When you lay down to sleep at night, do you sometimes involuntarily jolt for a second?!


Question: When you lay down to sleep at night, do you sometimes involuntarily jolt for a second.?
It's like being electrocuted or something, it's weird, I've always wondered what it is.?Health Question & Answer


Answers:
the sudden feeling of falling.?, thats believed to be caused by our natural instinct from when we slept in trees and so when we did happen to slip or fall we would immediatley wake to grab something. It happens to everyone at sometime.Health Question & Answer

yes, that is normal, sometimes the body gets out of sink and thinks you need to wake up when you are falling asleep, don't remember the exact definition but it's normal to happen occasionallyHealth Question & Answer

Its called a hypnic jerk

heres a link with info

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-hypnic...Health Question & Answer

yah i do sometimes. i know its weird but it happens to me often and im still functinong properly so i wouldnt worry at allHealth Question & Answer

its normal, sometimes it happens to me.Health Question & Answer



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