Why does this odd sleep feeling happen?

Question

I have a hard time sleeping but i have noticed that when i try to go to sleep and get close to falling asleep i feel like I'm not even in my body anymore for a second, it awesome and weird, why does that happen? also, another question is sometimes when im just about to fall asleep and get the weird feeling i hear this loud beep, and it wakes me the **** up quickly, what with that?

Answer 1

sounds weird to me do you take any kinds of medicine?

Answer 2

the first thing you described happens to me occasionally.  i really like it when it does... it's the coolest feeling.  i always wake up, it's almost like i'm falling or something.  sometimes i even slip out of my body into a dream and i'll start acting out the dream dramatically.  like once, i slipped out and had this dream that my sister and i were putting down a blanket for a picnic.  you know how you have to move your arms up and down to get it to lay straight?  well, i did that and whacked the person next to me in the face (i was on a bus).  

it's weird because it's dreaming, but that usually only happens during REM sleep, which takes 30-60 minutes to get into.  maybe you and i just get there faster than some people?  which would explain your beeping, too?