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by maddiver on June 12th, 2005

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Sometimes when I am asleep all of a sudden I feel like I am falling. What causes this?

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  • by ggonnigan on June 13th, 2005

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    Two Causes: Physical & Mental

    Physical cause of falling in dreams:

    Author Chuan C. Chang discovered the physical cause of this dream when, one day, he woke up immediately after the dream and realized that his knees had fallen down. He was sleeping on his back with both of his knees tucked up and, as he straightened his legs, the weight of the bed cover and his legs caused his feet to slip out and the knees to fall. This falling knee caused his brain to create the falling dream! At first, this was just a hypothetical explanation, and a patently silly one at that. Why couldn't his brain figure out that his knees are falling? But once the hypothesis was made, he was able to test it every time he had the dream (over a span of several years), and he succeeded in verifying it several times. Upon awakening, he could distinctly remember that his knees had just fallen down. The fact that the knees fall onto the soft bed explains the soft landing and since nothing happens after that, the dream ends. When we sleep we sometimes have very little control over our muscles. Not only that, the sleeping brain can't even figure out the simple fact that the knee is falling. In addition, it concocts what should normally be an unbelievable scenario of a fall, and we actually end up believing it.

    Reference Link:

    http://members.aol.com/chang8828/dreams.htm



    Mental Cause:

    Human beings have two ancient primal fears: fear of falling, and fear of loud noises. Dreaming of falling often implies the fear of losing control and resulting disaster. If the dreamer falls a great distance, then he should start finding solutions right away, for there is danger of severe complications. If the dreamer falls a short distance and is unhurt, the damage will be minimal and can easily be set right.

    If your dream is about falling ask yourself:

    What situation have you "fallen into" that needs attention?
    Who or what has "let you down" recently?
    What can you do about the situation?

    Falling is very close to ...flying! By telling ourselves before we go to sleep that we would prefer to fly than fall, we can often take control of the fall and turn the dream into a flying dream, which is exhilarating in contrast to fear-filled.

    http://astrocenter.astrology.msn.com/msn/DreamDictionary2.aspx

    http://health.discovery.com/centers/sleepdreams/universaldreams/falling.html

    http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/qa/qadream/qadream28.html

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