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falling nightmare

 an end to the sensation of falling in your sleep
 
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do you ever awake with a jolt because you were just dreaming that you had fallen off a cliff? i do. and yesterday while having a little siesta i awoke from one of these with a jolt and a realisation.

i propose that this falling feeling is the body searching for the sensation of ground underfoot. ie. we spend all day with some degree of pressure on the soles of our feet and when we lie down this we don't have. so the sensation suggests to our sleeping brain that we must be free falling . this triggers some degree of panic as we more desperately search for some terrafirma.

solution: sleep with your feet against the wall.

—malctodd, May 22 2004

Online dream interpretation http://dreammoods.c...exact&header=symbol
"Fall" [Klaatu, Oct 04 2004]

Online dream interpretation http://dreammoods.c...exact&header=symbol
"Flying" [Klaatu, Oct 04 2004]

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       I get flying dreams, not falling dreams, but I believe they both come because we used to swing through the trees, and somewhere our bodies sort of miss it.
—DrCurry, May 22 2004
   

       [bliss] Foot clamps?
—suctionpad, May 22 2004
   

       I've had falling dreams (nightmares) but never a flying dream or, at least, one I can remember.
—bristolz, May 22 2004
   

       //... but never a flying dream ...// I had several, not actual flying, but waiting in the check-in line. That was the actual nightmare.
—kbecker, May 22 2004
   

       Welcome, brother! Weve been expecting you!
—DesertFox, May 22 2004
   

       Lucid flying or falling dreams are almost worth the third of our lives wasted sleeping.
Almost.		   

       Flying Dreams ^rule^. *Standing/walking on wall* dreams )suck(.
—thumbwax, May 23 2004
   

       for a while i was able to 'cause' myself to have these dreams. they're awesome.
—xclamp, May 23 2004
   

       you *never* hit the ground in falling dreams - just remember that and enjoy! my worry is that I might not be dreaming...
—po, May 23 2004
   

       I used to have falling dreams and then once subconsciously decided to pull up like a plane from a dive and fly, and then continued to for many years.
—FarmerJohn, May 23 2004
   

       You can hit the ground [po] as long as you know you're asleep.   
      
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