Why do we jolt as we fall asleep?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Have you ever started to fall asleep and then suddenly – whoa! – you jolt awake? What’s up with that? We asked sleep specialist Chris Winter to help us find the answer. Got a question that has you losing sleep? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll pull an all-nighter to find the answer! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um.
0:05.6	Answering those questions that make you go, um, um, um, moment of um comes to you from a moment of um comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Globy, the nightlight.
0:29.6	Um.
0:31.7	Um.
0:33.9	Ah, bedtime.
0:40.6	My favorite part of the day.
0:42.8	You get to listen to your favorite stories,
0:46.2	cuddle up under your favorite fuzzy blanket,
0:49.6	and of course, turn on your one and only B-shaped nightlight.
0:57.9	That's me, Globy. I take my job very seriously. I'm here for you every night, 365 days a year. I make sure that my soft, warm glow
1:06.9	illuminates every corner of your room and helps you feel comfy while you're sleeping.
1:11.8	I spend a lot of time watching you sleep.
1:15.6	I mean, what else am I going to do every night?
1:18.9	Plus, you're so cute with your little snoozy snores.
1:25.0	One thing I've noticed, though, sometimes when you're just about to fall asleep, you jolt awake a
1:31.2	little bit. What's up with that? As your globy nightlight, I should know. My buddy Elias sent in a question
1:38.3	about this too. Some people feel a jolt before they fall asleep, and it's perfectly natural.
1:52.6	It's got a name, we call it hypnic myoclonus.
1:56.6	My name's Chris Winter, and I'm a neurologist or brain doctor and sleep specialist.
2:03.0	Some people call them sleep starts, and it's usually a sign thought of as a sort of rough
2:11.1	transition from wakefulness to sleep.
2:14.7	It's kind of like driving a car and some people have a gear shift.
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