This is why they say to always keep your seatbelt on while in flight.
What I do after take off is take off the belt, loosen it a bit, then put it back on. You really don't notice it with all the slack, but if the plane is about to dive you won't hit your head either.
We had that happen to us on a flight once. The plane started to shake, we all sort of braced ourselves, then the plane dropped. I was able to grab the stewardess' arm as she was headed to the ceiling, and the guy across the asle caught her as she was coming back towards the floor. She ended up with a sprained ankle from where her legs landed on the ceiling. We were told if we wanted any drinks they'd be free but "self service" at that point. We just ended up going back to our seats; nobody wanted to be standing in case it happened again.
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