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According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine there is a wide range of potential causes, including anxiety, stimulants like caffeine and nicotine, stress and strenuous activities in the evening. It also may be facilitated by fatigue or sleep deprivation. However, most hypnic jerks occur essentially at random in healthy people.
I've always heard it called Angel's Drop. Because my parents were religious and explained it as, "Angels started to carry you away, realized 'Oh shit, wrong time', and set you back down"
And I just think it's funny to imagine Azrael being like, "Oh shit, wrong person." and just fucking dropping you in order to book it to the right place on time.
According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine there is a wide range of potential causes, including anxiety, stimulants like caffeine and nicotine, stress and strenuous activities in the evening. It also may be facilitated by fatigue or sleep deprivation. However, most hypnic jerks occur essentially at random in healthy people.
And I just think it's funny to imagine Azrael being like, "Oh shit, wrong person." and just fucking dropping you in order to book it to the right place on time.