Is it normal that i sometimes jump awake?

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Okay so I guess the title explains it but I've jumped or have had a panic attack waking up. It's happen 2-3 times but one I clearly remember is doing flip then strangely waking up. See, I'm a gymnast and I had a dream that I was doing a trick that involves jumps and power and speed. And I woke up in the middle of it doing a weird jumping movement on my back. It was kind of scary but shocking. Is there a name for this? Is it normal?

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  • DADNSCAL
    11 years ago

    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.

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  • glittersparkles
    11 years ago

    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.

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  • DameInDistress
    11 years ago

    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?

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  • thanksforthefreecar
    11 years ago

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

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  • kr24
    11 years ago

    It's called a Hypnic jerk.

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  • Shackleford96
    11 years ago

    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.

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  • SangoNyappy
    11 years ago

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

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Sometimes I do this too.

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