# How do you sleep? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340 "2005-06-15T05:27:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/1 "2005-06-15T05:27:17Z")
On your left side? Right side? Back? Stomach? Curled up in a ball? I usually sleep on my right side. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/2 "2005-06-15T05:31:40Z")
I move through them all usually except I nearly never sleep on my stomach. I usually go to sleep starting out on my left side though. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/3 "2005-06-15T05:59:58Z")
I start on my left side. I have no idea after that. ---
**Author:** ![RunAmok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RunAmok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunAmok)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/4 "2005-06-15T07:12:54Z")
Badly, but on my right side, in a fetal position. ---
**Author:** ![StarsApart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@StarsApart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarsApart)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/5 "2005-06-15T07:15:27Z")
Usually on my side (not sure which), but sometimes I can only get to sleep on my back. I can’t sleep on my tummy at all. I feel smooshed. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/6 "2005-06-15T07:23:15Z")
‘recovery’ position [http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/firstaid/recovery.shtml](http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/firstaid/recovery.shtml) Though instead of just my hand under my head, I also have a pillow, my hand is usually under my pillow. Alternate position is what i jokingly call ‘upside down mummy’ where i have my arms crossed over my chest like a mummy, but the pillow is proping up my head and my face is turned to the right. I ended up doing this because I find it incredibly difficult sleeping on my back, and at one time i had IVs in both wrists, and it was the only way i could sleep on my stomach, and my right leg is bent at 90 degrees at the knee helping to prop me up. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/7 "2005-06-15T07:44:37Z")
On my stomach. ---
**Author:** ![Izzybella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Izzybella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Izzybella)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/8 "2005-06-15T08:16:13Z")
When actually sleeping (instead of visiting the Dope at 3:30 a.m. because I have insomnia), I tend to sleep on my stomach. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/9 "2005-06-15T10:06:55Z")
Start out on my left side, legs slightly curled and one arm facing up and one arm facing down. Within 3 minutes I’m asleep, and then when I wake up I can be facing any number of directions, but never on my stomach. Stomach is comfortable for a short period of time, but then my neck hurts. I’ve always dreamed of getting a pillow/mattress that’d be like a massage table (masseuse? masseur?) that has the hole in it. Except that it would suck when I wanted to sleep in any other position. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/10 "2005-06-15T10:57:45Z")
I prefer to go to sleep on my left side (but at other people’s places, crashing for the night on the sofa, I’m not fussed which side). I usually wake up finding myself on my right side. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/11 "2005-06-15T11:32:28Z")
I usually sleep on my side, sometimes my back. I almost never sleep on my stomach. As for where, it’s just where ever I end up. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/12 "2005-06-15T12:05:23Z")
Sitting up about half the time (that’s when I fall asleep reading); otherwise, on my back, face up, hands at my side. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/13 "2005-06-15T12:11:47Z")
I virtually always sleep on my sides. I also have a pillow between my knees to help align my lower back. I, too, rock and roll during the night so I could be in practically any position (except my stomach) before the night is done. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/14 "2005-06-15T12:43:56Z")
I fall asleep lying on my right side and wake up on my back or on my left side missing most of my sheets. ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/15 "2005-06-15T13:49:26Z")
On my stomach. This is so much a part of my sleep pattern that I once woke up in the recovery room lying on my stomach after abdominal surgery. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/16 "2005-06-15T13:53:35Z")
I cannot sleep on my back, unless I am sick or incredibly exhausted. I can, however, sleep sitting up pretty easily. Usually on the stomach or side. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/17 "2005-06-15T14:07:35Z")
Poorly. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/18 "2005-06-15T14:09:38Z")
I flop around like a beached fishie. I can, and have, fallen asleep in almost any position, and I never wake up in the same position I fell asleep in. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/19 "2005-06-15T14:15:04Z")
I am a restless sleeper. I start on my left side then go to my right side and back all night long. I curl up and stretch out. Luckily I am single and therefore have no one to bother with my tossing and turning. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340/20 "2005-06-15T14:24:02Z")
I always go to sleep on my back. When I wake up in the morning, I’m rolling around because my dog is trying to lick my face. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-sleep/308340.md?page=2)