I hate those. They seem to happen more when I nap than when I sleep at night. I want to say it has something to with what phase of sleep you're in when you're woken up - extra deep and not REM - but that could easily be a made up by me for no reason explanation.
River: The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems. Mal: See, morbid and creepifying, I got no problem with, long as she does it quiet-like.
'Safe'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
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-t - Dec 13, 2010 2:39:03 pm PST #10810 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Liese S. - Dec 13, 2010 2:49:32 pm PST #10811 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I woke up, when I finally did, all fight or flight. Then I realized that was probably a caffeine response (peppermint mocha from MoJo cafe on the way home from work). So maybe I was having the caffeine response already and my mind made up the scary to account for it?
brenda m - Dec 13, 2010 2:54:21 pm PST #10812 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I guess while I was waking up, I swear I heard someone walk, in slippers, in the bedroom, around the bed, over to the nightstand (at which point I tried to open my eyes and kinda saw him) and back out of the room. I was too groggy to be able to rouse myself. Then while I was lying there it occurred to me that a) the SO doesn`t wear slippers, b) he wasn`t due home for another two hours and c) neither was the dog inside. So I completely woke up, but stayed in bed listening for a while, but not another peep. I finally did get up, and nope, no one in the house.
Maybe it was my upstairs neighbor.
Tom Scola - Dec 13, 2010 2:58:43 pm PST #10813 of 30001
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lisah - Dec 13, 2010 2:59:53 pm PST #10814 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I have those kinds of hallucinations all the time just after falling asleep. Having them just before waking is common too. Same process although they have different names.
Lee - Dec 13, 2010 3:00:31 pm PST #10815 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
LISAH!
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Steph L. - Dec 13, 2010 3:02:52 pm PST #10816 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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Damn, whenever I read about common passwords, I feel so much better about the ones that I use.
(NOT "Batman." NOT.)
lisah - Dec 13, 2010 3:03:05 pm PST #10817 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
HI PERKINS!!!!
-t - Dec 13, 2010 3:06:59 pm PST #10818 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So maybe I was having the caffeine response already and my mind made up the scary to account for it?
That makes sense to me. Even when we are awake, the fear-response happens faster than information about our surroundings can get from sensory input to lighting up neurons. By tiny fractions of seconds, of course, but still, freaky and weird.
Lee - Dec 13, 2010 3:07:15 pm PST #10819 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
(NOT "Batman." NOT.)
Bruce_Wayne?