Which direction to you normally sleep in?

[Quazimofo]

Always on the sides. I usually go for whichever side faces the door, so I don't have to roll over every time I wanna check to make sure the door is still closed. If I sleep on my back I get sleep paralysis and if I sleep on my front my stomach ends up hurting for some reason.

I've never understood the way some beds are pushed right into a corner and against a wall. It must make it annoying when it comes time to change the bed sheets.

Not really, you just pull the bed out a tiny bit so you can tuck the covers back in. Plus if you toss and turn a lot, being against the wall stops you from falling out of the bed.

I don't toss and turn much, but I always sleep on my left side with my back against a wall and ideally my head very near to one as well (for pillow support. It's hard to get just enough pillows of the proper thickness to get a comfortable neck angle). Sometimes I sleep on my right side facing the wall, though this is only when my left arm is bothering me.

Because my bed is a bunk-bed (shared with my brother until he left for college, and when he visits for holidays. We still fit it luckily) there is a thick wooden frame leaving a small gap between the mattress and the wall. Because of that I don't even need to pull the bed out to put on a fitted sheet; I just start on that corner and then work from there.

I can barely stand to sleep on beds in the middle of the room. It's to a point I often prefer to put a mattress on the floor and have my back against the bed frame or a wall than sleep on the bed itself. I just feel... off when my back isn't resting against something.

 

[Playful Pony]

I sleep chest down and slightly angled towards wherever my head is facing, but I dont like to put all my weight on my breasts cause that feels uncomfortable so I put a pillow partially under my belly so that it kind of balances out. Then I stick a couple of big pillows under my head, and one last pillow to kind of hug while I'm sleeping.

My bed contains 7 pillows of varying sizes...

I simply cannot fall asleep lying on my back, I have never managed to. If I'm away from home and dont have loads of pillows available I'll usually start almost straight on my side, and then I flop over into my usual chest-down possition as I fall asleep.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

I'm a side-sleeper. I tend to favor side positions. A majority of the time I tend to sleep on my left side, and my husband starts off on his right side. Instead of cuddling in the traditional sense, we'll sometimes fall asleep with our backs pressed against each other. It's actually quite nice. ^_^

 

[Hero of Lime]

To the side, left or right, it does not matter. I can also sleep on my stomach, but only when it is hot enough at night during the Summer where I don't need blankets.

 

[Sonicron]

I toss and turn a fair bit in my sleep, but I have to be on my right side to be able to fall asleep; the day I manage to do otherwise will be the day pigs grow wings and fly.

 

[Yopaz]

I used to sleep face up but then I learn that it's better for your back to sleep at the side so that what I do now. As for which sides I sleep at the most I think that would be my left side since that when my alarm clock is facing at.

Really? I've been trying to sleep on my back to due back pains... I guess that wasn't a good idea after all.

OT: It depends on how long it takes me to fall asleep. If it takes me about minutes I always fall asleep on my left side. If it takes 15 minutes to an hour I will fall asleep on my right side. If it takes more than one hour it's pretty much random.

Is it weird that I am able to give such a detailed explanation on how I lie in bed?

 

[b3nn3tt]

I have a king size bed, and I sleep facing the outside of the bed. I can sleep happily enough on either side, but I'll face the outside either way. I usually sleep on the right side of the bed as you look at the bed from the foot, but that's mostly because that's where I've put my alarm clock and phone charger.

If ever I sleep in the different beds, I'll still sleep facing the outside. The only time that this throws me is if I sleep in a single bed, but that is a distinctly rare occurrence. And in most cases, single beds are against a wall, so I sleep facing away from the wall.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I used to sleep face up but then I learn that it's better for your back to sleep at the side so that what I do now. As for which sides I sleep at the most I think that would be my left side since that when my alarm clock is facing at.

Really? I've been trying to sleep on my back to due back pains... I guess that wasn't a good idea after all.

OT: It depends on how long it takes me to fall asleep. If it takes me about minutes I always fall asleep on my left side. If it takes 15 minutes to an hour I will fall asleep on my right side. If it takes more than one hour it's pretty much random.

Is it weird that I am able to give such a detailed explanation on how I lie in bed?

