Is it normal that sometimes when i'm falling asleep i feel thick and thin

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Okay this is going to be really hard to explain.
Sometimes when I'm falling asleep at night I start feeling thickness, and things will keep changing from thick to thin. Like my fingers will feel really thick one moment, then a moment later feel really thin. And not just physical objects feel this way... my thoughts will feel thick and thin too.

does this happen to anyone else?

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  • OtherSide
    9 years ago

    I think it's quite common. When I was a kid, I'd often get the sensation that the bed was rocking or falling, or my body was stretching. It's probably because some parts of your brain start dreaming before the rest of it is asleep.

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  • AnotherCrazyCanadian
    9 years ago

    This is completely normal. You are experiencing the first few stages of sleep paralysis, sleep paralysis is something that 99.9% of all humans go though every time they sleep. The body paralyzes itself when you are falling asleep so that you don't act out your motions while you are asleep.
    You are feeling this because the body is testing if you are asleep or not. You are actually losing sensation in your overall body, and if you train right, or just by luck, you can enter sleep paralysis while you are awake, completely immobilizing you. Everything is automated except for sight, you don't control breathing, you cannot move, and everything feels incredibly heavy, almost like a lead blanket.

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  • WolfCandy
    9 years ago

    I only get that when coming down from amphetamines.

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  • perfectxsilence
    9 years ago

    Quit doing drugs.

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  • seakelp
    9 years ago

    imagine it more so

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