It's your brain being confused. It hasn't gone to sleep yet but your muscles have. So the brain is like: yo leg, you dead? And fucking jolts it. Then he's like "woah no need to freak out. kk we good, we're going to sleep btw". And then you sleep.

[–] Nitrate55@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I love this explanation so much lol

[–] miz_nocturnal@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

And then directly into sleep paralysis

[–] Tenshi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is like ELI5 but better. I just can't put my finger on why

[–] Reoru@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's relatable and told in a humorous way, it kinda feels like a nice relative telling you a story as a kid