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2. Hypnic jerk - Wikipedia

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   A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, sleep twitch, myoclonic jerk, or night start is a brief and sudden involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body which occurs when a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing the person to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment.

3. Too anxious to fall asleep? Try these 4 tips - AOL

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   After all, he tells Fortune, sleep anxiety is quite common among many people and often stems from various factors like past sleep issues; poor sleeping habits, like an irregular schedule or screen ...

4. Hypnagogia - Wikipedia

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   Hori et al. regard sleep onset hypnagogia as a state distinct from both wakefulness and sleep with unique electrophysiological, behavioral and subjective characteristics, [10] [12] while Germaine et al. have demonstrated a resemblance between the EEG power spectra of spontaneously occurring hypnagogic images, on the one hand, and those of both ...

5. What Is Somniphobia? What to Do If You Have Sleep Anxiety - AOL

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   Sleep dread may not be an official term, but you can think of it as an offspring of insomnia, says Virginia Runko, PhD, a behavioral sleep medicine specialist and psychologist in Washington, D.C.

6. Diet and lifestyle play a bigger role in causing seizures ...

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   Diet and lifestyle can also play a part. "Very low levels of sodium in the body, extreme sleep deprivation, very low blood sugar or alcohol withdrawal can trigger sporadic seizures," says Shih ...

7. Parasomnia - Wikipedia

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   Sleep walking may involve sitting up and looking awake when the individual is actually asleep, and getting up and walking around, moving items or undressing themselves. They will also be confused when waking up or opening their eyes during sleep. Sleep walking can be associated with sleeptalking. [19]

8. Do you have high-functioning anxiety? Experts explain the signs

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   Anxiety is the enemy of sleep. “Sleep is one of the things that gets impacted. Many people push aside anxiety and anxious thoughts during the day, and then when they try to settle down at night ...

9. Hypnopompia - Wikipedia

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   Hypnopompia (also known as hypnopompic state) is the state of consciousness leading out of sleep, a term coined by the psychical researcher Frederic Myers. Its mirror is the hypnagogic state at sleep onset; though often conflated, the two states are not identical and have a different phenomenological character.