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I used to have dreams of uncontrollable falling that would always wake me up as I hit the ground. After I started skydiving I would have the same dreams except I would fall in a stable position with some level of control and when I hit the ground I never wake. I end up being seriously injured or looking down on my body as people stand around.

Has anybody else experienced this?

your in for trouble mate..

Yeah Dan, I've had those dreams where I go in since I was a kid. I'd be floating above looking down at myself, and friends or family staring at my dead body. I've always thought this is how I would die, even before I did my first skydive, and I was always ok with that. I still think I will,.....but now,......after my accident, I think my family is better prepared for it.

In my falling dreams, I hit the ground, experience no pain or injuries, get up, dust myself off, and feel ashamed for messing up so badly.

In my falling dreams, I hit the ground,
experience no pain or injuries, get up,
dust myself off, and feel ashamed for
messing up so badly.

I've had these dreams too, but always with crevasses. The best one was at an excursion with my school class, hanging from one hand as I very slowly fell out of the top bunkbed. The other 7 kids were watching as my hand let go and I fell to the ground and continued my sleep. After I started skydiving I've no longer had them

in mine, i'm falling and as i start to come down, i swing, like on a swingset and start flying. it's really kinda cool, and i end up flying like in big swoops. it starts from a lot of different things and i've been flying at really high altitudes. sometimes the landings get tricky, sometimes i just step down after easing into it.

Before I got interested in skydiving and base I had those dreams when I'm falling in to a big cave and I always woke up after hitting the ground. Recently I had a dream where I was skydiving and I couldn't open the chute, then I realized it was a dream and right before I hit the ground I just flew upwards at very high speed I also had a nightmare where I'm doing some crazy proximity flying and I cant find the pilot chute until last moment, then I hit the ground hard, stand up and look around if anyone saw that

when i have this dream i always end up in a struggle to get my canopy out, and manage to pull at the very last second in time to pressurize before i hit the ground, gets me every time!