It is clear you experienced a false awakening, tricky aren't they? Dreams of falling, (esp. down a void or bottomless pit) are exceptionally common, they may be symbolic of feeling helpless or not in control of some aspect of one's waking life, but i believe moreso that they are really just some sort of "short circuit" of some kind in the brain. A sudden "surge" between conciousness/unconciousness, maybe like a "sleep start" that often happens to you during the initial or "hypnagogic" stage of sleep. Nobody really knows what causes these "sleep starts", (a sudden twitching of the limbs which jolts you awake, I've experienced them many times, its a freaky feeling), but the experts say they are quite harmless. |
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