Sweet Dreams ?

[RobRainford]

i still get that feeling ive fallen off a kerb every now and again, did a big hedge in the wind and that was swaying all day and was gusty wind too. i was sat down at home and it felt like i was swaying, oddest feeling ever but theres something i love about it!

[adbat234]

The whole swaying thing after climbing I think happens to alot of people though the more climbing people do the less they notice it.

I use to take travel sickness pills at night cause it was sooo bad when I first started climbing. Now i barely notice anything unless im spiking on a thin stem and its windy!

 

As for the falling sensation when you drop off thats called a hypnic jerk - a type of myoclonic jerk and is quite normal. The only reason I know that is cause it was on QI when brain of britain Stephen Fry said people in white coat believe it stems from long ago in our evolution when we were tree dwelling and the falling sensations which makes us jump as we nod off was a reflex action causing us to wake up and not plummet to the ground.

 

I've had hypnic jerk many times but also now and then i get sleep paralysis. Its a horrible scary feeling!

[doobin]

You get the swaying feeling from working out of a boat too.

[Ollie Wall]

You get the swaying feeling from working out of a boat too.

 

i used to get it all the time when i used to race sailing boats it's a horifc feeling!!!

[WeeDee]

i used to get it all the time when i used to race sailing boats it's a horifc feeling!!!

 

I know what you mean. I've got it when reading a chart by headtorch on the deck of a sea kayak.

[the crafty weasel]

If my Kubota in work was any narrower I'd probably get that feeling in the evenings as well

[Mr0zero0]

I had know idea it could be related to climbing! I used to get the falling dream sometimes and freak out and wake up suddenly. I practiced for a while to intend it to happen out of curiosity, and a couple of times i had the dream i just went with it. It was a very weired feeling to feel your falling yet know your safe in bed. When trying to do this sometimes i ended up being awake but my body being asleep! This i didn't really like.