that's what freaks me out the most! sometimes I feel like I can't breathe right, and that I'm gonna suffocate. its even worse if it happens when im sick, and my nose is stuffed up and cant breath through it.
as far as the stories I've heard, they manifested from a cultural belief. im filipino, and my dad used to tell me stories of death while sleeping, called
bangungot in tagalog. heres a link to it.
http://www.answers.com/topic/bangungot
apparently its related to a sudden unexpected death syndrome? the way they describe the feeling of falling is unbelievably accurate to my experiences that its way too eerie! that there is the source of my fear.
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