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I occasionally fall out of bed but normally it just gets put down to beer before bed but last night I hadn't had a drop to drink or anything else that would affect my sleep patterns. I got in bed and fell asleep almost immediately. About 30 minutes later, wife still reading her book, I apparently jumped out of bed and landed on the floor with a thump.
The weird bit was that I was lying on my back flinched my whole body and apparently pushed my shoulders and legs up, then flicked them down so I stayed pretty much lying flat but just moved up and across about 12 inches and when I came back down the bed wasn't there so I hit the floor. A bit like levitation but with more body movement.
This isn't the first time it has happened but the first time with a witness.
Is this really a surprise? 🙂
did not even need to look to see who the OP was 🤣
(To answer the question: No 😃)
Anyone fall out of bed while asleep?
Yep.
Five year olds.
Anyone bored enough to watch me build a huge cot?
The kids did it a lot but grew out of it.
I can get that "jump" reflex as I go off to sleep - is this just a bigger version on too small a bed?
I used to roll out of bed. I fixed the problem by taking half a Viagra before I went to sleep.
More seriously,
What you're describing is called a "hypnic jerk," for your googling purposes. (There's a longer name for it too but I can't remember it.)
EDIT: What IHN said.
I'm just waiting for the next logical thread....
"I went outside and lay down on the ground but I fell off"
Anyone bored enough to watch me build a huge cot?
or weld up a bed guard 😉
I'm not a fan of removing risk and wrapping people up in cotton wool. but in WCA's case, I think he should literally be wrapped up in cotton wool.
I don't but did have a girlfriend for a while who would curl up to go to sleep then just as she dropped off she'd push her legs forward and straight so fast she would either kick me or push me out of bed!
Another one here who guessed the OP correctly.
Um... like no.... can you move your side against a wall?
Bizarre co-incidence but I saw someone was advertising some special bolster type things on our local FB buy/sell that attach to the side of bed.. seemed to come in pairs in the ad but you might be able to buy single ones.
Another one here who guessed the OP correctly.
Not even slightly surprising.
I’m not a fan of removing risk and wrapping people up in cotton wool. but in WCA’s case,
Too much?
fell asleep almost immediately. About 30 minutes later, wife still reading her book, I apparently jumped out of bed and landed on the floor with a thump
She kicked you out of bed. Did she tell you all this and keep a straight face?
There's a load of squirrels pushing the mattress from below.
The landlord of a pub I used to frequent years ago had a massive beer belly.
One day he told us he rolled over in bed while asleep and his belly dragged him out 😂
Sounds like an extreme Hypnic Jerk
harsh
My girlfriend tries to push me out sometimes when she is a sleep. When its happened while I am asleep I wake up holding onto the edge of the mattress for dear life, she has yet to be successful.
Make a slide the full length of the bed. Falling is fun!
[i]Sounds like an extreme Hypnic Jerk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk [/i]
Seems to fit. Occurs soon after I fall asleep so probably as I fall into deep sleep. Now I know the wife was right when she said I was acting like a jerk.
My GF at uni fell out of bed one night and managed to put her front top teeth through her lower lip. That was quite messy.
From the wiki article:
There are ways to reduce hypnic jerks, including ..... consuming sufficient magnesium.
Awaits WCA's next thread after eating magnesium ribbon
Mg + HCl = MgCl2 + H2
[i]My GF at uni fell out of bed one night and managed to put her front top teeth through her lower lip. That was quite messy.[/i]
I managed to knock a glass off the bedside table and smash it with my backside while in a hotel alone in Manchester. Had to go to A&E where the nurses struggled to keep a straight face while I explained I did it on my own in my sleep. Thankfully MrsWCA is aware of my night time failed levitations and was more sympathetic when I got home two nights later.
Hotel room looked like a murder scene though
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk
/blockquote>Thanks now I know what that is. Had that 3 out of 5 nights or more, recently. Last night as I dreampt my 3yo son jabbed me in the groin with the handlebars on his balance bike. Quite a start!
jca, for the love of God balance that equation.
When offshore years ago I had to swap cabins and the bed had the wall on the other side in the second room, rolled over thinking there was a wall when in fact there was a 5 or so foot drop from the top bunk. Didnt enjoy that brief second or so it took to hit the floor but somehow landed on my feet. Thats the only time i think I've fallen out the bed though
Morrissey. Twice.
There’s a load of squirrels pushing the mattress from below.
That made me laugh. Vengeful little buggers
My brother once had a dream he was playing cricket, jumped to catch the ball and managed to throw himself out of bed.
His girlfriend wondered what the heck he was doing.
Maybe bolt a crocodile along the side of the bed?
I managed to knock a glass off the bedside table and smash it with my backside while in a hotel alone in Manchester.
Was the table halfway down the bed or were you sitting on the pillow?
Once or twice a year I will fall out of bed and **** my head on the bedside table in the process.
Best one I saw was on an outdoor pursuits type do 25 years ago when a mate rolled off the top bunk whilst in his sleeping bag and connected his head with the picnic table situated in the middle of the dorm on his way to the floor.
Hysterically funny once we had ascertained that he wasn’t dead, but for a what seemed like an age we thought that he had departed to the next world.
Was the table halfway down the bed or were you sitting on the pillow?
Up there (fffnarrr) with "I was Hoovering naked and fell backwards in to a bag of carrots."