Why does it happen?

[Hevz]

you're jst about to drop off to sleep and ur really relaxed and u half dream tht ur walkin along the road or playin basket ball or sumthin along those lines and then u fall off the pavement or fall over in basketball and u jump really bad! it's really scarey u end up grabbin onto the bed cos u think ur gunna fall! wot is tht and y does it happen??? PLz tell me i'm nt the only 1 tht has happened 2?

[~Wayne~]

lol no happens to me all time, I just like jump awake as though I actually am gunna fall, scares the hell outta me

[Lindsay]

i guess it scares you awake or something.

[Luke]

I always fall off the pavement! lol

In my dreams of course.

[~Wayne~]

I dont even know what its for half of time its just that falling feeling

[-Snake-]

Its something to do with your mind sets your nerve system on high alert like in half a second and chemicals and electriacl signals shoot up and down very quickly.
It gives the impression your about to hit the grond. Beacuse your nerve system was on like 5% of its normal processes and went to 100% in less than 1 second, think of how quick all the signals must be going.

The feeling of this rush its very similar to adrenaline but dont be fooled, it doesnt last anywhere near as long.

[Hevz]

lol it feels like a long time it take ya bout 5 mins to get ya breath back it's really scarey! lol

[Pearson]

Mine are reyt weird! I wont even fall off owt, Il just be walking then shit my self and wake up! its the same sort of feeling you'd get when you fall over but nothing actually happens in my dream lol. Its weird.

[LukeEv_17]

are you sure your not dreaming when you shit youself :P

[michelle]

it scares me when it happens i cant remember what i was dreaming half the time lol