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Kumar · Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 14059 Location: Himalayas

As I lay in my bed about to go to sleep, I sometimes get this sudden very odd feeling. It is as if I'm temporarily in vertigo and I feel like I'm spinning around, accelerating forward, or on a roller coaster. It literally feels for a few seconds like I'm not even in bed anymore. I often wondered what it is as it goes as suddenly as it comes.

The Comrade · Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 11448 Location: Zagreb

a wet dream probably.

bob.appleyard · Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 7469 Location: Manchestar, innit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogic_hallucination ?

Josh · Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 5775 Location: ghetto

apparently you just sold your soul without even trying...

...so far i have done that 2 times.

David · Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 11848 Location: Louisiana

Sounds like your trying to have an OBE.Out Of Body Experience.

Kumar · Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 14059 Location: Himalayas

bob.appleyard wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogic_hallucination ?
Thanks, it looks like that may be it. Several of the symptoms match well:

Falling sensation
Floating sensations
Involuntary movements
Vividness

Rankor and Pissing · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 8898

Stop drinking vast amounts of alcohol and it goes away'

(sorry, I couldn't resist - the OBE thing sounds about right though)

bob.appleyard · Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 7469 Location: Manchestar, innit

Kumar wrote: bob.appleyard wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogic_hallucination ?
Thanks, it looks like that may be it. Several of the symptoms match well:

Falling sensation
Floating sensations
Involuntary movements
Vividness

Glad to be of assistance. This sort of thing happens to me quite frequently as well. Just the brain doing mad stuff to get ready for REM, I imagine.

While we're on the subject of sleep:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dreaming#Wake-induced_lucid_dream_.28WILD.29

I've done this. It's really cool.

LostSoul3412 · Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 7657

It means you're falling asleep.

Melchior · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 9226 Location: Palm Beach

Kumar wrote: As I lay in my bed about to go to sleep, I sometimes get this sudden very odd feeling. It is as if I'm temporarily in vertigo and I feel like I'm spinning around, accelerating forward, or on a roller coaster. It literally feels for a few seconds like I'm not even in bed anymore. I often wondered what it is as it goes as suddenly as it comes.

Does it at any point feel like you can't move?

bob.appleyard · Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 7469 Location: Manchestar, innit

Melchior wrote: Kumar wrote: As I lay in my bed about to go to sleep, I sometimes get this sudden very odd feeling. It is as if I'm temporarily in vertigo and I feel like I'm spinning around, accelerating forward, or on a roller coaster. It literally feels for a few seconds like I'm not even in bed anymore. I often wondered what it is as it goes as suddenly as it comes.

Does it at any point feel like you can't move?

Already there, my man.

Revenant · Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 15852 Location: Bliss

Kumar wrote: As I lay in my bed about to go to sleep, I sometimes get this sudden very odd feeling. It is as if I'm temporarily in vertigo and I feel like I'm spinning around, accelerating forward, or on a roller coaster. It literally feels for a few seconds like I'm not even in bed anymore. I often wondered what it is as it goes as suddenly as it comes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_eroticism

?

The Comrade · Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 11448 Location: Zagreb

yeah, that sounds about right revenant.

milk carton · Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 87

that happens to me too. except i really am falling. usually of the top bunk

jawsome · Joined: 17 Jan 2004 Posts: 13224 Location: Berkeley

bob.appleyard wrote: Kumar wrote: bob.appleyard wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogic_hallucination ?
Thanks, it looks like that may be it. Several of the symptoms match well:

Falling sensation
Floating sensations
Involuntary movements
Vividness

Glad to be of assistance. This sort of thing happens to me quite frequently as well. Just the brain doing mad stuff to get ready for REM, I imagine.

While we're on the subject of sleep:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dreaming#Wake-induced_lucid_dream_.28WILD.29

I've done this. It's really cool.

I've done that too (I think). I have these really vivid dreams where the visuals are half things in my room (or wherever I'm sleeping) and half my imagination. The coolest thing is that I can control to a pretty strong degree what exactly goes on. It only lasts maybe 5 minutes, but I've had some pretty weird, inexplicable dreams. The weirdest was something like all of the people and things on the posters on my wall across the room coming to life and leaving the walls for a moment.

mendosan · Joined: 02 May 2006 Posts: 2501

I get a weird one where i feel concious but unable to move at all even though I am trying its very strange, often happens when I get up to early and fall back to sleep.

Edit: I missed out that I try to shout out for help but my mouth won't move and a black shape seems to crawel up my body, its pretty f****d up I sometime hear voices calling me when im in that state.

Melcar · Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 2:47 pm Post subject:

mendosan wrote: I get a weird one where i feel concious but unable to move at all even though I am trying its very strange, often happens when I get up to early and fall back to sleep.

Edit: I missed out that I try to shout out for help but my mouth won't move and a black shape seems to crawel up my body, its pretty f****d up I sometime hear voices calling me when im in that state.

That happens to me also. Rather scary.

David · Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 11848 Location: Louisiana

mendosan wrote: I get a weird one where i feel concious but unable to move at all even though I am trying its very strange, often happens when I get up to early and fall back to sleep.

Edit: I missed out that I try to shout out for help but my mouth won't move and a black shape seems to crawel up my body, its pretty f****d up I sometime hear voices calling me when im in that state.

It's called Sleep Paralysis.

http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/paralysis.html

It's also supposed to be the precursor to an OBE or Out of Body Experience.

TwinkieDP · Joined: 03 Mar 2005 Posts: 3573 Location: US

mendosan wrote: I get a weird one where i feel concious but unable to move at all even though I am trying its very strange, often happens when I get up to early and fall back to sleep.

Edit: I missed out that I try to shout out for help but my mouth won't move and a black shape seems to crawel up my body, its pretty f****d up I sometime hear voices calling me when im in that state.
In some cultures, there are myths about a Ghost or Spirit that weighs a person down when he/she is in a half - sleep state, causing paralysis. I've had that experience too, and I'm sure plenty of others have.

Numb · Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 273

Kumar wrote: As I lay in my bed about to go to sleep, I sometimes get this sudden very odd feeling. It is as if I'm temporarily in vertigo and I feel like I'm spinning around, accelerating forward, or on a roller coaster. It literally feels for a few seconds like I'm not even in bed anymore. I often wondered what it is as it goes as suddenly as it comes.
I do that all the time.