{"id":2717,"date":"2025-01-11T21:12:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T21:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2025-01-11T21:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T21:12:47","slug":"if-your-body-suddenly-jerks-while-youre-falling-asleep-this-is-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=2717","title":{"rendered":"If Your Body Suddenly Jerks While You\u2019re Falling Asleep, This Is What It Means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drained and exhausted, you are finally in bed sinking into what will be a deep sleep, when your body starts \u2018falling\u2019 and it suddenly jerks to stop that \u2018fall\u2019. You will of course wake up immediately and wonder where it came from.<\/p><div class=\"gzrvt69fefc3e61cad\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.gzrvt69fefc3e61cad {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.gzrvt69fefc3e61cad {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.gzrvt69fefc3e61cad {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.gzrvt69fefc3e61cad {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.gzrvt69fefc3e61cad {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>If this has happened to you at least once, you are not alone. In fact, up to 70% of people experience this phenomenon, also known as hypnic jerks (or sleep starts). Nobody really knows what causes these sudden jerks for sure.<\/p>\n<p>Although a solid explanation for how and why hypnic jerks happen hasn\u2019t been offered, there are two theories that suggest some reasons for this. One states that the hypnic jerks happen as a result of the natural downshifting of the nervous system as you\u2019re falling asleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drained and exhausted, you are finally in bed sinking into what will be a deep sleep, when your body starts \u2018falling\u2019 and it suddenly jerks to stop that \u2018fall\u2019. You will of course wake up immediately and wonder where it came from. If this has happened to you at least once, you are not alone&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>If Your Body Suddenly Jerks While You\u2019re Falling Asleep, This Is What It Means - VM News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=2717\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"If Your Body Suddenly Jerks While You\u2019re Falling Asleep, This Is What It Means - VM News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Drained and exhausted, you are finally in bed sinking into what will be a deep sleep, when your body starts \u2018falling\u2019 and it suddenly jerks to stop that \u2018fall\u2019. 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