is it really best to sleep on your back? I was told not to do this in case you puke up in your sleep and choke to death like Jimi Hendrix, but I'm not planning on drinking or taking drugs
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is it really best to sleep on your back? I was told not to do this in case you puke up in your sleep and choke to death like Jimi Hendrix, but I'm not planning on drinking or taking drugs
I think on your back is best
this is the most effective tactical position. cant risk turning your back to a potential intruder.
no, the most tactical is pilgrim style (half-sitting)
Sleeping on my back triggers my sleep paralysis, so fuck no.
Thought I was the only one. Shit sucks man
This and sleep apnea. Side sleeping is based. Specifically on the left side.
I only ever get sleep paralysis if I sleep more than 8 hours. My number one motivator to not sleep in during weekends
i like sleep paralysis or whatever the fuck I think sleep paralysis is. I can feel I'm that I'm paralyzed but I'm not concious then when I actually wake up it feels good that i'm alive. Just like how I like nightmares because of the feeling afterwards
anyone else?
Same, my own brain starts spawning scary scenarios to forcefully wake me up with sleep paralysis, I can bullshit my way out of it by switching scenarios before the trigger (a jumpscare, can be anything I just have to get out QUICKLY) then keep dreaming peacefully until the next scary part. This has become my alarm clock for the past years. No idea if being too aware in my own dreams affects my recovery I can slip out and wake up anytime. Am I even sleeping???
I like sleep paralysis, i can astral project.
oh shit there is someone else. glad to know others with my same feelings
Whenever I sleep on my side I wake up halfway through the night extremely uncomfortable and with a numb arm
Same it fucking sucks cause I slept like that my whole life, then since I started lifting I can't sleep with shoulders above my head / elbows bent or I wake up with numb hands.
I spend all night changing from every position until I fall asleep, gotta mix it up and confuse the body
Mimi Hendrix was killed by his garden gnome manager because he wasn’t going to follow orders
It takes me forever to fall asleep on back
>sleep on stomach
>spine gets fucked
>sleep on side
>spine gets fucked
>sleep on back
>get sleep paralysis
fuck this gay earth
>sleep on back
>get sleep paralysis
brb trying
>sleep paralysis
I used to have that problem but I figured it out. When you're experiencing sleep paralysis you think you're awake, but you're not. You're in a weird in-between state where you're still asleep but aware of your surroundings which is why you can't move. After noticing this I started telling myself "you can't move because you're still asleep. Wake up if you want to move " and then I wake up. Haven't had issues since.
Yeah whenever I get it I just look into the tall grey's pitch black eyes and tell it, "you're not real". I still wake up with a sore bottom though.
Strange.
you are awake, your major muscles are not though. You can move toes and fingers and if you move them enough you wake your muscles completely, it's always a kind of shock feeling
your muscles are paralyzed during sleep so you don't snap your shit chasing dicky in a dream
You're not gonna die
Anyways yes the back is the best, but your mattress sucks. Plush mattresses a. Get saggy in the pelvic region where the most weight generally rests b. Don't allow the muscles to relax, because they support the body, versus the skeleton, on a plush.
I started floormaxxing out of necessity. At first it was terrible but in a week I started waking up with less booboos than a normal mattress. My spine just felt better. Now I have a tatami and futon. Really I could just use the tatami but the futon lets me side sleep if I want to.
After heavy gym days try laying on your back on the floor for a while. Trust it bro
Front sleep is fine
Floor is OK
Ground is better
Get a sleeping bag and sleep in the back garden
Works 100% best sleep I ever had was when I was homeless
Friend, I have had this sleep many a time in the army. Nothing beats good dirt. It is indeed the best sleep ever.
Futon
I have to pitch in and tell you guys that best sleeps I ever had were when I slept on the ground for 7 months in Afghanistan.
No pillow, just a sleeping bag and a thin foam pad.
>thin foam pad
how thin, like a yoga mat or thicker than those?
>Floor is OK
I don't know why but it really works for me. Compared to sleeping on my bed, sleeping on the floor with a thin mattress on feels the most comfortable to me.
