Scared to sleep

[Whippy]

For the past couple of nights when I almost falling asleep my body seems jump and I wake back up with I fright. Not sure what is going on,but i am now scared to go to sleep. Has anyone else every experienced anything similar?

[nomorepanic]

These are called night panics and very common when people try to sleep.

If you search for "night panic" on here and select "titles" you will find loads of related posts

[Mr X]

Anything like this? It was an answer to a question on The Million pound Drop tonight funnily enough.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk