# What are your sleeping conditions? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 29, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390 "2016-04-29T02:10:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/21 "2016-05-01T14:37:26Z")
> [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > I’m intrigued by the idea of trying hammock sleeping—but what would I tie it to in my apartment? [Something like this](http://www.wayfair.com/Wood-Arc-Hammock-Frame-4710C-AG1322.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/22 "2016-05-01T15:54:17Z")
> [@Mr\_Downtown](#): > > I’m intrigued by the idea of trying hammock sleeping—but what would I tie it to in my apartment? The main thrust of the forums at [hammockforums.net](http://hammockforums.net) is hammock camping, but there is quite a bit of discussion about indoor use. Take a look at the Sticky titled “Indoor hammock hanging help” in the [General Hammock Talk](https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/forumdisplay.php/4-General-Hammock-Talk) forum. (Note that this is one of those forums where you must register to see most of the pictures people have posted – but you can read the posts without registering.) Some people use a hammock stand and some attach to walls using eye bolts or something like [ENO Indoor Hammock Hanging Kit](https://www.rei.com/product/847920/eno-indoor-hammock-hanging-kit). ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/23 "2016-05-02T02:32:52Z")
No conditions, no negotiation, no compromise: GO TO SLEEP!:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/24 "2016-05-02T06:49:11Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > No conditions, no negotiation, no compromise: GO TO SLEEP!:rolleyes: [Are you sure that is right](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oeg4Du9pcY)? ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/25 "2016-05-02T21:51:43Z")
I wonder why so many of us seem to be in the “cold room, plenty of blankets” place that I am in, as well. Not to mention as near pitch dark as possible, fan for white noise, and side sleeper ( I keep a water bottle on the nightstand, and drink as I shift from right side to left side. No bladder issues yet, God helping.) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/26 "2016-05-02T22:04:28Z")
> [@quiltguy](#): > > I WON’T go to sleep without a story. And you can’t make me!!! 😃 I figured it was a quilt. And I need milk and cookies, so there. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/27 "2016-05-02T22:38:13Z")
Ah for the good old days when I could (and did) fall asleep anywhere I needed to. Alas, my RA makes that impossible these days, and I find that the older I get, the crankier I get about having things the way I like them. Must have - high thread count sheets and a light down blanket, 4 pillows (2 on each side), nothing restricting or constricting to wear (preferably an old soft tee shirt or nightshirt, but nekkid is good, too), cool to cold room, window open a bit or something turned on to provide white noise, sheets and blanket untucked so that I can have my feet uncovered. Position changes several times during the night due to the RA. I can’t stay in the same spot for more than 3 hours these days. I flip flop a lot, so doggies have to jump off the bed when I turn out the lights (they can stay on the end of the bed and watch tv with me before lights out). I’m a mouth breather, so I need to have a big glass of water next to the bed. And thank God for programmable thermostats, so I can have it super cold all night and yet heated up when I arise in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/28 "2016-05-02T22:53:57Z")
> [@Totenfeier](#): > > I wonder why so many of us seem to be in the “cold room, plenty of blankets” place that I am in, as well. Not to mention as near pitch dark as possible, fan for white noise, and side sleeper ( I keep a water bottle on the nightstand, and drink as I shift from right side to left side. No bladder issues yet, God helping.) It’s a pretty well known sleep condition for people. Maybe it applies to other mammals too. A drop in core body temperature makes us sleepy. However, if that drop in core temperature is matched by a cold skin surface, then we stay awake. It makes sense as a general cue to make you sleep at night, but not if you’re going to freeze to death. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/29 "2016-05-02T23:25:10Z")
58 y.o. male, living alone. Insomnia has been a big problem for me most of my life and it’s getting worse. I currently have a king size bed, fairly firm mattress and about ten pillows of various sizes and densities. The bed has the usual sheets, blanket, bed spread setup but I always sleep on top of the spread in a sleeping bag. I have light ones for summer and heavy ones for winter. I toss and turn and during the average night I will at times sleep on my stomach, sides and back. I keep an electric heater running when it’s cold and a fan when it’s hot but I need the noise to be able to sleep. After many years of having cats and 14 years of having a dog I thought it would be really hard to sleep without an animal on me but it’s been almost two years since I lost the last one and it hasn’t been as hard as I thought it might be. Still miss 'em, though. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/30 "2016-05-02T23:35:51Z")
I sleep on my back; my belly’s a bit too large nowadays to sleep on, and I can’t get comfortable on my side. I need near-total darkness and near-total silence. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/31 "2016-05-03T19:47:25Z")
> [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](#): > > That’ll kill you, you know. Just ask any Korean. 😉 Arggggh! My (Korean) wife is convinced I will die if I go to sleep with a fan on. “Everybody knows that!! People DIE!!!” is her response if I try to explain that I like the fan. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/32 "2016-05-03T23:08:47Z")
Flat on my back, the room has to be cool, and there absolutely, positively, 100% **MUST** be a fan! Been that way since I was a small child. I was never able to sleep in a car, on a plane, etc. ---
**Author:** ![12mgdaily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/f08c70/32.png) [@12mgdaily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/12mgdaily)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/33 "2016-05-03T23:31:14Z")
On my side, (one or both) knees bent a bit. Totally dark room. Quiet. No fan. That would surely at some point have my hair ‘tickling’ my face. Down feather pillows. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/34 "2016-05-04T18:16:47Z")
I start on my left side, but almost always wake up on my right side. I can’t sleep on my back at all. And in the summer we run a fan, since we don’t have air conditioning, and only would need it five days out of the year. BTW, if your back hurts, do consider your mattress. Mine used to, and we got a relatively expensive new mattress, and it hasn’t hurt since. What type you should get depends on your preferences, the sleep number types felt terrible to us but seem to work for other people. ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/35 "2016-05-04T20:17:23Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Flat on my back, the room has to be cool, and there absolutely, positively, 100% **MUST** be a fan! > > Been that way since I was a small child. I was never able to sleep in a car, on a plane, etc. I am absolutely positive that I would not sleep a single wink if I did not have some sort of fan noise, so +1 (at least). ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/36 "2016-05-10T04:38:10Z")
Gotta fall asleep on my side - it’s very rare for me to doze off on my back. When that happens it’s usually unplanned (or I’d have put my CPAP on and turned on my side). Feet must be outside the covers at first - dunno why, but except when it’s really cold and I start out with socks on, I always stick them outside the covers. Some sound in the background. NOT white noise - it has to be something vaguely interesting such as Science Channel or a podcast. Not so interesting that it gets my attention, but enough that it keeps my mind from focusing on stressful stuff. I always had to have SOME kind of cover, even if only a sheet. Preferably something heavier than that, actually. In the past few years I’ve gotten to the point where I can drift off with no covers but it’s not my preferred mode. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/37 "2016-05-10T17:39:31Z")
After having back problems for years, I trained myself to fall asleep on my back with a very soft pillow more under my neck than my head. If I’m lucky, I’ll wake in the morning in the exact same position. The one thing I can’t stand is having my feet trapped under a tucked sheet - gotta be either loose or have my feet hanging out. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390/38 "2016-05-10T17:54:55Z")
Around midnight I fall asleep. Around 5 am I awaken. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-sleeping-conditions/753390.md?page=1)