eli5: What is actually happening when a body part “falls asleep”?

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I think pretty much everyone has experienced the pins and needles feeling, but what is actually happening to cause this feeling? And what determines how long it will take for the “effects” to subside?

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Your nerves are getting pinched and send random signals, kinda like static on a radio, that why it feels like a tingling

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