Is it normal to twitch in a dream?

Sleep - this is an interesting process, full of mysteries, many of which still could not be solved even by scientists dealing with this particular physiological phenomenon. Someone is interested in the interpretation of dreams he saw, someone - the importance of the situation in which he sleeps, and we today have to find out why, when we sleep, our hands or feet spontaneously come into motion. Interest Ask? Let's find out what it can be.

Surely, everyone in life had such situations when you fell asleep in public transport or at a lecture at the institute, at home in your favorite bed, and there was a pleasant feeling of relaxation. Then suddenly the muscles of your body contracted, and this led to awakening. The opinion of some: if it happens to twitch in a dream, these are the consequences of nervous overloads; Others argue that this is simply the result of lack of sleep.

Because of what is this happening to us, why do they jerk in a dream? There are many different opinions about this. Let's find out some of them.

Such a strange reaction of our body depends on the peculiarities of breathing. As far as we know, there are several phases of sleep. In the first, the respiratory process proceeds much slower than usual, and the brain takes this state as a process of death, because the brain can not distinguish between the onset of death and the state of sleep. As a result, the brain sends commands to our body for protection and our limbs are drastically reduced so that the brain goes from sleep. Anyone who needs much more time to fall asleep than others who "turn off" instantly can wiggle in a dream.

Because of what else can you twitch in a dream? Because the brain activity during sleep does not differ from its waking state. The body in such cases is most often paralyzed, although there are exceptions to the rules, when the so-called "sleepwalker" leads his secret night life. Sometimes during sleep, the brain perceives the position of the body as having lost its balance, in this unstable position, the defensive reaction works, and our body tries to maintain stability. We are suddenly awakened, we understand that everything is in order, then muscle activity, panic stops.

The simplest explanation is that we can jerk in a dream because of the body's calmness before going to sleep, dropping excess tension from the muscles of our body. All this prevents full rest, and the brain makes it possible to get rid of unnecessary overload, relax.

Another opinion: during sleep, a person can change the concentration of such necessary and useful substances for our body as potassium and calcium. This leads to such an involuntary contraction of muscles.

Twitching in a dream is explained by the fact that when we fall asleep our brain gives an order to the muscles - to relax, but because the reaction occurs with a little delay, the muscles develop a so-called hypertonia, which leads to uncontrolled twitching of our limbs.

Also, if your body lacks magnesium, expect: in a dream, you will also have to experience unexpected muscle contractions.

The child twitches in a dream because of the fact that his body is growing rapidly and forming, and the muscles continue their active life even in a dream.

In ancient times, it was believed that sleep is a state of a smooth transition from life to death, and these very twitches were of particular importance - the touch of the devil's hand wanting to take you to his sinful world. Since those pagan times, science has learned a lot about man, about the features of his body, including, and about twitching when falling asleep.

In general, this phenomenon is completely harmless and should not cause discomfort to you and your loved ones. Sleep on health, and the problem is whether you are dreaming or not - do not worry at all.