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bobaduk 33 points 3 years ago

It's a hypnic jerk.

They'd no single agreed on cause, but they happen during the transition from wakefulness to sleep.

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Kootta 12 points 3 years ago

You know what's crazy ?

I know folks who don't experience this and think we're crazy for having this happen.

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BeMoreCareful 5 points 3 years ago

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ndr 17 points 3 years ago

It's more nuanced than this but something along the lines of your brain having more "awake" activity than your body, so your brain interprets the lack of response from your muscles as a possible sign that you're falling.

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QuarterSwede 3 points 3 years ago

Oh that’s an interesting theory.

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ndr 6 points 3 years ago

While I’m not an expert on this topic at all, I’m a biologist, and as far as I know there’s no clear, universal answer for that.

I shared that theory because it’s easy to understand and it makes the most sense to me.

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Flesh_Goron 13 points 3 years ago

No Idea why it happens, but there is a name for it! It's called a Hypnic Jerk.

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MiddleWeigh 9 points 3 years ago

Ngl I love when this happens. Sleep paralysis not so much, though luckily I don't get that too much anymore, at all.

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Flipht 9 points 3 years ago

I read something about this and night terrors being more likely when you're asleep on your back. At which point I switched to side sleeping.

No more falling issues, but now my shoulder is jacked up.

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Origen 2 points 3 years ago

I hear that. I used to sleep with my arm under my pillow but my shoulders can't take it anymore.

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Flipht 2 points 3 years ago

I wound up buying a medcline. It's a wedge pillow with a cutout for your arm. Solved that problem for me. The new one is that the body pillow flattens around my head over the course of the night. Not a huge deal, so I'm relatively comfortable now.

I want to go back to a hammock. I never slept better than when I had one bolted in my room.

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EnemyBirds 8 points 3 years ago

Man I used to get this a bunch as a kid. Then it transformed into hallucinations. Not sure which I prefer. Meds have it handled though.

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6368_39162 5 points 3 years ago

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Saturdaycat 3 points 3 years ago

I will raise you one. Sometimes I see lots of colors and patterns right before I sleep or wake in the middle of the night. Like I took some sort of psychedelic

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pleasestopasking 3 points 3 years ago

Hypnagogic hallucinations, completely normal!

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Saturdaycat 4 points 3 years ago

You're right! But once it happened when I was partially off the bed with my head hanging off, so combined with blood rush to my head and a pounding headache! But the patterns were cool at least

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WindInTrees 3 points 3 years ago

I definitely get this. Pretty damn annoying.

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shinnoodles 3 points 3 years ago

Discovering that this is a common occurence is comforting. I thought I was crazy or something.

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s900mhz 1 point 3 years ago

I don’t know what it is, but for me it’s always a loud ass truck horn blaring, it’s crazy

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