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Malibu Queen, I've had a similar experience to your's described above most recently.

In my case, I was fully asleep and woke up to the bed shaking/rocking. I lifted my upper body while still in a sleepy state to see what the heck was going on, decided it was significant earthquake tremors (I'm in San Francisco), and quickly fell back asleep while the tremors continued.

Well, I visited the USGS Earthquake website to find no earthquake had occurred that would cause what I felt. I am stumped and am left to believe I caused the bed to shake. There was no vivid dream, no hallucination, no paranormal activity; I was fully conscious of the motions.

Unfortunately, my fiance was in Vancouver at the time and could not confirm the bed shaking. I'm just left to wonder . . . .

Do we have a serious medical condition? I am in similar condition to you: 5'-8", 125 lbs, fairly healthy and no medical history in the family that would relate to anything like this. No drugs or alcohol were taken or mixed prior to falling asleep.

Post a reply if you've come across any research related to the shaking, because I think its more than a "bad aura" as Dude Slayer has mentioned. Malibu Queen, you should Wikipedia "aura" - its interesting to look through the explanations and links, but I still don't think it coincides with the our symptoms.

Cheers.

I found this thread while googling for reasons why my bed is shaking at night.
I am SO relieved that I'm not the only one.

My bed shakes EVERY night, and it's been doing that for about a year. The sensation is like if someone is standing at the end of the bed (it's mostly centered around my feet and lower legs) pushing the mattress up and down (or if you like, it feels like someone is having sex or masturbating on my bed). Once in a while it also feels like someone SITS DOWN on my bed.

At first it was incredibly scary, and I know this is going to sound strange but I thought I had a ghost-problem. I got out of bed in the middle of the night and did a series of cleansings, but it didn't stop.

I don't know if my bed is actually shaking, or if I just THINK it's shaking. I've tried to hold my legs still, I've focused all my attention on my legs to see if I'm having muscle spasms or anything like that; but my legs remain perfectly still, all while the bed keeps shaking.
The shaking is mostly in the lower region of the bed, so my legs and sometimes my pelvis-area is affected - but never my chest, arms or head.
It's also really fast, too fast for it to just be my heart or muscle spasms. It's very gentle, it's not a violent shaking. It's more of a wavy sensation than direct shaking, and some times it is actually really soothing - like being rocked back and forth in a cradle.

It happens every night, and I'm 100% awake during it. It starts shaking about 30 seconds after I've gotten into bed, when I start relaxing, so I know that I'm not dreaming.

It is really scary.

I've only been able to find this topic on this health forum. About 50% of the time my bed vibrate lightly - or shimmies - and I know it's not me. Also, I don't drink, I don't take any drugs and I live on the coast of Virginia. If it were a rare occurance I could possibly put it down to the military doing something. But there is absolutely nothing nearby, the house doesn't vibrate, just my bed.

I've also heard whistling in my bedroom, and other unexplainable sounds (like dishes crashing) in my old house, but don't know if there is any connection.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

This has happened to me as well. I think that you are in some weird sleep state when this happens and you think you are totally awake but you are not.

I discovered something, if I bend my knees to certain angles - my legs shake furiously! I couldn't locate the exact muscle, but I think it's the one that you can see sticking out on your inner thigh.

So, lay down on the floor, bend your knees and see what happens. If it starts shaking, well.. there's your answer.
(yes you can imagine what I was doing when I discovered this)

this has happened to me and my wife, alot. the first time it happened I woke her up to ask if she felt the shaking, she did. I think it is the result of our body heat heating the coils of the mattress and creating some kind of radiating effect, I know its not spirits because we don't feel any sensation of presence or evil or anything just a vibration in the mattress, it all started when we got a new pillow top mattress, my old mattress was old and the springs were shot and this never happened so I think it is the coils in the mattress not a ghost...

I have actually had the same thing happening to me for about a year now. It seems to happen in irregular patterns, but when it happens I'm always just laying down to go to sleep. My bed starts to rock back and forth or shake. It's not a really hard shaking though, and I don't know if anyone would really notice it unless they were lying very still. At first I thought it was my heart beating, making my body shake but I know my heart beat can't be THAT strong. I have experienced what they call "sleep paralysis" before (quite a few times actually), where I felt as though someone was sitting down on my bed right next to my body and whispering in my ear, and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't open my eyes. It's a terrifying experience, but luckily it doesn't happen too often anymore. But I definitely wonder about the bed shaking...

i went to see a psychic/medium 3 days ago. she told me (without me even mentioning it) that it is not the bed shaking, it is infact me. she explained that i am infact very psychic and that "spirits" are preparing me, wotever that means, and i would experience paralysis from the neck down but shouldnt be afraid of it.
ive always felt like my bed is slightly vibrating wen im very tired or have woken before, feeling like the bed is actually shaking, even put my hand on the mattress and can feel it moving. maybe we are all a little psychic....

this has happened to me on quite a few occassions. starting to FREAK ME OUT. my whole body shakes but not {if you know what i mean} my wife lying beside me doesnt feel any of these vibrations. can anyone tell me what is causing this. serious replies please. im in northern ireland so there is no danger of earth tremors

i havent experienced it since i was about 12-13 yrs old but after a recent TAPS episode and mentioning the vibrating bed i decided to do a google search to see if anyone else had experienced it. When i wass younger i was freaked out initially but later chalked it up as my mother possibly doing the laundry before bed(spin cycle). But now as i think about it...why would she be doing laundry so late at night. One particular time i vividly remember seeing the easter bunny(like the one at the malls) hoping slowly down the hallway and i wasnt joyful...i was scared to the point of being mute. trying to yell but nothing comes out. frozen in my bed. cant move, cant speak, just stare in absolute fear. all of this preceded by a constant shaking of my bed...which is what origionally woke me up.

