If you fall from a tall building or into an abyss, this is a symbolic warning that evil fate can play a dangerous trick on you. You will lose status, fortune, honor.
Falling from a height is a failure, exposing your secret.
Falling into a pit is a disease, a deterioration in social status.
Awakening during a fall, horror is a neurotic anxiety, a crisis, a transition to recovery.
Falls in a dream usually reflect the dreamer's inner insecurity in some area.
But sometimes a fall, for example, into an abyss turns into a flight. This is a very auspicious development of the plot.
But more often when we fall, we wake up from fear.
A fall in a dream is often a reminder of a symbolic "fall" in life.
But in my practice, there were practically no stories about dreams with a fall in people who had already “fallen” in life.
An unemployed, poor, seriously ill person is no longer afraid to fall. But people in a period of relative prosperity often see themselves in a dream falling into an abyss, from the window of a high-rise building.
Some dreams with a fall are not subject to interpretation at all, as they are associated with physiological causes, a sharp change in the heart rhythm. This happens in sick people, adolescents and in the climacteric period of life.
Sometimes the dreamer's deep intuition actually portends a bad situation for the one he sees falling. But often falling people symbolize the disappearance of the dreamer's individual qualities that were previously inherent in him.
Often such dreams are found in adolescents, whose character changes in a short period of time.
Although dreams with falls are not pleasant, and one can benefit from them. Especially if the dreamer manages to get rid of fear. Then the fall can turn into a pleasant flight.
Flying in a dream often reflects sexuality or a desire for emancipation. Most often, such dreams are dreamed of by young people.
At an older age, dreams about flights can be dreamed of during a period of creative upsurge or in cases where reality does not allow a person to realize his creative potential.
In addition, some symbols of limitation are often present in the flights of an older dreamer.
Not only falls, but also flights can serve as a warning against excessive carelessness.
And yet, flying in a dream is a source of joy and good mood, and therefore, fly to your health!
Flying in a dream portends joy and good mood.
Falling is a sign of warning.
Think about it: is everything in order in your life? Are you walking on the edge of an abyss?
The main meaning of sleep with flights is associated with the liberation of a person from shackles and burdens. The roots of this interpretation go deep into the centuries, when a person, in principle, before the invention of an airplane, could not rise into the air, overcome the earth's gravity.
Flights begin to be dreamed of in childhood, when the child is simply entangled in a web of all sorts of “no” things.
Flying in adults reflects the ways in which a person copes with the difficulties of life:
1. Release from external prohibition.
2. Overcoming inner uncertainty.
3. Departure from reality with the help of fantasies, alcohol.
4. Release from external prohibition
By the nature of dreams with flights, one can also make prophecies for the near future.
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Dream Interpretation - Fall
If in a dream you stumbled over something and fell, it means that you will tarnish your reputation with an unseemly act that will cause universal condemnation. Falling to the ground from a great height - in reality you will experience a strong fright.
A dream in which you dream that you have fallen off the edge of a bottomless abyss and are falling into it - in reality, this threatens with disappointment in your missus. If you dream that splashes of water are falling on your head, this means a passionate awakening of love, which will end in the happiest way.
Falling in a dream under the weight of a load means your inability to raise funds for those who are counting on your help. To dream of birds falling to the ground means that you will fall into melancholy. Falling off the fence, climbing over it - to the successful completion of an important matter.
Seeing a star falling from the sky is a harbinger of sadness and sadness. If in a dream fruits from a shaken tree fall on you in a hail - in reality you will experience remorse for an unfulfilled promise.
Falling into a ditch in a dream, trying to jump over it - to a decline in business and personal loss. Falling into a well of water in a dream - to extreme despair, into an empty well - those who frightened you with failure will be put to shame by your brilliant success.
Seeing figure skaters or ballet dancers who fell during a performance means that in reality you will encounter the ingratitude of friends. Falling down a high ladder in a dream is a harbinger of despair and unsuccessful efforts to straighten out a critical financial situation.
Falling overboard into a stormy sea threatens in reality with hasty and thoughtless decisions, fraught with negative consequences.
Falling off a bucking horse is a sign of a serious infectious disease. Seeing snow falling in large flakes or huge hailstones in a dream means that future troubles will not cause you any serious damage.
If in a dream you are driven to despair by a sharp drop in the exchange rate on the eve of the shares you purchased, such a dream portends severe shocks in reality that will not be in vain for your mental health.
