Probably there is no such person who would not experience the sensation of falling and weightlessness when he fell asleep. Inevitably, questions arise, a person begins to think about why, when you fall asleep, it seems that you are falling somewhere. Is it physiology or mysticism? Or maybe both of them together? Let's try
understand. This is not a dream of a fall, but a physical sensation that makes us wake up. It, plus everything, is accompanied by a hallucination.
Why, when you fall asleep, it seems that you are falling?
To better understand this, let's try to understand the very mechanism of sleep. At the time of falling asleep, the brain sends a signal to the spinal cord that we need to relax the muscles and suppress all stimuli. The sensation that a person feels does not raise him from sleep. This is the part of the phenomenon that is more or less explainable. But what is going on? Some scientists believe that in such cases, the signal that the brain gives is lost, and instead of relaxing the muscles, the spinal cord commands them to contract even more in response to the slightest irritant. Therefore, a person can perceive any movement as a feeling of falling. According to another version, the answer to the question: "Why, when you fall asleep, it seems that you are falling?" lies in the very mechanism of relaxation. The fact is that the muscles relax before the brain completely falls asleep. It turns out that with complete muscle relaxation, brain activity is observed. A feeling of muscle relaxation is perceived by the brain as a fall, and he tries to wake the sleeping person. This, most likely, is the answer to
question: “Why, when you fall asleep, it seems that you are falling?”.
Hallucinations: norm option, no more
And here is another answer to the question of why, when you fall asleep, it seems that you are falling. Many people believe that hallucinations are something that mentally unhealthy people suffer from. But actually it is not. To one degree or another, everyone had hallucinations. This is nothing more than a brain error when it incorrectly interprets the stimuli that it receives from the nervous system. And to some extent, scientists see precisely in hallucinations the reason why, when you fall asleep, it seems that you are falling. By analogy: if a person out of the corner of his eye noticed a dog following him, but it turned out that this was a pile of garbage, this means that the brain simply misinterpreted the information received and gave out a picture too quickly. So harmless
hallucinations occur more often if a person is in a state of stress or overwork. In such situations, the brain is overloaded and too quickly produces the results of the analysis of the environment. So, during falling asleep, the muscles relax and the brain begins to look for a source of danger. As a result, it seems that you are falling in a dream.
Interpretation of dreams of the fall
Such dreams are interpreted differently depending on what events occur in them, except for the fall. If a person fell and immediately rose, it is a sign of imminent prosperity. If it didn’t work, then this indicates misfortune. If in a dream the earth leaves underfoot, then this is treated as a loss of control over one’s life. The interpretation of dreams with a fall requires a detailed analysis of events in life and in the dream itself.