Happens to nearly all of us. I think they're called hypnic jerks. I've heard plenty of theories as to why we do it. From the frankly ridiculous (because we are "falling" asleep, which is just wordplay) to the potentially interesting (that it's a behaviour left over from being primates who slept in trees who needed a reflex to wake them up rather than fall to their death).
Is it normal to fall "out" of a dream?
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Happens to nearly all of us. I think they're called hypnic jerks. I've heard plenty of theories as to why we do it. From the frankly ridiculous (because we are "falling" asleep, which is just wordplay) to the potentially interesting (that it's a behaviour left over from being primates who slept in trees who needed a reflex to wake them up rather than fall to their death).