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I haven't done it in years but i never really understood what they are, but when i was 10 or so i would sometimes feel like i've just fell onto my bed from about a foot above, landing on my back, sometimes waking up to it and sometimes as ive just dozed off, i don't know whether it was some dream related feeling or whether it was some sort of muscle spasm causing me to jump up in my bed.
Any ideas?
it could be a hypnagagic jerk
Yeah Akono has nailed it here, it sounds like you were experiencing some form of HH and then had a sudden jolt into consciousness. Thus, causing yourself to jerk awake. Or it also could have been a sudden rush of fear from the HH of falling. This could also have caused you to jerk awake. Its pretty normal stuff, nothing to worry about.
Nah i wasnt worried, but me being 10 at the time i used to ask myself if i was psychic or something and made myself hover when i was asleep :P
This exact thing happenes to me, when I was younger it used to happen almost every night, ow it's less often. I always wondered what it was.