Poll: Preferred position for falling asleep

[Harlemura]

Usually my left side if I can. If I sleep on my right,I'm facing away from my window and towards the wall, meaning there's no light in my face when I wake up, meaning I usually go back to sleep.
Although it's been so dark in the mornings recently it doesn't make much difference.

 

[Soxafloppin]

I sleep in the recovery position, facing my left.

 

[Numachuka]

I sleep in the recovery position, facing my left.

I sleep exactly like you. It keeps my feeties warm

 

[BENZOOKA]

? I wouldn't want to sleep in a question mark -position. That would mean I was sleeping with my chopped up foot or another body part. I prefer staying in one piece. I don't like the manga/anime though.

Extremely rarely on my back. As a kid I used to always at least begin the sleeping process laying on my stomach before I got really sleepy. Then I'd usually switch to sleeping on a side, maybe switch sides a couple times and then fall asleep.

Nowadays, usually on my side, perhaps the left one more so. Sometimes still on my stomach too. Usually when I wake up laying on my stomach I have my hands straight up (not in the air obviously). They often get numb. There are few more slightly annoying and at the same time hilarious situations as waking up with both hands completely numb and then trying to turn off the alarm, waving too dead hands around.

I always have my hands at least on chest level or higher.

 

[dragonslayer32]

I fall asleep face down in my pillows. I am constantly waking up because I can't breathe but it is the most comfortable position.

 

[EeveeElectro]

I sleep in the recovery position, facing my left.

Same as me! I call it sleeping like the letter 'h'

 

[PurplePlatypus]

Either one of my sides. When I go on my right side my arm is underneath me, on my left I either put my hand under my head or the pillow. Sleeping on my back is the most uncomfortable, painful really after a while. Once I?m asleep I don?t move about much if at all.

 

[OptimisticPessimist]

I have a futon that I'm too bloody big for, so I sleep spread out with one leg thrown over the side and the other cocked up over the back.

 

[Doclector]

I sleep kinda oddly. I put my arms between the two pillows I use, cross them, and curl up the rest of my body, effectively laying on my arms. Strangely, even if I do wake up like this, I hardly ever end up with "dead" arms. If I had to describe it, I'd say it's about the closest a human can be to sleeping like a dog.

 

[shadyh8er]

Right side mostly, but occasionally I'll go over on the left side to avert my gaze from my alarm clock.

 

[GodofDisaster]

I sleep on my side with my back facing the wall.

Or if there is no wall for my back to face, I sleep on my back.

 

[C95J]

Being the exiting person I am I like to mix it up a bit, but usually it is curled up like a question mark.

 

[SimuLord]

Those who have shared a bed with me report that although I start out on my right side and seemingly relaxed, after I've been asleep for awhile I tend to curl up into the question mark/fetal position and twitch. Post-traumatic stress disorder's not good for you.

Those same people report that when they snuggle up to and hold me (because let's face it, when a girl sees her boyfriend or husband in that kind of position, she's gonna worry about him, right ladies?), I tend to relax completely and melt.

Moral of the story: Sleeping alone sucks.

 

[GeorgW]

Either side. I turn some before falling asleep, so I'm not really sure which is the most often. I'm leaning towards right.

 

[Phoenix09215]

I start by lying on my belly, head turned to the right. Then I roll on to my back and thats when I normally fall asleep... I then wake up the following morning curled up like a question mark :3

 

[WolfThomas]

I too have heard many pseudoscience reasons for different positions. I generally start perfectedly straight on my back, becasue I have a bad back and this is most comfortable. But once I fall asleep I slowly assume the fetal position and every couple of hours roll to my other side.

 

[Icarion (aka Stockholm)]

I fall asleep on my stomach and then end up hurting my neck. But by god is it good sleep.

 

[Jamieson 90]

Usually on my belly with my arms on the pillow, called the skydiver position I think. Always end up with dead arms in the morning though. Sometimes sleep on my back as well. I think it depends on how tired I' am when I get in bed. If I'm really tired i will just go to sleep on my back. Never been able to sleep on my right/left side feels so uncomfortable.

 

[JohnnyB.Morbid]

Sleeping on your belly is bad for your back. When I sleepover with my friend. She is always flipping over back to side to front to back etc. It doesn't matter how you fall asleep more how you actually sleep after the lights are out (mentally).

For myself I sleep on my back, but when I slept in my old room with my bed up against the wall on the righthand side, I always fell asleep on my side facing away from the wall, however in my new room with my bed not up against a wall I always fall asleep on my back, afaik I'm kinda asleep at the time.