Medically reviewed by Arno Kroner, DAOM Key Takeaways Hypnic jerks are common, sudden muscle twitches that happen when you fall asleep.Stress, anxiety, and fatigue can increase the chances of ...

You’re a real jerk if you do this in bed — literally. A Maryland doctor is sharing why people often twitch or experience the sensation that they’re falling just before they fall asleep. Taking to ...

Your thoughts begin to gently drift off the plane of reality and you’re about to transition from that dreamy state to complete sleep. Then — suddenly — a part of your body twitches and you’re ...

You’re finally drifting off to sleep… your breathing slows, your muscles relax, and then suddenly, your whole body jerks awake. For a split second, it feels like you’ve fallen or tripped, and your ...

A doctor has explained the reason why you suddenly jerk when falling asleep - and how you can stop it from happening. Taking to TikTok, Doctor Youn aka @doctoryoun shared with his almost nine million ...

An doctor has explained the reason why your body can involuntarily jerk while sleeping. Dr Joe Whittington, an emergency medicine physician and social media influencer, shared a video detailing why it ...

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Have you ever jumped just as you were about to fall asleep, with the sudden sensation of falling into a void? This phenomenon, although surprising, is actually very common and has a name: hypnic jerk.

You're drifting off to sleep, inching ever closer toward dreamland, when all of a sudden you sense danger. You feel yourself falling, try to catch yourself, and jerk abruptly awake. What's going on?

You get into bed, fall fully asleep (or so you think) and you suddenly feel like you're falling. You jump and BOOM, you're awake, startled and can't fall back asleep. If that happens to you, you're ...

Sign up for CNN’s Sleep, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide has helpful hints to achieve better sleep. Ever drift off to sleep and suddenly feel ...

If you’re an avid reader of On Air Next, you’ll remember “Hypnic Jerks” by The Spirit of the Beehive. We love this record so much here at 1190 that we’re making it October’s CD of the Month. The band ...