But also avoid lying on your back if you snore and you’ll die early if you sleep on your stomach and if you don’t change positions several times a night, there might be something wrong or maybe it’s just your mattress that is too soft or too hard and btw if you ever even catch a glimpse of blue light, you will never ever sleep well at all anyway so there’s no point in anything in any case.
Don't forget to turn purple and remove your arms
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Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
socsa@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I legit cannot sleep on my back these days because I will wake myself snoring.
don@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Same. That others can absolutely baffles me.
Zkuld@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes it’s all very serious. Also our ancestors never slept since they didn’t have high-tech mattresses.
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Meanwhile me on my couch 🍤
Venator@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
The best defense against an achy neck or back in the morning is to sleep just like you stand
meanwhile me standing: 🦐
Sparkles@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
I just sleep on the floor rolled up in a giant blanket like a caterpillar in a cocoon. I have no idea why, but it works for me. Mattresses always hurt my back.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
It’s a thing if you have back problems.
Sparkles@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
I honestly did not know this. I alternate between horrible hip and shoulder pain, until I go back to the cocoon.
smh@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I remember asking my dad to cocoon me in blankets as a kid. It was wicked comfy.
Nowadays I’m in a hammock. It’s way more comfy on my hips than a mattress and it gives me that happy cuddled feeling.
Sparkles@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Never thought of a hammock. I’ll put that in my back pocket for when I have more space.
BreadOven@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why do we never play nightcrawlers anymore?
Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
“straight line” the acticle says as its graphic shows a line as straight as Jim Parsons
Triumph@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Bringing my terrible standing posture into sleeping positions sounds brilliant.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 weeks ago
I love how absolutely nothing in these “straight pose” diagrams is ever straight.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Gay pose diagram.
harambe69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I like to cross my arms across my chest, as well. If it’s good enough for vampires and pharaohs, it’s good enough for me. I have scared the shit out of several roommates, though…i
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I’m a side sleeper. Guess I’m doomed.
taiyang@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You and me both; the advice that worked ok for me is a pillow between the legs and proper placement under the head that keeps everything level.
They also suggested we get the softer mattresses, since we want a little extra dip for the shoulders and hips. That advice is a mixed bag, though, as I still get shoulder pain. Might be the cheap foam, though.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I got very lucky and found the perfect mattress for this, it has a softer exterior layer (about 5-6cm of cheapo smartphoam) and something tougher at its core, perfect balance between smushy enough to accommodate an elbow, firm enough to keep things tidy. No-name mattress from an Ikea knock-off, it was a steal.
Struggling with pillows, though… Still haven’t managed to find something which works for me… Plenty of blankets to wrangle with my legs, so there’s that, at least.
flora_explora@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Same, if I lay on straight my back for just a minute my bladder will start to nag me to go to toilet and it doesn’t matter that I’ve just peed a couple of times in the last half an hour…
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Every single time, yes! Every single damned time when I lay on my back, I have to get up and pee within 5 minutes tops… No small bladder, no UT issues, nothin’…
FerretyFever0@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
That looks deeply uncomfortable, but alright.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
How can people sleep on their back without suffocating when they wake up ?
Montagge@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Why would you suffocate? Do you have untreated severe sleep apnea?
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Idk, I just wake up, can’t move (somehow I don’t have the “strength” to do so) and can barely breath
I just assumed it was this way for everyone
Vanth@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Having something under my lower back sounds awful. Head and knees, yes, but back?
blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Maybe if it was a small enough pillow? That picture looks exaggerated. Their ears certainly aren’t what I would call over their shoulders.
Eq0@literature.cafe 2 weeks ago
I used for a bit a tiny pillow under my lower back to ease back pain. It has to be the right size, otherwise it makes it worse
And009@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
Saddam Hussain?
taiyang@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My favorite part of these comments are the number of people coming to the realization they may have sleep apnea, lol
Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Yes, but you sleep best in a confortable and not forced position. Back/neck pain is the result of an forced position which not change in the hours of sleep.
crystaline_porpoise@hexbear.net 2 weeks ago
place your ears over your shoulders
ok
Hackworth@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That’s not what’s meant by “ears over shoulders,” rather they’re over when standing. So in-line with shoulders when laying down, not what’s pictured here. But whether or not you want the neck in flection depends on whether or not there’s been an injury. The kinetic chain isn’t simple.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
This is too hot. Pillow too hot and now you have three pillows and two of them are under the covers.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I just sleep like I’m a freeze frame of the party boy dance on my face
Trill88@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sounds miserable
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
ITT everyone ridiculing what has always been the exact truth for my sleeping.
BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 2 weeks ago
This is why hammocks are the ideal sleep system, even if they may not turn you purple or solve the arm problem.
blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Doesn’t that put your back into a curve? I feel like that would kill my lower back, but maybe I don’t know how to use a hammock properly.
BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 2 weeks ago
It’s a common misconception! You’re supposed to lay at an angle and you end up with just a slight bend.
falseWhite@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I like to sleep on hard floors, like an animal.
Venator@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
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The best defense against an achy neck or back in the morning is to sleep just like you stand, says Ellen Wermter, a nurse practitioner who runs Restorative Sleep Medicine, a sleep clinic in Virginia. When you sleep in a position that follows the natural curvature of your spine, it reduces the possibility of muscle strain.
While lying down, your body should form a straight line from the top of your head to your tailbone. Wermter suggests placing your ears over your shoulders and your shoulders over your hips. Point your chin straight ahead, not tucked into your chest or stretched up toward the sky. Aim for symmetry with your arms for proper circulation.
For more tips on how to minimize body aches in the morning, read our story: n.pr/42mJ64J
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Is this Saddam Hussein
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Yeah OP missed a perfect opportunity
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
It’s not 9/11.