why we jump in our sleep...Many of you have experienced a falling sensation or a 'jumping' sensation while falling asleep on a few occasions. I'm sure parents and friends have come up with a host of explainations for this phenomena. What i would like to do is to dispel any supernatural notions associated with 'jumping' in your sleep. I believe i have found out the reason why we jump in our sleep. I'd like to ask you to be patient with me and read my post till the end.  Why do we jump in our sleep?: Do any of you realise that the 'drop' or 'jump' feeling is very similar to the feeling you get when you unknowingly miss a step while walking down a staircase? Or when you unexpectedly walk into a hole in the ground, this sudden 'shock' sensation pulses through your body? I'm sure the brilliant amongst you will understand when i say that it's the way our bodies deal with unexpected situations. The 'shock', or 'jump', or 'drop' sensation is a result of our nerves firing rapidly to pull our leg back up from the hole or the missed step. This is where is gets interesting. I may be no brain expert, but I do know my own brain. Just before falling asleep at night, people tend to think of things. People also think of 'situations'. Sometimes people retrace their steps to a particular situation, but then our brains do something amazing. Our brains sometimes CREATE a new outcome to that situation! Your brain pieces together past experiences with recent ones, sometimes nerves fire and they meet head on to piece together a slightly different picture from what actually happened recently! Why do i know this? Because i HAVE EXPERIENCED IT! Jumping/falling in your sleep is not due to spirits, or restless souls. It's due to your brain piecing together an instance of you "walking unexpectedly into a hole or missing the last step on a flight of stairs" with an event that happened recently(or in the past, depends on what you are thinking). Some might say that it isn't true. Remember, you are trying to fall asleep, you are in a sedated state. You won't be able to remember alot of things. The only reason why i know why we jump in our sleep is that in my adult years, after an episode of 'sleep jumping', i remember what i was thinking prior to the 'jump'. And it was always due to me thinking that i've walked into a drain. Our brains are working even though we are sleeping. And i believe we do dream every night. It's just a matter of if you remember or not. That is probably why we sometimes experience deja vu. Deja vu occurs when we are faced with a situation which we seem to have encountered before. This could likely be due the fact that your brain has dreamt up that situation before and you couldn't remember it. If, one day, a brain scientist finds evidence that why we jump is due to what I have written, then guys, please remember you'd seen it here first. Comments? Savant at 3/23/2007 09:11:00 am ;
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