Interpretation of dreams fromHave you ever felt as if you were falling into a bottomless abyss at the moment of falling into a dream, sometimes accompanied by a sharp start and awakening?
Translation for – Ksenia Gusakova
Have you ever felt as if you were falling into a bottomless abyss at the moment of falling into a dream, sometimes accompanied by a sharp start and awakening?
This is completely normal and happens to most people from time to time. One of the main reasons for this phenomenon, experts consider an unstable sleep pattern, and everything is explained by a very interesting effect.
During the so-called "REM sleep" stage, our muscles go into a state called atony. In fact, all of them, with the exception of the muscles of the eyes and the muscles associated with the respiratory system, are temporarily paralyzed. The brain blocks signals normally sent to the muscle system. This phenomenon is characteristic not only for humans, but also for almost all warm-blooded animals.
This explains the immobility of our body at the time when we dream that we are in motion. It is a self-preservation mechanism that no doubt does a lot of good for us, keeping ourselves from being awakened and providing healthy sleep, necessary for rest and recuperation.
At the moment REM sleep stops, our muscles wake up from atony and the brain returns to wakefulness at about the same time. However, it happens that the awakening of the brain occurs somewhat earlier. That is, we wake up, being still in "paralysis". This phenomenon is called "sleep paralysis" and about 60 percent of people have experienced it at least once in their lives.
Of course, this can cause great fright, but usually "sleep paralysis" lasts a very short time, sometimes so short that we are not even aware of what has happened.
This sensation is often described as an acute feeling of dread or even terror, sometimes even a feeling of separation from one's own body. In some cultures, auditory and visual hallucinations are an element of mythology and are associated with the influence of otherworldly forces, demons, aliens and the like. Some even believe that in this state you can open the “door” to another reality and try to learn how to linger in it as long as possible.
Walking in a state of "sleep paralysis" if it happens once is not a cause for concern, however, its frequent repetition may be a symptom of a more serious problem, such as narcolepsy, in which case you should definitely consult a doctor. "Sleep paralysis" most often occurs when people are depressed and exhausted, but doctors don't know why.
It can also occur at the time of falling asleep. Our brain is still partly awake, but the body is already paralyzed. It is this "separation of mind and body" that can cause the tremendous sensation of falling into the abyss, and is also often accompanied by a sharp flinch, which medical doctors call "hypnagogic twitching."
Sleep is another dimension. Very often in a dream we experience a strange and sudden sensation of falling from the roof of houses, from a tree, or even from a train. We wake up because of a sudden movement, as if someone pushed us. What makes us wake up so abruptly? Why is this happening?
During sleep, a person is in a motionless relaxed state. However, during sleep, we change the position of our body, make some movements - startle, jump out of bed, and even talk in a dream. The relationship between sleep and muscle activity is actually more complex than we think. During sleep, the brain sends signals that contract muscles. The jolt we feel when we wake up abruptly is the brain's attempt to wake us up and warn us of danger or check if sleep is functioning properly. But there are other versions of scientists about this signal.
Version #1
Some scientists believe that the signal that the brain gives goes in the wrong direction. Instead of suppressing muscle contraction, it further strengthens them, and when a person twitches upon awakening, a sudden change in body position can lead us to believe that the sensations experienced in a dream are supposedly a fall.
Version #2
During sleep, the body relaxes and breathing slows down. The feeling of falling may be due to the relaxed state of the person, especially if he is worried about something. The muscles begin to gradually relax, and the brain itself remains awake. The brain does not sleep because it monitors the situation so that problems do not arise. The lethargy of the muscles, as it were, leads to the fact that the person, as it were, “settles”. The brain perceives such a situation as dangerous and tries to wake the person up. Such a protective reaction of the brain works quite often.
Version #3
Some experts explain this fall by the very mechanism of hallucinations. Hallucinations are not a terrible disease, as many believe. It's just that our brain in some situations makes hasty conclusions and creates a picture that turns out to be not entirely correct. For example, you saw a glove in the snow, you began to approach the object, approaching the glove, you see that it is a small black bag. In general, hallucinations intensify when a person is stressed. The brain in such situations cannot process information normally, therefore it gives an error, which we take for a hallucination. When you fall asleep, while experiencing anxiety, which can lead to the fact that the brain receives a sudden signal of danger. This signal is associated with the fall of the body into and then the brain forcibly wakes us up in order to understand the reason for the fall. All images associated with this sensation are produced exclusively by the work of the brain.
