Player slows down every time they are movies?

So I am calling a method attached to my player called "teleport," which simply moves the player to the set location. However, each time my player is teleported, their movement slows. This is the method being called: public void Teleport(float posX, float posY) { this.transform.position = new Vector3(posX, posY, 0);

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and this is the movement logic: float newVelocityX; if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow)) { newVelocityX = -speed; animator.SetInteger("DirectionX", -1); } else if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow)) { newVelocityX = speed; animator.SetInteger("DirectionX", 1); } else { newVelocityX = 0f; animator.SetInteger("DirectionX", 0); } gameObject.GetComponent().velocity = new Vector2(newVelocityX, transform.position.y); if(transform.position.x >= maxPos) { transform.position = new Vector3(maxPos, transform.position.y,0); } if (transform.position.x <= minPos) { transform.position = new Vector3(minPos, transform.position.y,0); } I am probably missing something very, very obvious. Take pity on me.