that's odd
might explain my dreams I guess, plus the feeling of needing an inhaler sometimes if I wake up despite not having an asthma attack. And the paralysis in the mornings- like a few seconds of not being able to move? Quite terrifying?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 12:28, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I bet you have it
There's a physical type and a neurological type (which is more dangerous, because their brains literally forget to breathe while they're asleep)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 12:29, Reply)

that sounds terrifying
(the neurological one). Mind you I read somewhere that you know when you're feeling like you're falling, so you scrabble with your hands/feet, then realise you're not exactly moving, that it's your heart skipping or adding a beat
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 12:35, Reply)

That can't be true
Because it happens to me almost every night, and now you're scaring me a lot
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 23 Jul 2010, 12:42, Reply)

don't be scared
I just read it somewhere, and I have it every night myself :)
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 12:45, Reply)

Good, ok
Because I quite like them, when you think you're running and step on something, and think you're going to fall, and do that little jump. I wake up and laugh at myself every time.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 23 Jul 2010, 12:47, Reply)

I was wrong anyway
did a quick google, apparantly they're called hypnic jerks, and are just a bunch of synapses firing in an odd way
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 12:53, Reply)

I thought so
I think I read somewhere that is like residual energy left in your nerves, that make you jump (FFS, I'm crap at explaining these things, I need to learn a lot more of vocabulary)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 23 Jul 2010, 13:00, Reply)

Sometimes I forget to breathe when I'm concentrating on something
like a very interesting film, and I find myself lacking oxygen and breathing strongly to get it back.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 23 Jul 2010, 12:36, Reply)

you should get one of them reminder tattoos
like BGB has
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 23 Jul 2010, 12:41, Reply)

Hahaha
Maybe I need an alarm, every few seconds, to remind me to do it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Fri 23 Jul 2010, 12:45, Reply)