Researching why bodies do the fake fall thing

ThatOneWeirdDude

This topic is dedicated to finding out why your body does the fake fall thing when your sleeping.

Our researchers have been hard at work doing overtime at minimum wage and this is what we have found out currently:

Tim from the lab (hes lazy) wrote:
This type of feeling is normal, and it can happen before people enter the deeper stages of sleep

Bob from the lab (a smart one indeed) wrote:
My theory is that the brain misunderstands what's going on as our muscles relax before sleep. It's normal for the muscles to relax, of course, but the brain gets confused. For a minute, it thinks you're falling. In response, the brain causes your muscles to tense as a way to “catch yourself” before falling down

Ahemi (Ghandi's great great cousin's nephew's sister's adoptive brother's son. wrote:
. Up to 70 percent of people we collected data from experience them occasionally—but no one knows exactly what causes them.

Join us in the lab as we research this!

 List of Researchers that havnt been fired(bob is the boss, he doesnt need to research):
ThatOneWeirdDude

Last edited by ThatOneWeirdDude (Oct. 13, 2019 00:09:31)

ConfusedBiscuit

Why DO they do that?

i like pokemon a normal amount

Meatlejuice

Hypnic jerk, also called hypnagogic jerk, is a normal reaction that can be caused by anxiety, caffeine, a dream, or discomfort of sleeping. A hypnic jerk is the feeling triggered by a sudden muscle twitch, causing the feeling of falling while sleeping or dreaming. Hypnic jerks typically occur moments before the first stage of sleep. About 70% of people have experienced hypnic jerk. Hypnic jerks are most common in children, when dreams are considered the most simple.

It takes less than a minute to look something up.

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Meatlejuice wrote:
Hypnic jerk, also called hypnagogic jerk, is a normal reaction that can be caused by anxiety, caffeine, a dream, or discomfort of sleeping. A hypnic jerk is the feeling triggered by a sudden muscle twitch, causing the feeling of falling while sleeping or dreaming. Hypnic jerks typically occur moments before the first stage of sleep. About 70% of people have experienced hypnic jerk. Hypnic jerks are most common in children, when dreams are considered the most simple.

It takes less than a minute to look something up.

I hate these things because I'll be dreaming whilst fully awake and then it will end because my body decides I'm about to fall off of nothing…

'Tis weird when I grab on to my bed, out of reflex, because I feel I'm going to fall… Then I have to convince myself I'm not going to die.

DanceMonkey18

I haven't had this for YEARS!
I think the last time I had it was when I went to Disneyland Paris a few years back.

oh wait cubeupload's down.

it's a GIF of Jake from Subway Surfers

CatsUnited

Meatlejuice wrote:
Hypnic jerk, also called hypnagogic jerk, is a normal reaction that can be caused by anxiety, caffeine, a dream, or discomfort of sleeping. A hypnic jerk is the feeling triggered by a sudden muscle twitch, causing the feeling of falling while sleeping or dreaming. Hypnic jerks typically occur moments before the first stage of sleep. About 70% of people have experienced hypnic jerk. Hypnic jerks are most common in children, when dreams are considered the most simple.

It takes less than a minute to look something up.

How would you search something like that up if you have no idea as to the scientific term for it? That was the main reason why I never searched up why your vision goes weird when you rub your eyes or stand up.

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DanceMonkey18

CatsUnited wrote:
why your vision goes weird when you rub your eyes or stand up.

I always thought that was temporary blindness. Well, that's what I call it.
(You're blind for literally 1 second)

oh wait cubeupload's down.

it's a GIF of Jake from Subway Surfers

DipLeChip

I've gotten the feeling ever since I had a dream of my family in a car loosing control and driving off a cliff.

stop fuming and start loving :p

CatsUnited

DanceMonkey18 wrote:
CatsUnited wrote:
why your vision goes weird when you rub your eyes or stand up.
I always thought that was temporary blindness. Well, that's what I call it.
(You're blind for literally 1 second)

Apparently it's called “Orthostatic hypotension” in the scientific community. Only found that one out a week or two ago.

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ThatOneWeirdDude

Meatlejuice wrote:
Hypnic jerk, also called hypnagogic jerk, is a normal reaction that can be caused by anxiety, caffeine, a dream, or discomfort of sleeping. A hypnic jerk is the feeling triggered by a sudden muscle twitch, causing the feeling of falling while sleeping or dreaming. Hypnic jerks typically occur moments before the first stage of sleep. About 70% of people have experienced hypnic jerk. Hypnic jerks are most common in children, when dreams are considered the most simple.

It takes less than a minute to look something up.

but thats just one website……

Meatlejuice

CatsUnited wrote:
How would you search something like that up if you have no idea as to the scientific term for it?

I didn't know either, I googled ‘fake fall while sleeping’

cheddargirl

The way the first post is structured drags the topic into text-based roleplay game territory. Closing thread.

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