Why dont we fall out of bed; or stay in it while we sleep.

Lando Griffin

As the thread title goes.
When we are asleep how do our brains know when we near the edge and make us toss over into relative safety?
Iv been experimenting with Lady Griffin by constantly pushing her towards and wham she wakes up and punches me and hurls abuse at me before drifting daintly into the night.
IMO its one of those unexplained mysterys like the Famous 5 keep getting into.

Zen65

Lando Griffin wrote: »

When we are asleep how do our brains know when we near the edge and make us toss over into relative safety?

Because we don't make large enough movements to shift our centre of gravity out of the bed in one move. We do move towards the edge incrementally, but even in our sleep our subconscious can sense the edge; when an arm or leg no longer makes contact with the mattress, and we pull back.

Of course, in our early years, this isn't the case. Children do fall out of bed.

Z

Sorry - did you want a funny answer?

Sierra 117

When I was a kid, I fell out of the top bed on a bunk bed. And yet I've never fallen out of a normal bed. Weird that.

PizzamanIRL

Good question.

Lando Griffin

Zen65 wrote: »

Because we don't make large enough movements to shift our centre of gravity out of the bed in one move. We do move towards the edge incrementally, but even in our sleep our subconscious can sense the edge; when an arm or leg no longer makes contact with the mattress, and we pull back.

Of course, in our early years, this isn't the case. Children do fall out of bed.

Z

Sorry - did you want a funny answer?

/Thread.

Zen65

Lando Griffin wrote: »

/Thread.

Yeah, move along. Nothing to see here!

I just remembered I fell out of the bed after the Galway AH beers :pac:

Totally forgot about that

kneemos

The bridge still functions even though it's not manned.

seven_eleven

I have fallen out of the bed a handful of times in my life. Its actually really god damn annoying.

You just seem to open your eyes abruptly less than a few inches from the floor and before you have time to even take a breath in you wallop on the ground.

Its usually followed by 5 slow miserable seconds of "uuuuuughhh **** sake why me?". Before clambering slowly back into the bed with every muscle hurting.

Mariasofia

seven_eleven wrote: »

I have fallen out of the bed a handful of times in my life. Its actually really god damn annoying.

You just seem to open your eyes abruptly less than a few inches from the floor and before you have time to even take a breath in you wallop on the ground.

Its usually followed by 5 slow miserable seconds of "uuuuuughhh **** sake why me?". Before clambering slowly back into the bed with every muscle hurting.

Smyths sell bed guards for a tenner

F35

Once I fell out of a bed and landed on a overturned plug face first. Not a nice experience

Frosty McSnowballs

I'm pretty sure ghosts hold us down as we sleep.

Standard Toaster

Oh that's just Incubus the demon just sitting on your chest.

Sweet dreams

KeithM89

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Iv been experimenting with Lady Griffin by constantly pushing her towards and wham she wakes up and punches me and hurls abuse at me before drifting daintly into the night.

You need to upload a video of this.

Frosty McSnowballs

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Oh that's just Incubus the demon just sitting on your chest.

Sweet dreams

Well, as long as Incubus doesn't find that spare "h".....it's all cool, sit away!

wendell borton

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Oh that's just Incubus the demon just sitting on your chest.

Sweet dreams

Religious tradition holds that repeated intercourse with an incubus or succubus may result in the deterioration of health, or even death.[2]

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