>lose weight
>heart and lungs are now cramped against the matrass instead of being slightly elevated
>need to find new sleep position
how is spine "le fucked" from sleeping on stomach? Makes no sense.
if you snore (even slightly) then sleeping on your back is bad
HAMMOCK PILL
I converted to a hammock last year and it's great. Cost me almost nothing too.
i fall asleep best on my back tho i understand it's not terribly healthy. i struggle to fall sleep on my side or front, though if i wake in the middle of the night or early morning, those positions feel natural and great.
I feel best sleeping on my back. I hear it increases your risk of sleep apnea tho. Ive had sleep paralysis several times but I sort of like it in a morbid sense
When I sleep on my back or belly Ι very quickly start to want to piss
So I only sleep on my sides
Anyone dealt with unusual urges to piss at night or sleeping a certain way like mentioned?
Would be cool to know whats up because doctor couldn't find anything even after tests.
is sleeping face down on my belly ok lol
i was always sleeping on my side but started doing this recently and it seems to work well for me
Yes, it is!
Consider deleting your pillow if you are a front sleeper. It is not necessary in this position
When you guys talk about "face down" and "sleeping on your belly" you really mean "face to the side" right?
You retards are not actually suffocating against the matress face down like pic related right?
lulz
Lol are you this guy?
No. I am the pleasureguy/fitmonlee guy though
someone told me this causes belly fat to get worse
yes, some guy did a study of some tribal people and their sleeping positions
none of them slept on their back, either on their sides or belly with the head turned
Sleeping on your back without any pillow is apparently the best way to sleep. I don't do this because I get either sleep paralisys or apnea (and probably snoring too but I don't care about that)
Sleeping on your back causes snoring and apnea
Side sleeping is best
If you have sleep apnea on back is the worst. Otherwise its whatever is comfortable i think.
I was literally just reading about this before I saw this thread seconds ago.
Sleeping on your back is the best because it allows the spine to fall into a neutral position. Side sleeping isn’t horrible but you’re supposedly supposed to have a pillow between your knees, I can’t fall asleep like that.
Sleeping on your stomach is bad for your neck and back.
I’m feeling really lost. I replaced my mattress and it sags everywhere already. Didn’t even last 1/4th as long as my last one. The sagging is just enough to bend my body in a C shape slightly which then causes sleep apnea, and I feel like shit. Side sleeping is hit or miss with this. Stomach is best for me but I don’t feel as good as I once did.
Floor sleeping has been helpful, no sleep apnea or the symptoms even on my back, but now I’m afraid to do it because last time I did it I nearly broke my neck. Dreamed I tried to kill myself to escape whatever zombies or monster was chasing me, and IRL actually did the motion and cranked my head very hard to the side with my arm. I feel so hopeless, I just wanna sleep like I used to. I used to do fine on 6 hours and get up fully awake and energized at 4am no alarms. Zero grogginess past the first 5 minutes. I NEED to get that back and I just don’t know anymore.
I prefer to sleep on my left side but my right side makes my heart rate slowest. I'll sleep on my back if I'm a little congested but I'll snore if I'm a lb over 160
Sleeping on your back is the healthiest for your posture, yeah.
Any straight up retarded stomach sleeping bros in
yeah, i hate it but its the only way i can sleep, I hug a pillow so that my back doesn't arch forward
a guy did a study on monkeys/morons and found out that they all slept on their sides, while basically none of them had any problems with their backs and/or sleep apnea. I mean it kind of makes sense when you consider that no animal on earth voluntarily sleeps on their backs, so there must be something wrong with that.
do you recall the study name?
It was somewhere in this video: https://youtu.be/O8UoAASCUsQ
Maybe ignore the guy's recent stuff which is a bit cringe, but this video convinced me to sleep on my side without pillows and it helped with most of my problems involving neck pain/discomfort and snoring.
Probably best on your back, but risky, some tricky fella could sneak in and drop a turd in your mouth.
i literally cannot sleep on my back. ive tried for hours to fall asleep, i cant do it
sometimes i wake up in the morning after ive been sleeping on one side for many hours and its kinda tired
that feeling when you flip over to your fresh side and fall asleep again
Side sleeper all the way - If its too hot I'll find myself waking up on my back, spread out, but anything else and I'm sides forever. Wonder if its just engrained in me at this point from when I was a kid and had cats, they liked to sleep in the back crook of my knees.
How do you sleep on your side with your cock and balls? Like if I move to my side, I have to put a pillow between my legs, because if they close, my balls get squashed, and you can risk twisting them.
