To add onto CitizenKong’s comment, the scientific name is hypnagogic jerk, shorthand hypnic jerk, and it’s exactly what they said, the body shutting down the external neural responses that control your body.
Super interesting, thanks for sharing that link!
Thanks for the addition! It didn’t know the technical term.
Anyone know what that shit actually is? Is it just the body doing some ‘Alert Systems Routine Check’ or something?
So, your brain is basically shutting down the nervous system of your body’s musculature. This prevents you from moving around in your dreams. Otherwise everybody would be sleepwalking, it doesn’t work right for people that are suffering from that. That’s also where dreams of flying or falling come from as well as sleep paralysis, which is basically your brain shutting down your body while you’re still conscious. Just before your body is shut down, the electric pathways of the nervous system of your musculature are discharged, which can manifest itself as a jolt through your body, ironically waking you up again.
That sounds fancy but I don’t know if I believe you
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It’s got to do with a poor sleep routine mixed with the stress and caffeine that it often comes with.
Cut out caffeine three hours before bed, don’t eat too soon before bed, try get into a regular sleep and wake up routine and try get at least 6 hours minimum. And don’t go to bed with your phone in your face!
Even more than 3 hours. Half life of caffeine is 6 hours in the body
I believe this is what it is. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk
I had surgery recently that put me on opioids to help with pain management and this happened to me constantly for the whole week I was on them. Shit sucks.
My cat has this shit happen too sometimes. When he’s in my lap loool
The other night, for me, it was getting shocked while repairing equipment. Touched the same damn place twice
Haven’t had that in decades. I miss it as it was a sure sign that I was to fall asleep within a second.
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Fuvk that shit. Being awake with horror and a running heart, in a sweat, having your hands and feet bang the bed like you did indeed fell. It’s so uncomfortable.
