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Ken Easlon (ken@iat.holonet.net) wrote:
: In article <106066@netnews.upenn.edu>,
: rowe@pender.ee.upenn.edu (Mickey Rowe) writes:
: 
: >But seriously, since we're back to a public forum, does *anybody* else 
: >understand what it means to say that your "dream" head and your real 
: >head are lined up?  My dreams don't seem to exist in the same space as 
: >my waking life, which is why I've lost track of what this is supposed 
: >to mean... 
: 
: Allow me to recap.  This thread started out with Ruth Ginzberg's question: 
: 
: > Does anyone know what causes the sensation (when just falling asleep) 
: > of sudden literal falling, followed by a startle reaction that wakes 
: > you right up? 
: 

The explanation I have heard for this is that the shock is actually
a form of fit, a bit like a tiny epileptic seizure. I can offer neither
references nor a qualified opinion for this, but I do remember that the
source was a radio programme or magazine of a fairly reliable nature.
It added that the fits were not any sort of health hazard, and that
everyone had them.

On the other subject of head orientation, I have sometimes woken up
with the sensation that my bed was rotated through a right angle or
more, that the door was not in its usual position relative to the bed,
and so on. I don't know what this proves, if anything;  it may just be
that I have been dreaming of sleeping in a previous house. (Can one
dream of being asleep? Now there's a whole new thread...)

Peter.

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