The Relatable Experience of the Hypnic Jerk
This comic illustrates the common, sudden sensation of falling while drifting off to sleep, often referred to as a hypnic jerk. The visual depicts a person in bed at 2 a.m. being startled awake by their own brain, which mistakenly signals that the body is falling. This involuntary muscle twitch is a frequent occurrence during the transition from wakefulness to sleep, often causing a brief, jarring jolt that leaves the individual wide awake and confused in the middle of the night.
I get this shit too. Is something wrong my brain?
Jerk. Hypnic jerk
I feel left out, I’ve never had that.
Honestly I find it quite soothing and pleasant. I am even able to prelong that feeling.
Falling, lol Try EHS. Instead of the falling feeling, it’s loud bangs and flashes. As loud as a balloon pop sometimes. Quite frequent at the moment. Bit annoying.
Or suddenly my entire body jolts like I was just tazed by a ghost
If you feel that, you are about to fall in a healing, deep sleep. For me, I felt like my legs made 1 last 'spastic' movement. And then I roll over and deep sleep begins.
Back into the body.
Brain was just bug-testing the gravity sensors...
Isn't that when your muscles relax before your brain starts the program to fall asleep?