Why Your Body Jolts Before Falling Asleep 🧠💤

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Why does my boyfriend's body twitch right before I fall asleep? That sudden twitch is called a hypnic jerk.

[00:00:06]>> [music] >> It feels like my legs just jumped on their own. As your body relaxes, your brain can misread it as falling and trigger a [screaming] quick muscle jerk.