Like people have mentioned, I at times have sleep paralysis, feels like something crawling on my back, and it reaches my head and groans in my ears. I have never seen anything, just feel it, so if I slept on my back, too spoopy for what I might see.
Always get up after an episode, turn on a light, be awake for a few minutes. If you drift right back to sleep it will likely happen again right away. I'm now totally aware of it happening, and you try and wake up, but you have this dreadful massively tired feeling hit you so it's hard.
I first experienced it at the age of 22, spent the rest of the week sleeping with a light on under a cross.
i roll between side and back throughout my sleep so i enjoy the benefits of both
I feel sorry for the third worlders who have no choice but to sleep in heat. Even Texas gets really cold and comfortable to sleep in the night.
I essentially sleep like this, stops me from moving about
How do you sleep with your mouth closed without using tape?
side sleep without pillow is wha humans did naturally worth thousand of years, few thousand years ago, pillows or its alternatives was started to use.
In my opinion best sleep position is side, with small pillow. Technically best would be no pillow, but it would take a lot of time for people to get use to it.
You don’t choke to death from puking while laying on your back unless you’re absurdly drunk or drugged out of your mind retard
I’m considering taking the Marcus Aurelius pill and getting rid of my mattress and sleeping on the floor with a futon or blankets or foam pad. I will also gain a lot more space in my room. Has anyone else done this?
If you cannot sleep you might be feeling stressed, nothing related to position.
I’ve been without a pillow for years. One day I realized that using a pillow was just a habit from childhood or cultural thing. I would always wake up with my head at the lowest corners of the pillow or outside the pillow. Had another realization about soft vs firm mattresses. Then a realization about mattress toppers with washable cover which can be split in half. Then another realization about the duvets. Why use a clingy annoying duvet cover when I can just wash the duvet instead. I stopped using duvet covers. It takes the same amount of time and temperature to wash a duvet cover as it takes to wash the duvet itself. I bought extra duvets in a boxed design to make sure the filling won’t move around from being washed every week. Having extra duvets mean I can swap the duvet whenever it goes below 80% fresh. It’s not tied up to having to wash it the same day. It should also be made of cotton. A drying machine is necessary. Synthetic filling doesn’t have to get super dry, but down/feather must be super dry after being washed or it will eventually rot and smell.
Also for skin health and longevity of your washing machine, use good quality powder in your washing machine and not too much and absolutely no fabric softener ever, that stuff is truly disgusting. Extra rinse is always nice. Swap mattress cover every third day. Also keep a window open in your bedroom and something to block the light if necessary. Only sleep and sex in the bedroom, no internet, just a bed.
Honestly, do whatever is most comfy for you and helps you sleep the best.
If you have a hard mattress, sleeping on your side will put your arm to sleep.
If you have a soft mattress, sleeping on your back may not be so good.
With that being said... for spinal health, you DEFINITELY want a hard mattress.
Sleeping on my back gives me sleep paralysis and night terrors
I noose tie my feet to my cealing with a rope and hang upside down while i sleep.
I saw bats do it and it looked fun so i tried it out and its suprisingly comfy.
where my /nopillow/ chads @?
has anyone here taken the hammock pill?
I live in a small apartment and the bed takes up a lot of space and a hammock seems like a good way to save space
but i don't know if it's worth it
They’re good, and cheap enough to try out to see if you like it or not
>but you can’t bring girls home
Not my problem
Back and side are both fine. You just want to avoid sleeping on your tummy since that puts your neck in a shitty twisted position all night
In my sleep I keep turning on my stomach. I've been trying to stop it for years. The only way I've found is using pillows to tuck myself in to prevent rolling. Is there a better method? My subconscious just hates sleeping on my back I guess.
My sinuses block up whenever I lay down. I haven't had a proper night sleep without decongestants in probably 10 years
Are you sure that’s not blood pressure dude
doc says blood pressure is fine
Why lay down then? Incline your bed and get into a diagonal position
>can never get a full night's sleep because the whole fucking street shakes when a car drives by or someone turns on their engine
why was i born a cityfag bros its not fair i cant take it anymore. Seriously, not a single day in my life here have I gone to sleep and not been woken up before I would have naturally
>why was i born a cityfag
anon what the fuck are you talking about. Why does being born there mean you can't leave