the first memory I have of jolting out of sleep

[alpacinou]

Hello.

Can I say the memory of "jolting out of sleep"? Or jolting awake?

Do any of these work? If not, what should I say?

The first memory I have of jolting out of sleep goes back to when I was four. I was fast sleeping when the sound of thunder jolted me awake.

 

[tedmc]

The first memory I have of being jolted out of sleep goes back to when I was four.


I was fast [STRIKE]sleeping[/STRIKE] asleep when the sound of thunder awakened me.