If Your Body Suddenly Jerks While You Are Falling Asleep, This Is What It Means
Our bodies are very interesting things. They can actually inform us when
something is not right. One of the things that our body does is twitching
before you fall asleep. If this has been happening to you we want to tell you
not to panic, you are not the only one. Sometimes, after a long day, you are
in your bed and ready to sleep. However, there is a sudden interruption by
twitching and this makes you wonder what could be wrong. Just continue
reading.
THE HYPNIC TWITCH BEFORE FALLING ASLEEP
According to scientists, this is known as the hypnic twitch and it
resembles a feeling or falling thus making your bodytwitch. Some scientists
believe that it might be the consumption of caffeine before bed or certain
medications like Adderal and Ritalin. However, this also goes for people who
are very exhausted and who finally go to sleep, but too fast. This is due to
the fact that the brain cannot keep up with the sleep phases.
One
hypothesis says that this happens because you are starting to dream but you
are not fully asleep and this is a symptoms of both of these things
fighting.
Another evolutionary hypothesis claims that this happens
because this was the body’s way to wake up our ancestors before they fell out
of the trees.
Namely, when your brain is confused, it will restart
and you will wake up with a burst of chemicals. This is however not dangerous
for your health, but it is still not a very good feeling. There are still also
those opinions that twitches are connected to early onsets of Parkinson’s
disease or Alzheimer’s, brain injury or nerve damage. But this is if it is too
serious.
If you are really interested in this topic and you want to
research you can check out the video below!
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