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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. Myoclonus - Wikipedia

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    The muscle jerks consist of symmetric, mostly generalized jerks, localized in the arms and in the shoulders and also simultaneously with a head nod; both the arms may fling out together and simultaneously a head nod may occur. Symptoms have some variability amongst subjects. Sometimes the entire body may jerk, just like a startle response. As ...

  4. Rhythmic movement disorder - Wikipedia

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    Rhythmic movement disorder (RMD) is a neurological disorder characterized by repetitive movements of large muscle groups immediately before and during sleep often involving the head and neck. It was independently described first in 1905 by Zappert as jactatio capitis nocturna and by Cruchet as rhythmie du sommeil . [ 1 ]

  5. Frisson - Wikipedia

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    Piloerection (goose bumps), the physical part of frisson. Frisson (UK: / ˈ f r iː s ɒ n / FREE-son, US: / f r iː ˈ s oʊ n / free-SOHN [1] [2] French:; French for "shiver"), also known as aesthetic chills or psychogenic shivers, is a psychophysiological response to rewarding stimuli (including music, films, stories, people, photos, and rituals [3]) that often induces a pleasurable or ...

  6. 50 Times People Acted Like Shameless Jerks Because They ... - AOL

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    "My house, my rules," we often say when someone questions our private life. However, certain people extend this approach to the public domain as well, acting like they're above the rest of us.

  7. Pseudobulbar affect - Wikipedia

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    Pseudobulbar affect (PBA), or emotional incontinence, is a type of neurological disorder characterized by uncontrollable episodes of crying or laughing.PBA occurs secondary to a neurologic disorder or brain injury.

  8. 62 Sad And Depressing Movie Endings That Hit Hard - AOL

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    Idk why but the part that messed with my head the most in that movie is when she walked in on him jerking off an he just jerked off even harder. So f**ked up an gross an weird.

  9. Stimming - Wikipedia

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    People diagnosed with sensory processing disorder are also known to potentially exhibit more stimming behaviors. [ 4 ] Stimming has been interpreted as a protective response to overstimulation , in which people calm themselves by blocking less predictable environmental stimuli, to which they have a heightened sensitivity .