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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk
by 0xcde4c3db 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnic_jerk
- kqr 9y agoI have always mentally separated what I described in my first comment from what I have come to associate with the term hypnic jerk. The first is more of a mental, physically still thing. The other is, for me, a sudden motion of a large body part, usually linked to dreaming about falling off something. More importantly, the latter is emotionally neutral. I wake up going "oh, I didn't really fall. It was just a dream." When the former happens, it is very emotionally uncomfortable. It's a feeling of pure dread, but sort of wrapped in cotton.
- 0xcde4c3db 9y agoIt's not a terribly precise term, to be sure. The physical jerk and anxiety aspect are often lumped together.