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Title:Psychic Phenomena
Notice:Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing
Moderator:JARETH::PAINTER
Created:Wed Jan 22 1986
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2143
Total number of notes:41773

825.0. "out of bed experience " by SHRFAC::ADAMSM () Fri Aug 12 1988 20:07

    
    Ok, I know it's my second note in a row but as a newcomer, I 
    have a alot to tell and more to ask. 
    
    When I was very small, perhaps 4 or 5, i had quite a number of 
    bad dreams. More often than not, I knew I was dreaming and I 
    would scream to get out of the dream but nothing would come 
    out. I would then awake and find myself falling to the bed from
    the ceiling. This happened quite a few times and I have often 
    wondered wheather I was simply dreaming this fall or it was 
    some out of body experience ( no, I wasn't looking down on 
    my own body while falling ) I'd just crash into an open bed. 
    Since this was an exit from a bad experience, I would be 
    comforted by the sight of the bed as if returning from a 
    rough trip. 
    I know, you're probably thinking that i'm tossing the dung 
    especially after my ghost story but this is the truth (at 
    least as far a I can recollect from 28 years ago) 
    
    So, anyone else ever have this happen?
    
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825.1a bit more data ...MARKER::KALLISAnger's no replacement for reasonFri Aug 12 1988 20:107
    Let me ask:
    
    >..................... I'd just crash into an open bed.
    
    Was this noisy? Did you, or anyone else, hear you impact?
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.
825.2OOBE's, IBE's and other delights.SCOPE::PAINTERFeelin' happy.....Fri Aug 12 1988 20:3511
    "Out of *bed* experience???"    Hahahaha!!!!       
    
    John M. - could this possibly be your next VAXnotes header?  (;^)

    This sounds awfully Freudian to me.  Perhaps we should start a topic
    on 'In bed experiences....'.  Oh, never mind.
                                                
    (.0 - please don't take offense - this just struck me as funny today.)
    
    Cindy
825.3Close EncountersBSS::VANFLEETFri Aug 12 1988 21:319
    re:.2
    tee-hee-tee-hee, etc.
    
    I like that, Cindy. "in bed experiences".  I don't know
    about you but I've had some "close encounters".
    
    Oops....I'm running off at the fingertips.
    
    Nanci <; )>
825.4GENRAL::DANIELstill hereFri Aug 12 1988 21:507
I know what you mean; where you wake up and the bed is bouncing.

It can be a return to the body.  It can also be, if you're dreaming of falling, 
that your body "resumes" weight because it really does experience the shifting 
weight of the fall you're dreaming of.

Your title was pretty cute, though.
825.5 Asmodeous's 2nd cousin on his mothers side..USACSB::OPERATOR_CBMon Aug 15 1988 09:3734
    
    I can relate!
    	I have had similar experiances with the falling. I would be
    asleep, and feel myself falling and wake up with the bed shaking.
    I slept on my back so I never got the "thrill" of seeing myself.
    I also seemed to think that the whole bed was floting not just me.
    The reason being was that my ending bounce was too small to justify
    the distance I fell..so the bed had to fall with me to help absorb
    that shock....of course i never thought of the little fact that
    the large old bed falling from such a height would wake everyone
    in the house. anyway...
    	I also had muscle "flinches" at that time also which would be
    an arm or leg kick or punch out randomly. It was scarey at the time
    cause I figured I wasnt doing it so "SOMETHING ELSE" was. conclusion
    was of course...I was possessed by the devil or one of his pals.
    From there I became interested in the occult ect. but over time realized
    that alas I was not an angel from hell but a normal human being.
    Not as dramatic but I have learned to except it! :-)
    	I have linked it to the massive amounts of Vitamins my mother
    gave to me,poor diet, stress, various Junior high vices.
    	I dont have spasms very often now at all however my wife might
    add that at times I tend to be a big jerk in bed....
    	Perhaps the falling was a spasm of the lower back and or legs.
    maybe when the electrical energy signal goes down to your legs/back
    your very-active-when-sleeping-brain sets up a scenario that will
    explain the event that will happen to you in terms you will be
    comfortable with or understand. But this would only work if the
    brain was faster than the motor reaction and conscious realization
    of what you and I were experiancing.
    
                   
    I-dunno!
    craig
                                      
825.6thanks folks !SHRFAC::ADAMSMMon Aug 15 1988 13:088
    re: .1 -No, no one ever heard me crashing :) 
    
    re: .4 - No, I wasn't dreaming of falling at the time 
    
    re: .5 - ah, the voice of reason...but spasms?? My experiences were
         very vivid but so were my dreams so you may be on to something.
    
    BTW - how do I reference previous quotes ( >?) 
825.7REPLY/EXTRACTJACOB::STANLEYCrazy rooster crowin' midnight...Mon Aug 15 1988 13:518
< Note 825.6 by SHRFAC::ADAMSM >

>    BTW - how do I reference previous quotes ( >?) 

When you reply, type REPLY/EXTRACT while looking at the note you want to
quote.  That note will end up in your edit buffer for your reply.

		Dave
825.8nSHRFAC::ADAMSMMon Aug 15 1988 14:073
    
    Thanks dave !
    
825.9New seminar topic???USAT05::KASPERLife is like a beanstalk, isn't it...Tue Aug 16 1988 02:0011
re: .0

	Out of bed experience... That's pretty good!  Maybe you could
	give seminars ;')...

	I think I had a few of those.  I usually woke up in the bathroom
	which was a good thing cause if I hadn't it would have been one
	of those wetted bed experiences...

	Terry    

825.10Nothing unusual from my standpointRVAX::SMITHTue Aug 23 1988 19:3414
    Sudden muscle/body "jerks" while sleeping is very common. Actually,
    it usually happens just as a person is entering sleep. It's caused
    by a sudden relaxation of the muscles, a sudden tension release
    that causes them to jerk suddenly. Happens to me quite frequently.
    If my wife happens to still be awake, she usually bursts out laughing.
    Must me quite a site to all of a sudden see a whole body do a massive
    twitch.
    
    As for falling, I've had that happen fairly often also. Depending
    on what stage of sleep I'm in, I sometimes will find my body actually
    reacting to the fall, causing physical movement which usually wakes
    me up.
    
    Steve