Thread: RJM -> Rapid Jaw Movement in lucid, experiences?

I do something similar on occations, in my sleep. If I sleep on my back, I'll suddenly shut my mouth, which often results in me biting my tongue or inside of my mouth. The pain wakes me up...

Originally Posted by Sara

Last night in my lucid dream I had a very strange experience:

Besides just noise in my head, I felt like my jaw was moving very rapidly. Opening and closing my mouth (like you do when you are cold, but much wider open and with more force)

I touched my face, being convinced that it were my dream hands touching my real face and then got scared by the fact I had an extremely tight muscle above my ear and my jaws were moving really forcefully.

I woke myself up, but when I pinched my nose, it turned out to be an FA.

*some flying in between*

When I finally woke up for real, I had my tongue between my teeth, so I guess it was not possible my jaw had been moving for real (I would have bitten my tongue in that case). Also, I didn't feel any muscle strain, that could be expected after these jaw movements.

Anyone ever experienced this?

I have some experience with rather violent or fearfull SP side-effects (mainly noise, so loud it's like standing next to a jet plane) but never anything physical like this... Plus: it happened DURING my lucid, not in the beginning (like it normally would).

I think you have Bruxism... grinding of the teeth, accompanied by clenching of the jaw. Does that make sense?

Originally Posted by heinerich

I think you have Bruxism... grinding of the teeth, accompanied by clenching of the jaw. Does that make sense?

Hmm, but that is when it really happens to you physically, right?
This was only happening in my dream, but it felt so real...

During Slow-wave sleep your jaw muscles move slightly. This is when you're not dreaming, though. In REM you should be paralyzed, so i dunno.

That's weird - I had exactly the same thing with Jaw movements. I was trying to wake myself up at the time and somehow I couldn't and I just felt my jaw moving uncontrollably. It was really scary!