There is no reason to be concerned about this. The fact is that most dreams do not carry any deviations. The feeling of falling occurs with severe fatigue or frequent stress. Try to keep harmony in yourself and not be nervous, especially over trifles, and then your dreams will become pleasant and calm.
You know that feeling: you feel the moment when you are about to fall asleep, and the next moment you start abruptly, waking up in a cold sweat. Not too nice, right? This feeling has an actual scientific name, and there are ways to experience it as little as possible.
Whether it's the feeling of free fall or just involuntary muscle contractions when you fall asleep, twitching in your sleep is actually very common. According to studies, 70 percent of the population experiences them. But we think that everyone will be interested in the answer to the question: why is this happening?
Uncompromising confrontation
The most common theory that explains the causes of twitching in sleep says that the brain is in opposition to sleep and wakefulness. On the one hand, this confrontation includes your brain's reticular activating system (RAS), which is responsible for the sleep-wake cycle and controls wake-up signals, and on the other hand, the ventrolateral preoptic area (VLPO), located in the hypothalamus, which helps you fall asleep. It is also often referred to as the "sleep switch".
In simple terms, these two parts of the brain can be represented by the following words: RAS is an adherent of total control, and VLPO is all ease and calmness. When the body transitions from wakefulness to sleep, the RAS can still cause twitching as it is still trying to maintain control of the brain before you are fully asleep and the VLPO comes into its own. When you suddenly startle and wake up, it means that RAS has won the battle against VLPO.
It's all the fault of the ancestors
But there is a less common theory of centers of evolution. Some scientists believe that this behavior is left to us from the brains of our ancient primate ancestors, and links the initial stages of sleep, the moment when the body begins to relax, with the danger of falling from a tree.
Obviously, we no longer hang from trees, but in the past, when our ancestors did, a sharp jerk helped them to wake up quickly in order to avoid falling and save their lives.
What can be done
While sleep twitches aren't dangerous, there are a few general tips you can use to cut them down when all you want is a good night's rest:
- Reduce your caffeine
- Refuse to work at night and try to do it in the morning
- Reduce stress levels with a small dose of meditation or yoga
- Plan your day so that you get enough sleep every night.
Good sleep! And if you do experience the feeling of falling in your sleep, don't worry - just tell your RAS and VLPO to give the world a chance.
Surely you have repeatedly experienced a strange sudden sensation of falling when falling asleep, which made you wake up abruptly. This is not actually a falling dream that happens during deep sleep, as many people believe, but a momentary physical sensation that wakes us up and is accompanied by a hallucination, not a dream.
To better understand this phenomenon, you need to understand the mechanism of sleep.
Sleep begins in a part of the brain called the reticular formation, which sends signals from the spinal cord to relax muscles and suppress stimuli. The jolt you feel when you wake up does not lift you up when you sleep, as the body extinguishes its own consciousness. Everyone agrees with this. But further opinions of scientists differ.
1. The signal went the wrong way
One group of scientists noticed that the signal from the reticular formation switches in some people. Instead of suppressing muscle contraction, it increases muscle contraction to almost any stimulus. In science, this is referred to as "hypnogogic twitching." When a person twitches on waking, a sudden change of position without direct support under the arms or legs can cause the person to believe that the sensation they are experiencing is a fall.
2. The body is relaxed and the brain is working
Other scientists believe that the feeling of falling comes from the act of relaxation itself, especially if the person is anxious and cannot get comfortable. As the muscles relax during sleep, the brain stays awake, aware of the situation. The flaccidity of the muscles and the fact that the person is sort of "sagging" is interpreted by the brain as a sudden sensation of falling and the brain is trying to wake the person up.
3 Stress Caused Hallucinations
What about hallucinations? Contrary to what many people think, hallucinations are not something out of the ordinary, and many of us have experienced hallucinations to one degree or another. A hallucination is just an experience in which the brain misinterprets a group of stimuli. So, for example, it may suddenly seem to you that you see a cat following you out of the corner of your eye, and suddenly it turns out that this is actually a pile of garbage near a post. The brain simply jumps to conclusions and creates a picture that is not entirely correct.
Such hallucinations are exacerbated by stress, when the brain jumps to conclusions more quickly, and by fatigue, when the brain does not automatically process as much information as it does under other conditions. When you fall asleep feeling anxious, being hypersensitive to stimuli, the uncomfortable situation leads to the fact that the brain receives a sudden signal of danger (the body falls) and looks for the reason why it falls. It produces the half-sleep that we remember when we wake up, in which, for example, you were walking and just slipped.
