Yeh get these fairly frequently, only legs really though. Mostly when falling asleep. Have the occassional one while asleep that will wake me up but thats not so frequent.
I always get them if i fall asleep on a beach/by a pool. Maybe being outside encourages them - suppose i think I’m in a tree more easily in those conditions (even though i dont think it really is a legacy response to falling out of a tree as apes or whatever but i like that story regardless)
Was it on here that I read recently that it’s the other way round from this – that you spasm then your brain justifies it by introducing a fall into your dream?
How can they know anyway, dream study is an absolute racket.
that’s interesting as I often have falling dreams - main dreams actually - but I hadn’t really connected them. always wake up at the point of impact and the feeling is very much that stomach churning you’d get on a roller coaster or whatever.
Often but it’s always that I’m stacking it whilst walking along, which I do when I’m awake a lot anyway.
Sleep related, I record my sleep talking and the other night I woke my husband up about 2am by saying “you’re not gonna be sleeping all night are you?” And he’s like “what?” And I’m like “you’re not just gonna sleep all night are you?!” And he’s like “yeah” and I said “weirdo” and went back off
best example i ever had was a dream of scoring the winning goal in the Champions League or something, must have made me kick my bedside shelf (was in a bunk bed, so it was very nearby), and my alarm clock (see below) bounced off and hit me full in the face, waking me up
very disconcerting to dream about football then be woken up by a football!
yes most nights. I spill a glass of water on my bedside table from this about twice a month. really horrible going from basically asleep to panicking about what electronics and important documents might be soaked.