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  2. Hypnagogia - Wikipedia

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    For example, Robert Stickgold recounts having experienced the touch of rocks while falling asleep after mountain climbing. [6] This can also occur to people who have travelled on a small boat in rough seas or have been swimming through waves, shortly before going to bed, and they feel the waves as they drift to sleep, or people who have spent ...

  3. Exploding head syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Exploding head syndrome (EHS) is an abnormal sensory perception during sleep in which a person experiences auditory hallucinations that are loud and of short duration when falling asleep or waking up. [2] [4] The noise may be frightening, typically occurs only occasionally, and is not a serious health concern. [2]

  4. 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.

  5. Sleepwalking: what causes walking in your sleep and how does ...

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    Sleepwalking is a sleep disorder, or parasomnia, that happens during the deep part of nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep — usually within a couple of hours after falling asleep.

  6. Falling (sensation) - Wikipedia

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    Hypnic jerk, also called hypnagogic jerk, is a normal reaction that can be caused by anxiety, caffeine, a dream, or discomfort of sleeping. A hypnic jerk is the feeling triggered by a sudden muscle twitch, causing the feeling of falling while sleeping or dreaming. Hypnic jerks typically occur moments before the first stage of sleep. [2]

  7. Sleep paralysis - Wikipedia

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    Sleep paralysis is a state, during waking up or falling asleep, in which a person is conscious but in a complete state of full-body paralysis. [1] [2] During an episode, the person may hallucinate (hear, feel, or see things that are not there), which often results in fear. [1] [3] Episodes generally last no more than a few minutes. [2]

  8. 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.

  9. 9 Weird Symptoms Cardiologists Say You Should Never Ignore

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    With that in mind, we asked cardiologists to share the weird symptoms that patients often brush off—but which could actually signal a serious heart problem. A sinking feeling in your chest