Anyone ever wake up with your arm straight up in the air?

[nytemare]

I find that on nights when I am very tired, I will awaken and for some reason my arm is sticking up. Maybe for balance..LOL.

[NVMojo]

1. hopefully not to channel Hitler or his followers ...just kidding!!!

One time I woke up choking ...my own hand was at my neck ....

[liberalhistorian]

3. My grandmother told me that

when my uncle returned from Vietnam, he would sleep with his hands around his throat. Sometimes when she tried to wake him up, he'd jump up and grab her throat, before he was even awake! It took him several months to get over that, apparently.

[Not_Giving_Up]

29. My grandmother told me that

when my grandfather came back from Germany, she woke up one night to him sitting on top of her, choking her. He was still asleep. Luckily she woke him up in time.

[nytemare]

6. Luckily I have never choked myself.

As far as the Hitler thing goes, he has already been channeled into Washington by the Supreme Court. :)

[liberalhistorian]

2. No, that's never happened to me,

but I wonder if it happens to Smirk, since he's so good at the Nazi salute, lol!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. No.

The weight of the cats who sleep on me prevents me from moving much of anything.

[Cadence]

5. YES! Only like twice in my life but

I find it quite funny when it does! Well after I get over the disorientation of wtf is my arm doing?

[nytemare]

7. Yes it is an odd thing!

I will sometimes wake up in a ball, bent over my legs that are crossed indian style. Whenever I do that my feet end up falling asleep..LOL.

[Cadence]

8. Wow. I've never done anything like that.

That's some tricky sleeping. I have a friend that smiles really big when he sleeps. It's so funny to look over at someone sound asleep with a big smile. He also laughs in his sleep occasionally. I've asked him...do you dream about funny things at night? He gets so embarrassed..he doesn't remember doing it.

Are you a hard sleeper?

[nytemare]

9. I suppose I can be

When I was in the military I used to consider myself a bit hyper-vigilant. Anything would have me jumping up. Now I don't think I am like that so much. I am not hard to wake up, but I dream very vividly.

[Cadence]

10. I'm surprised you don't wake yourself up

by getting into an indian style position.
I suffer from extreme PTSD and hyper-vigilance....sleep is a real issue for me. I feel like a certain part of my brain never gets sleep. Like it stays "on" and I always wake up tired. About two times a year I will get that part of my brain to sleep and I love life for the next day when it does.

For very vivid dreamers they say to keep a dream journal.

[nytemare]

17. I am sorry to hear about that

I hope you will be able to get more restful sleep. :(

There are times when it feels like my brain is still going, and I can't sleep well, usually when I have a lot of tasks that need completing. Sometimes I get a song in my head that won't let me rest well.

[Zomby Woof]

11. my third arm, yes

[nytemare]

13. LOL n/t

[Kurovski]

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[MissBrooks]

12. Wacky

I've never heard of that.

[nytemare]

14. A couple people I know said it happens to them, too

But yes, it is wacky..LOL. :shrug:

[MissBrooks]

15. I hope it gets better....

LOL!!!

:hi:

[nytemare]

19. It is just an odd thing, nothing that concerns me really

but thank you :)

[Kurovski]

16. When I was a teen

I once woke up with both arms in the air.

I felt really good that day, too.

Anyone know what the arm thing is all about?

[nytemare]

20. I am not sure, I might just google it for the heck of it.

Maybe there is something to it. :)

[Kurovski]

27. A seizure!

I found info that said it COULD be a seizure and to have it checked out.

http://www.sleepnet.com/rest10/messages/299.html

[Floogeldy]

18. Sometimes, when I'm awake in bed, I put my left arm straight up

For some reason it feels good.

Was it your left?

[nytemare]

22. I think so

I seem to remember being on my right side with my left arm up, but I could be wrong.

[steely]

21. Come to think of it, yes.

I seem to remember waking up when it bent at the elbow - forearm still up. hmmmm.

[RadicalMom]

23. Maybe you're channelling Dr. Strangelove....

[Floogeldy]

25. Ha ha ha!!!

[DS1]

26. Backfired Rapture, is my guess

[koopie57]

28. I do that when I nap

I woke up to people laughing at me.

One time I went to bed really hungry and when I woke in the morning I had a funny taste in my mouth and there was part of my quilt with a piece taken out of it and what was left was exactly the form of my teeth.

[nytemare]

30. That must have caused some serious dry mouth!

I would imagine your jaw must have been sore after chewing a quilt too! Ouch!

[Mojambo]

31. Yeah, man.

It is a fucking odd sensation.

[CanuckAmok]

32. Just a few times between 1933 and 1945. Not lately, though.

n/t