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[Microprose Veteran]

It's not a dream I think. When I was in my teens I used to experience the same phenomena; always when I was about to go to sleep.

It's as if you're in a different state of conciousness. I remember that it felt sort of like you're about to fall down on your back (if you're lying on your back). I was always afraid I would let go and allow myself to fall, because I didn't know what would happen then. I suspected that if I 'fell' I would never wake up again...

Then I read about it in a popular science magazine (Dutch, KIJK). Turned out one of their staff also had experienced this phenomena. But she was not afraid to let herself 'fall' and she ended up having fantastic visions.

Well, I don't know. Perhaps I'm too scared of the unknown but whenever I was about to 'fall,' I always fought it with all my inner strength. Trying to get my eyes open. Now that I'm a bit older I've never had that experience since.

Perhaps it's just a panic reaction and we should try to relax and just see what happens.