Thread: Do You Ever Jolt Before Sleep?

Originally Posted by Loaf

You guys and your dirty minds.
At least the title caught attention.

...and that's all that counts, right?... *ahem*

I must be the only one who thought of "hypnic jerk" when I saw the title. Then I thought what everyone else thought and did a double take.

Hypnic jerks are mad annoying. For a while I was apprehensive about SP because it's not uncommon for me to get those.

Edit: Lol What Wrong Type! = O

Poor loaf, what an unfortunate thread title. Anyways: I've never had this happen actually. I've never had a hypnic jerk :/

Yeah I get them, but not very often.

While I hate them as they interrupt my SP, the feeling of falling (like some of you guys were speaking here) and then jerking feels weird and gives me a shoock.

i 100% misinterpreted the topic of this thread

Originally Posted by Banana

i 100% misinterpreted the topic of this thread

You and 20 other people.

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

Poor loaf, what an unfortunate thread title. Anyways: I've never had this happen actually. I've never had a hypnic jerk :/

I know right, it totally went over my head.
Anyway the joke was funny the first time, but we can all get over it now.

I have these jerks often of both sorts. However, one time when I just got out of high school I had smoked way to much pot on a love seat and set the bong on the coffee table. On my way into sleep my leg jerked, kicked the bong over & spilt all the nasty ass bong water all over me. he he he

I took a shower before work but I could still smell that nasty ass shit all over me till the next day. Oh by the way, I hadn't changed the bong water out for several days.

Originally Posted by Jorge

^^^
What they said.


I do actually, it's random parts of my body. Sometimes my arm, leg, and even head will jerk quickly. One thing I've noticed when it happens, is that I'll be imagining myself doing something...let's say getting into a fight and in my mind I'll throw a hard punch, then comes the jerk from my arm. I have MIND CONTROL...

Other times it will just be completely random.

Okay I saw his post and had to post again.

This is what EXACTLY happens to me. Like just this morning I was in light sleep (woke up, then went back to bed) And I dreamed that I was running and jumping around a forest and when I jumped from a tree and landed my legs jolted really hard.

It also has happened with my arms, chest, and sometimes neck.


And yes, sometimes it is just completely random. Sometimes before sleeping, sometimes not.

I have the hypnic jerk regularly. For a while it really sucked because I would bite the tip of my tongue really hard. It hurt like hell just when I was going to sleep. Finally I got over it. I still jerk but my tongue gets out of the way. I guess it figured out that it was going to have to take care of itself. And it isn't like I have a super long tongue either, so ladies just calm down.

Every now and then it occurs while in my bed. Most of them occur if I happen to fall asleep in class, though.

When I was younger this used to happen heaps.
Before I knew what LDing was, I used to nearly VILD without knowing... For eg. I would be laying in bed, I would not be able to hear the outside world and a picture would just be appearing and then BANG! Hypnic Jerk.

Anyway... CONGRATULATIONS LOAF!! Good luck being a dream guide!

-Dylan

Hypnic jerks are common.

Originally Posted by Jorge

^^^
What they said.


I do actually, it's random parts of my body. Sometimes my arm, leg, and even head will jerk quickly. One thing I've noticed when it happens, is that I'll be imagining myself doing something...let's say getting into a fight and in my mind I'll throw a hard punch, then comes the jerk from my arm. I have MIND CONTROL...

Other times it will just be completely random.

So you have mind control over your own body?

Back to the topic, I think everyone goes through this. It can get embarrasing though. I remember a couple of times I have jumped right up in my seat after falling asleep in class. Everyone's face =

Originally Posted by Loaf

I know right, it totally went over my head.
Anyway the joke was funny the first time, but we can all get over it now.

Well, in your support, I thought of what you meant when I read the title, rather than the other thing

But yeah, this happens to me all the time when I attempt a WILD...usually because I do it on my back. Even if I'm not attempting a WILD, laying on my back as I go to sleep causes this to happen for some reason; it rarely happens in any other position

I feel a quick free-fall sensation sometimes. This is usually if I go to bed later than I normally do (any time past midnight). It's always the same.

I'll be pretty unconscious by the time it happens (or barely conscious). I'll feel an intense falling sensation for a half of a second at most. Then, I'll wake up and gasp. It's a pretty scary feeling when you first wake up from it.

Originally Posted by Dash

I feel a quick free-fall sensation sometimes. This is usually if I go to bed later than I normally do (any time past midnight). It's always the same.

I'll be pretty unconscious by the time it happens (or barely conscious). I'll feel an intense falling sensation for a half of a second at most. Then, I'll wake up and gasp. It's a pretty scary feeling when you first wake up from it.

I get the same thing from time to time. I wonder what causes this? It really can freak me out sometimes.

I have that quite often, but unlike you guys it's not accompanied by vision (HI) only by the idea that I fall. does it mean i can't get HI?

No, every time I get the falling sensation it never comes with HI.

I usually get the falling sensation right as I go to bed, and the only time you would expect to see HI is after a couple hours of sleep. Two different times, two different experiences. You're good.

ok thanks

My body sometimes jolts as I am falling asleep. It isn't ever associated with falling or such, just a seemingly random jolt. There is always a loud buzz. It all seems to originate at my head. The only thing that I can compare it to is the feeling of touching an electric fence or what it would feel like to be struck on the head by a small bolt of lightning. Without fail, when I get the jolt, I know that I have a long night of sleep paralysis and false awakenings ahead of me. It is normally instigated if my sleep pattern is off track or if I took a nap earlier in the day.

Just jolted again while taking a nap this afternoon. I was in very light sleep. Had just begun dreaming. I was running around and I remember tripping over a trailor hitch. I woke up RIGHT when I felt my leg jolt. It felt as real as if I actually did it. It was weird. I also woke up enough to see my leg kind of bouncing on the coach from such a sudden jolt.

It felt pretty damn real. I guess that's what SP is for. Too bad it doesn't work in time for naps haha.

Originally Posted by LiveInTheDream

Well, in your support, I thought of what you meant when I read the title, rather than the other thing

Same here

I get them every once in a while