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Originally Posted by mrpropel
I wanted to know if this has happened to anyone else before. Has anyone else ever waken up suddenly to a falling sensation and a strong muscle twitch just after you have fallen asleep? It happens to me sometimes and I never bothered to care enough to look into it until now. Apparently it's called a Hypnic jerk,
So I wonder, has this happened to anyone else and if so how often does it happen for you?
Thanks!
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Yeah, its common. Theres a book of jack London called "Before Adam" thats starts explaining this as genetic memory of the time humans still porimitive, living on trees, sleeping on trees and ALSO falling from trees lol. So, his idea was, somehow one ancestor of ours had fell from a tree and survived that, and then he had children, and this memory was transmited throught his DNA.
but this book is old and the idea is reckless as we know, now, that the genetic modification one suffer wont be passed foward (Darwin used to think like that, "a horse who always trains to runs faster will have children will run even faster...". His children wont get anything from his training, only the capability to train).
The theory right now is that, this "falling sensation" we have is a memory, yes, but from ourselves. Someday, as baby, you fell (this is a strong sensation, no floor under you, nothing to support you, etc), or maybe as a child, while walking you fell (one less strong sensation, you falling foward, not as a hole, not like you were laid on the air, etc). Or maybe your parents liked to play with you when you were a baby, you know, get the baby throw up and get him back. Babies loves that lol.
Anyway, the memory remains and from time to time it is readed, so you get the sensation back. it is most commom to happen while you are sleping. If its a case you got hurt (like a real fell, not just a play with parents) you will mix the feelings of pain/panick with the memory, and this makes you awake scared.
Again, its just a theory. I dont know any other theory. i just know this thing is pretty commom.