Yeah I think the reason why sleeping at the sides is better for your back is cos your spine is more align that way (including the pillow on your head still keep it align). Sleeping face up doesn't align your spine for some reason (I can't remember why but I guessing the buttocks get in the way for keeping your spine straight).

 

[Sethzard]

I sleep on my right side, I find it harder to sleep in other ways.

 

[antidonkey]

Head towards the east.

Usually I sleep on my right side or my back. The problem with sleeping on my back though is that it makes me snore. Sometimes loudly enough to wake myself up. When it doesn't wake me my sinuses and throat feel like I've been snorting sand paper all night. Rarely do I sleep on my left side but it has been known to happen. I never sleep face down as I don't find it comfortable.

 

[hutchy27]

Sleeping on my front with my head sideways (don't fancy suffocating myself too much) on a pillow along with one arm while the other arm is hugging a 2nd pillow. The direction I'm facing depends on what feels right at that time.

 

[Angelous Wang]

I start sleeping on a side, never really stuck on one.

However I fidget allot. So when I wake up I could easily be face up, face down or to one of sides.

 

[Mr Fixit]

Weirdly, when I have a really good, satisfying, restful sleep, the kind where you wake up feeling relaxed and can just get out of bed straight away feeling great, I invariably wake up on my back with my arms above my head. I have no idea why.

Ha me too, usually with both my hands under my head & quite often with one foot crossed over the other.

Anyway yeah I'm all over the bed unless someone is with me, which is sadly not very often.

 

[cerebus23]

Used to be a flat on my belly no pillow sleeper, but getting older and gas and etc it just made it too uncomfortable some nights to sleep that way.

Sides seem to cause less issues , 70% of the time its my left side, other times its my right, if i have any indigestin issues left seems more comfy than right.

by the time i wake up i most of the time am on my side sometimes on my back.

 

[kurupt87]

Spoiler

I'm a cross between c and e, but with my head under the pillow. Facing to the right. Now you know.

 

[DementedSheep]

Any and all directions. Left, right, up, down, you name it.

I toss and turn a lot. (I have to have oversized bed sheets so they tuck well under my mattress, otherwise they WILL become untucked and end up on the floor)

I sleep facing away from the wall which is usually the left. If I was to sleep in a bed in the centre of the room I would probably sleep facing the left out of habit or towards the door...or maybe my head would explode.

I've never understood the way some beds are pushed right into a corner and against a wall. It must make it annoying when it comes time to change the bed sheets.

For me, only the head of the bed should be against the wall, all the other sides of the bed should be accessible.

Not really, I can just slide the mattress away from the wall slightly. I can't put it in the centre anyway because if I did I would have no space for a desk or set of drawers. I would rather have a decent space on one side than a small space on both sides. Plus being in the centre makes me feel a bit exposed which is silly but whatever, my brain is not logical.

 

[Ironbat92]

I use to sleep on my Right side, but as of late, I've been getting an annoying tingling sensation on my check for some reason or another. Now, I'm starting to sleep on my left side, and it works pretty well. I do occasionally sleep on my back, but I occasionally get morning head aches or something like that.

 

[Yopaz]

I used to sleep face up but then I learn that it's better for your back to sleep at the side so that what I do now. As for which sides I sleep at the most I think that would be my left side since that when my alarm clock is facing at.

Really? I've been trying to sleep on my back to due back pains... I guess that wasn't a good idea after all.

OT: It depends on how long it takes me to fall asleep. If it takes me about minutes I always fall asleep on my left side. If it takes 15 minutes to an hour I will fall asleep on my right side. If it takes more than one hour it's pretty much random.

Is it weird that I am able to give such a detailed explanation on how I lie in bed?

Yeah I think the reason why sleeping at the sides is better for your back is cos your spine is more align that way (including the pillow on your head still keep it align). Sleeping face up doesn't align your spine for some reason (I can't remember why but I guessing the buttocks get in the way for keeping your spine straight).

I will have to take this into consideration. Not sure if it will do much of a difference in my case since I am kinda flat and I got a pillow which is the perfect thickness for aligning my neck, but you've given me something to think about here.

 

[staika]

I toss and turn a lot depending on the night but I almost always sleep on my side. The left side is the one I usually fall asleep more on. Can't really sleep on my stomach since it just feels awkward and I have never liked sleeping on my back unless it's on a couch and my head is raised quite a bit.