Have you ever done this while getting ready to fall asleep?

Question

have you ever drifted off to sleep then all of a sudden have a short flash like your gunna fall off a clift and jump? whats that called?

Answer 1

Yeah!  I feel like I'm just free falling through the air!  It freaks the h**l out of me!  What is that called?

Answer 2

oh yea!!! just say Thank you g-d that you are still in bed.

Answer 3

OMFG yess. happens to me and my sisters all the time and we like do a little shake or what not. not quite a shake but like our foot pops. LMAO

Answer 4

Yeah, I get that often--especially if I'd fallen asleep on the couch.

Except, it's never off a cliff for me.  I get a weird flash of myself falling off the object I was sleeping on and I get jolted awake--even though I'd never fallen off in the first place.

Answer 5

Wow i dont kno the answer but YES its happened ha

Answer 6

yes that freaks me out so bad its like your falling but your already on the ground because your laying in your bed lol

Answer 7

There are many parts and philosophies about dreaming and why we do, how we do, etc.  This is just one area of it where external sensations affect what our minds think while we are sleeping.  About to fall of an object your body feels it and mind knows but your eyes don't.  So, your mind makes an excuse and deals with it by waking your tail up so you balance yourself.  

Answer 8

LOL! yeah and i have no idea what it's called...  Ever had the dream where you're butt naked in front of everyone?!?!   That ones just as scary... lol good luck tryin to figure out what it's called.