• root_beer@midwest.social
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      5 months ago

      I do this, but I’ve found that rotating along the sagittal axis—six to ten times per hour—gives it that little extra zhuzh, chef’s kiss

      Think rotisserie, but without the impalement or the intense heat

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        Legitimately the best sleep I ever got was when I had a hammock. It takes a bit of adjustment, but once you’re used to it, it’s so easy to wake up. I haven’t felt fully rested since I replaced my hammock with a bed

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          How does one legitimately sleep in a hammock? Ain’t it about as bad as lying on back and both sides at the same time, but also with fear of falling out or hammock itself falling down?

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            A properly built hammock is sturdy enough that it isn’t gonna fall down, and because the middle of it dips down with your weight, the sides come up sort of like a bowl and hold you in. Sleeping on your back isn’t actually that bad, and once you get used to it, you figure out how to spin slightly to one side or the other for comfort.

            For reference, I was sleeping in a travel hammock meant for camping every night for about a year, I weighed over 200 lbs at the time, and even after the canvas started to tear at the seam, it never actually failed. The only reason I got rid of it is because the tear started to grow over the course of about a week.

            Edit: also, for safety, I had a couple old comforters under it to cushion a potential fall, and an old pillow underneath my head for more protection. Never ended up actually needing them, but it’s an option

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      5 months ago

      Sorry, but sleeping in levitation has been found to be detrimental to your health, you need to sleep in a 0g environment

  • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    I wonder what the easiest way would be to track my sleeping position changes. Time lapse video and manual notation, probably.

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      Until you see some paranormal activity in those recordings and then stop sleeping altogether 😰

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      I tried timelapse it’s pretty interesting but motion detection was better, using motion on a raspberry pi allows you to combine both if you want.

  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    I can’t sleep on my back, if I do, my SO would probably murder me. So I sleep on my side.

    I used to sleep on my stomach some years ago, but there were too many things I had to get just right before I could be comfortable enough to sleep, and frankly, my SO doesn’t give me enough space to do that most nights.

    I did a sleep study recently and I’m waiting on their analysis, so hopefully I’ll get better sleep soon. I’ll be sure to ask the doctor about what position isn’t going to create more problems.

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    I just keep rolling untill I fall asleep. Trying to sleep in a specific position is near impossible. Even the best one gets uncomfortable pretty quick. Only thing I try to avoid is sleeping on my right side as it seems to be the cause for my rhomboid pain

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    Front sleeping is the worst of these by quite a long way though. Last time I did it (after some drinks) it cost me a month of physio.

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    I’ve always wanted to be able to sleep on my side whilst hugging some kind of stuffed animal but to no avail. Ever since my SO gifted me a stuffed penguin toy that’s large enough to fit in my arms and server as a pseudo-pillow, I’ve been loving sleeping on my side and have been really comfortable doing so too. I’m the middle spoon most of the time then. :D

    Sleeping on my back is best though

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      I bought a body pillow (without the anime girl) for the same but within days I was in immediate pain come mornings. It was probably just overstuffed but I went back to front sleeping and it immediately disappeared

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    If I sleep on my stomach I can’t move my neck the next day, right side my right hand goes painfully numb, left side my left hand goes painfully numb, back both hands go numb. There is literally no position I can sleep in that I don’t wake up after a couple of hours and have to shift to a different position.

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    5 months ago

    Never slept on my back once in my life, never got any issues from sleeping in a weird position… Might be noticing something!

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      I’m convinced it’s all BS. The best thing for the human body, in nearly every field, is variety. Sleep however you want, mix it up, whatever. Your comfort is the best indicator. And the consequences of a bad sleeping position are rarely so dire.