don't wanna tell somone you care about them in a platonic way when they happen to be operating a TRAIN coming toward you. anyway, did it feel like your heart was squeezed and then let go or "skipped" a beat, if so, it's probably just a harmless kind of arrhythmia. it can happen to most people if they're stressed or have been working out too much or what have you.

[Robot_Butler]

I've had that feeling before. Is it the feeling you get when you get surprised? When someone jumps out and says BOO? Or when someone sneaks up on you and startles you?

[Orphic]

tvs_frank, it kind of felt like a little squeeze; it didn't hurt when it actually happened, but it did a teeny tiny bit afterwards, probably from my heart racing and me freaking out. It doesn't happen often, thankfully, but I've never felt that particular 'squeezed' sensation from a dream waking me up. Hopefully last night was the exception and not the rule. Robot_Butler, yes, it is a lot like being startled by someone.

[Blazeingcxh]

That happens to me when i'm either really scared or really surprised,So the dream probably just scared or really surprised you.

[Tarsso]

Hi Orphic! Don't worry, I've suffered that "jolt" many times when I 've been slept. It's something normal, when someone or something sharply take you out from a dream. It's a natural reaction of the heart, if something unexpected happened, your heart would react with a electrical discharge to accelerate the heart rate and could thus be prepared for the unexpected. It's the same reaction when someone or something scare you. If you are into a LD or a deep dream you conscience is very concentrate and because of that, anything take you out from a dream, in that moment, scare you. For that reason it is not wise to wake a sleepwalker.

[Baron Samedi]

I think that jolt is caused by our dream body being yanked back into our physical body as we wake up quickly from a dream.