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he told me his dreams nine

Janet Kuypers

    She said: Do you know that feeling you get when you’re starting to fall asleep and then suddenly you feel like you’re falling very quickly and you instantly wake yourself up? Everyone gets that feeling sometimes when they sleep. Did you know your body does that on purpose? You see, it happens when you’re very tired and your body starts to fall into a sleep state at too fast a speed. Your heart rate, your breathing shouldn’t slow down that fast. So your body makes you feel like you fall so you’ll wake up, feel a little tense, and fall asleep more slowly.
    He said: No, no, that’s not what I’m talking about. I know that feeling, but what I’m talking about is being in a dream and going to the edge of a cliff and jumping.
    She said: Well, what happens? Do you land?
    He said: Sometimes I wake up before I land, sometimes I land gently and live. You’ve never had a dream like that before?
    She said: No.
    He said: Why do I have dreams like this? Why this cliff? Why do I fall? How do I land?

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