Why Does Your Foot Fall Asleep?

Have you ever been sitting criss cross applesauce for so long that your foot falls asleep? It can feel like pins and needles but why does this happen?



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[zoegarza]

anybody else feel like pins and needles also feel like TV screen static all over your foot (or had, leg, etc.)

[thegoldeneagleeye]

Explain why do we hear random high pitch sounds in our ears sometimes

[sammyf]

Brace yourselves, the "My leg fell asleep while watching this" comments are coming.

[cloroxbleach]

When i sit in the toilet playing with the iPad THIS SHIT ALWAYS HAPPENS

[GamingWithEnderWC]

my legs always fall asleep because I stay on the computer 8/9 hours lel

[thegoldeneagleeye]

Explain why we hear high pitch sounds in our ears sometimes

[TheKRTwins]

whenever it's like dead silent I hear a high pitched sound. do I need help. I hope I don't 😯 get kinda scared of the doctor

[clarissacarrillo]

it always happens to me when i'm taking a shit 😒

[Supheus]

if my leg falls asleep i touch metal and it goes away discovered a new superpower! XD

[mccnshyyne]

Watching this makes me feel really weird in my feet and

[ishaancariappa]

But I think that pins and needles feels good ( don't judge me)

[judzos]

As a kid, my parents always told me there were invisible ants on my leg (lots), and I would be like

[madmaddie]

Whenever my foot falls asleep I always tell people that it feels tingly and I kinda like the feeling.

[veryfancysavior]

Is it normal that my arm falls asleep for no reason and it takes a long ass time to wake it?

I'm srsly scared :(

[nataliacortezyt]

once my foot fell asleep (both) then when (btw I was in class) I got up I fell face first most people laughed and some said are you ok. worst moment in class😂😂😂😂

[legendaryp]

whenever a pary of my body falls asleep. i find a cold surface. it removes the feeling of pins and needles for me

[paiged]

I always have to shake my foot so weirdly. It looks like I'm dancing.

[XanderHowell]

When my foot falls asleep it tickles me it dosent hurt 😊

[bnpuppys]

one time, I fell asleep with my arm over my couch, and my arm fell asleep so bad that I couldn't move or feel it and I couldn't find my arm for less than a minute😂😂😂😂😂

[crashfaff]

So fun to slap hard when you got pins and needles