I have had that too both of them but at different times... I was lying there with my eyes closed and all of a sudden I felt restricted like I couldn't move and I felt like someone was in there trying to scare me and I would try to open my eyes but I couldn't it was very difficult then finally when I was able to open them I broke out in a deep sweat yes it is very terrifying... Happened a few times but when Moved out of the house I was in it stopped.. Now I'm
getting the shaking bed and it spins me out because I never thought too look up on the net about either of them . It was actually by chance I found this post I was looking up something completely different... So does anyone know wat it is yet? My mum was a spiritual lady maybe some of you are right with the whole psychic thing I dunno .. Another thing I always get is as I lie in bed it suddenly feels like I'm floating and there's nothing around me it's not a good feeling I can never gather where I am and I have to grip on my pilow or touch my boyfriend to stop the spinning and feel stable meanwhile I'm really lying dead still it feels sorta like I'm falling into another universe. Anyone get this ??? Hails fx

it happened to me last night i was about 5 mins into it know cos i went to sleep at around 12, and i woko up at around 12:12 or something, and when i woke up the bed was shaking at first i wasnt scared, i thought it was an earthquake, my cellphone was next to me and so i texted my mom and my gf to ask if theres a earthquake but it was only the bed that was moving, cos when i touched the floor, the floor wasnt moving or anything even things arent falling, so when the shaking stopped i stood up and called up my mom to ask if theres was an earthquake she said no, so that night i googled it too see if there was an earthquake or something i put in "my bed is shaking" and all these things about ghost popped out, freaked me out so much got in the car and slept at my moms house, this isnt the first time it happened but this time, i was really aware of everything feeling everything around me too, so i knew i wasnt dreaming and stuff, can anyone tell me whats happening?

This has been happening to me as well. I thought that I had lost it...I originally thought it was the farmers and maybe some farm equipment that they run...it doesn't happen all the time though...and the bed feels as if it is vibrating....I too have a pillowtop mattress...the bed is less than a two years old. I just need this to stop...the waking up is causing me migraines and I am so tired.

In these cases, no matter what religion you are, I think it is important that you go to your phone book and call in a Catholic priest for an exorcism. They are the only ones who have this rite of ceremony. I would do it the first time it happened.

If it is medical only, then it would do no harm. If it is because of the spiritual realm, then it would solve the situation.

Good luck.

It's the Illuminati Lizard People. They send the Little Grays to shake Earthlings' beds.

No, seriously what is going on is *Hypnic jerk*. Do you ever wake up suddenly to a falling sensation and a strong muscle twitch just after you have fallen asleep or feel your bed was shaking?

These strange sensations and muscle twitches are known as a hypnagogic myoclonic twitch or *Hypnic jerk* If this has happened to you on more than one occasion, do not worry, you are not alone. Close to 70 percent of all people experience this phenomenon just after nodding off, according to a recent study at the Mayo Clinic.

Most experts agree that this is a natural part of the sleeping process, much like slower breathing and a reduced heartbeat. The occurance is well known and has been well documented. However, experts are still not completely sure why the body does this.

The general consensus among researchers is that, as your muscles begin to slack and go into a restful state just as you are falling asleep; your brain senses these relaxation signals and misinterprets them, thinking you are falling down. The brain then sends signals to the muscles in your arms and legs in an attempt to jerk you back upright. This misinterpretation that takes place in your brain may also be responsible for the *falling* dreams that accompany the falling sensation or the feeling that your bed is shaking. These *dreams* are not really normal dreams, as they are not produced from R.E.M sleep, but rather more like a daydream or hallucination in response to the bodys sensations.

While this phenomenon happens to most everyone, studies have recently begun to link occurrences of *Hypnic jerks* to sleep anxiety, fatigue, and discomfort. People who are having trouble sleeping or cannot get comfortable in bed appear to experience the sensation more often throughout the night. It is especially more common with people who are trying to fight falling asleep or have deprived themselves of sleep for more than 24 hours.

Researchers believe that the lack of sleep from sleep anxiety or sleep deprivation confuses the muscles and the brain. The muscles continually attempt to relax and shut down for rest, while your brain remains awake creating continued *misinterpretations* of falling or loss of balance which causes the body to jerk and shake the bed.

Scientists and researchers continue to study sleep twitching and jerking in a small capacity, but state that the sensation is completely normal for our bodies and is *of little medical significance*. Our bodies go through several procedures of shutting down and preparing for an extended period of rest. *Hypnic jerking* is just one of them. It does not appear to cause damage to the body and poses no danger to our physical well being.

ta muchly for your info greatly appreciated.at least i know its not the funny little people coming to take me away nor do i need an exorcism performed. cheers i might be able to get some sleep and rest easy. I KNOW IM NOT ALONE.........

You missed something: Mitford comments that these people are asleep when this Hynic jerk. The shaking bed occurrs when the person in the bed is awake. Just a thought.

no he said as you are falling asleep, your head might not be asleep but your body shuts downs which sends sensations that can be misinterpreted by the brain as falling or bedshaking..