Thread: Startle?

hey, I have that sometimes, but i'm usually not fully asleep, where my dream body takes a sudden fall and my real body jerks into motion and wakes me up..i guess it might be that i'm entering the dream before entering sleep paralysis, so my real body actually feels like it's falling. it is a weird sensation, it usually takes me a moment to realize i'm in bed!
i never realized anyone else had these...
interesting!

Try doing a search of the forum next time, there are many many many threads about this already.

But just for good monotonous measure: it's called a hypnic jerk.

Thank you Merlock

And for some bonus material on the subject, since I happened to be reading about this recently - the Pons (located in the brain stem) is responsible for sending the instructions to put you into sleep paralysis, which, when operating properly would turn your jerking off. Eh... I mean turn off the part that would make you jerk.

Those five second dreams are hypnogogic imagery, everyone has them every night, most just don't remember them.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Those five second dreams are hypnogogic imagery, everyone has them every night, most just don't remember them.

This is the first time, someones explanation of hypnagogic imagery was not only Theoretical compilation. If we could only store this kind of overimportant comments so the others could find them.

Originally Posted by adraw

This is the first time, someones explanation of hypnagogic imagery was not only Theoretical compilation. If we could only store this kind of overimportant comments so the others could find them.

This information is posted all over the site though, if only people would bother looking. And there ARE threads like that, but they just get buried unfortunately.

Originally Posted by Aquanina

This information is posted all over the site though, if only people would bother looking. And there ARE threads like that, but they just get buried unfortunately.

Yeah I posted a thread in General Lucid discussion forum, just about this problem:
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=50566

But. Somehow. Nobody was interested {and i understand it partially}.

About the information. Yeah it hit me. But before this post, I was just thinking, that Hypnagogic imagery is something fully different.

Originally Posted by adraw

Yeah I posted a thread in General Lucid discussion forum, just about this problem:
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=50566

But. Somehow. Nobody was interested {and i understand it partially}.

About the information. Yeah it hit me. But before this post, I was just thinking, that Hypnagogic imagery is something fully different.

Well this is not the best description of HI in my opinion. I think it's debatable whether it is HI or mini snipits of dreams that you are experiencing. I'm interested to hear what you thought HI was. Honestly, unless you've experienced it, it's really hard to understand...so don't feel bad about not getting it.

Originally Posted by Aquanina

Well this is not the best description of HI in my opinion. I think it's debatable whether it is HI or mini snipits of dreams that you are experiencing. I'm interested to hear what you thought HI was. Honestly, unless you've experienced it, it's really hard to understand...so don't feel bad about not getting it.

I understand now. It is pretty difficult to know. It the same, as when I ask people, what is visualisation. They simply cannot tell me. Becouse it is so deep within their brains ...

I am not good at visual images. But from my experiences, it was the state, when i percieved something what was currently not present in reality. Just as the experience, when I was liing in my bed, and I heard music when there was no radio playing.

In my opinion. HI starts in transitional phase, so there is no reason, why it shouldnt be a little snippet of dream reality too. I felt it like being part of reality, but at the same time part of dream world. Now when i thing deeper about it. It seems to be more part of dream world {that experience} then reality.

Thats my {pretty inconsistent} description. But I am a noob. How do you percieve your HI.
What does it feel like?
How did you get there?
Can it be described? Or is it so varying?

Thanx if forward.

P.S: This is the way, how to approach teaching. You are good part of Educational team in my opinion.

Its wierd the way our brains work...

Ninja I love your signature... The Matrix is one of my favourite movies!