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Any night I really needed the sleep (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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.

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/hypnic-jerks

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Super interesting, thanks for sharing that link!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the addition! It didn't know the technical term.