Okay, wait… don’t answer that right off the top of your head. I know I’m a freak in most respects (hell, just look at the list of folks I would flirt with!), but I have one particular thing I’m curious about right now.
I sleep funny. I know it’s… unusual, but I never considered it freakish until my darling hubby pointed it out to me. Now I’m concerned. Let me try to describe this.
I sleep on my stomach, one arm and one leg straight (usually the left), the other arm bent and partially tucked under me, and the other leg bent up to my chest. Head turned to the right. Not weird yet? I’m not done. There has to be a pillow over my head. So one pillow under, the other over, and covers tucked up so only the tip of my nose is showing. Stuffed animal optional (right now it’s a panda).
BM (before marriage), I always insisted on having my bed against the wall. Just safer that way, you know? I’d be tucked into the wall, in the above position, back to the rest of the room. Well, hubby insists on having the bed in the middle of the room, so I’ve had to adapt. It did take a while, and probably explains why I have a tendency to fall out of the bed.
One major benefit of this is a little shifting on my part puts me in prime spooning cuddle position (me as the cuddlee). Unfortunately hubby overheats so we don’t take advantage of it. Maybe that’s why he thinks I’m a freak… he just doesn’t understand the advantages to such a small sleeping package. Say… anyone out there want to make up for my cuddleless existence?
So, I’m not a freak, right? Please tell me someone out there understands. Or maybe you have even more screwed up sleeping habits than I.
I have a twin and I guess a full could be ok, but I just don’t need that much room! I don’t move when I sleep, and if I am lucky enough have someone sleeping in my bed, I am most likely going to be comfortable cuddling with her so we aren’t likely to need the room.
But as far as sleeping positions go, that’s pretty gosh-darn freaky. Unless…
Were you by any chance raised in the wild by coyotes or capybara or or or, I dunno, feral pot-bellied pigs? Because it makes perfect sense in terms of defending your vital organs from attacking predators. Really!
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[li] Curled up to protect the vulnerable abdomen[/li][li] Against a wall to reduce possible avenues of attack[/li][li] One leg out so you can leap to your feet[/li][li] Covers up to your nose = hiding in the underbrush[/li][li] Pillow on top of your head = hiding AND protection[/li][/ul]
So don’t let Mr. Kitty call you a freak. Tell him to be more supportive of your struggle to adapt to civilization. Then make him move the bed against the wall.
My most comfy sleeping position is quite similar. The only differences are that I don’t cover my head or my feet and I’ve never sleeped with a stuffed animal. (Unless Hubby counts. )It tool him 15 years to figure out that if my toes are hanging out of the covers, please don’t tuck me in! I also had my bed against the wall until I married and had a difficult time adjusting to feelings of ‘vulnerability’ associated with having the bed in the middle of the room.
Sometime around 1998 I picked up a sleeping style that I can’t break, no matter how hard I try. I do want to stop sleeping this way, since it hurts my wrists whenever I wake up in the morning.
I sleep on my side (usually my right) and fold my arms up against my body, so my wrists are pressed up against my shoulders, with my hands bent downwards. Look here for a picture- you can see my right hand tucked underneath my left arm, and my left hand twisted painfully, poking out from underneath my body.
The result? My wrists are incredibly flexible, but whenever I wake up in the morning, I usually roll onto my back and spread my arms out to let blood circulate again. I’ve been thinking of getting some sort of rigid cast to prevent me from folding my wrists like that… it can’t be good for me.
However, I am only half a freak, as my legs look very normal in that picture, thankyouverymuch.
Maybe that’s why he thinks I’m a freak… he just doesn’t understand the advantages to such a small sleeping package. Say… anyone out there want to make up for my cuddleless existence? 
