Is it normal that i sometimes jump awake?

OK the falling dream is very normal; it's a sign you sometimes feel your life is out of control. I think, as it relates to you, that it's your fear of failure at this sport.

I had a dream i was being tickled by some strange man. And ( i was laying on my back) and all of the sudden when he starts tickling me i felt it in my stomach and suddenly i lift my butt up like i bent my back i don't know how to explain it really but its similar to what you did.

Sometimes I do that, but it's not a flip, it's like a jolt. Like what SangoNyappy said, it's like if I fall off a cliff or something.

When I was little and I dreamt I was falling, I would zoom into my room and into the bed, then jolt up upright. Weird, huh?

Thats funy it made me laugh. But you should not be on a bunk bed or anything like that

It's called a Hypnic jerk.

Wow, that sounds crazy!

I am not sure if anything exactly like that has ever happened to me before, but I have had a few experiences where I woke up while I was in the process of doing something in my dream.

Yes it happens to m when I dream about falling from a cliff or something

Sometimes I do this too.