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To add onto CitizenKong's comment, the scientific name is hypnagogic jerk, shorthand hypnic jerk, and it's exactly what they said, the body shutting down the external neural responses that control your body.
https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/hypnic-jerks
Super interesting, thanks for sharing that link!
Thanks for the addition! It didn't know the technical term.