Speakin'a jumping....

[rgp]

Does anyone else experience a 'jump' / 'jerk' @ night?...Not a gasp for air...just nerve ? jerk [my name for it]. I had one the other night, that damn near threw me out of my chair. Went back to sleep, had another some time later...but confined to my right leg. It jerked so hard it of course jerked me awake once again. Doesn't happen every night...but does on occasion.

 

[Keesha]

YES! It happens to me and I can’t understand why. My arms will suddenly flay out violently while I’m sleeping. Sometimes I think it has to do with dreaming but other times I’m just not sure. What I hate the most about it is that I think I’ve hit my pets unintentionally and while I know this, I’m not entirely sure they do.

One night I knocked one of our dogs right off the bed onto the solid wood floor and it not only hurt her physically but she wouldn’t ever snuggle up with me the same after that. She would cuddle into my back instead.
Our youngest dog recently started running away from me and I think that’s probably what happened.
It REALLY hurts cause I’d never intentionally hurt my girls.

Of course I’ve got a bad case of PTSD which doesn’t help any.

 

[rgp]

YES! It happens to me and I can’t understand why. My arms will suddenly flay out violently while I’m sleeping. Sometimes I think it has to do with dreaming but other times I’m just not sure. What I hate the most about it is that I think I’ve hit my pets unintentionally and while I know this, I’m not entirely sure they do.

One night I knocked one of our dogs right off the bed onto the solid wood floor and it not only hurt her physically but she wouldn’t ever snuggle up with me the same after that. She would cuddle into my back instead.
Our youngest dog recently started running away from me and I think that’s probably what happened.
It REALLY hurts cause I’d never intentionally hurt my girls.

Of course I’ve got a bad case of PTSD which doesn’t help any.

Well.....I don't have PTSD if that helps?....& this didn't start until recently..3-4 months ago,... no pets...as such, I can't hurt anybody.

I'm not even sure I want to know what the hell it is??...Likely just something else we can do nothing about..

 

[Keesha]

I not sure there anything that can be done about it.
I’m chalking it up to the nervous system backfiring while we sleep and since I tend to overthink everything , I’m stick with it. Lol