How do you like to sleep?

SparkySpitfire · 03-10-2013 1:00am #1

After a half hour of unsuccessful attempts to enter dreamland (despite my tired eyes!) I have come back to boards to read myself to sleep...

I sleep on my side with one leg nearly up to my elbow. Strangely comfortable. I like the door to be slightly ajar so that some of the landing light creeps in, but only a sliver. I also sleep much better with someone else in the bed, alas tonight it's just me and my duvet and you lovely people.

So how to you like to sleep? Surrounded by pillows? Window open? Complete darkness? On your belly?

I'm sleepy and interested

The Backwards Man · 03-10-2013 1:03am

With Bryan Adams banging full blast on the home cinema surround sound system.:)

Mderators · 03-10-2013 1:04am

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

After a half hour of unsuccessful attempts to enter dreamland (despite my tired eyes!) I have come back to boards to read myself to sleep...

I sleep on my side with one leg nearly up to my elbow. Strangely comfortable. I like the door to be slightly ajar so that some of the landing light creeps in, but only a sliver. I also sleep much better with someone else in the bed, alas tonight it's just me and my duvet and you lovely people.

So how to you like to sleep? Surrounded by pillows? Window open? Complete darkness? On your belly?

I'm sleepy and interested

Complete darkness, window open, naked, over or under the duvet depending on the temperature, one arm under the pillow and believe it or not my other arm resting between my legs/under my ball sack/gooch area and my hand warm inside my ass cheeks.

Embarrassing maybe but I've been doing it for as long as I can remember and find it very hard to get to sleep otherwise.

SparkySpitfire · 03-10-2013 1:06am

The Backwards Man wrote: »

With Bryan Adams banging full blast on the home cinema surround sound system.:)

Listened to the videos on your thread as I wrote my OP

"Baby you're all that I want, when you're lying here in my arms"...

I need sleep.

lahalane · 03-10-2013 1:07am

On my side with my knees tucked up a bit or on my belly with one arm under the pillow. I also sleep upside down in the bed because my phone charger only reaches the end of the bed.

Muise... · 03-10-2013 1:07am

without a fever.

The Backwards Man · 03-10-2013 1:08am

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

Listened to the videos on your thread as I wrote my OP

"Baby you're all that I want, when you're lying here in my arms"...

I need sleep.

Though I'd died and went to heaven. . . .

. . .. until I read the last line.:pac::p

SparkySpitfire · 03-10-2013 1:09am

lahalane wrote: »

On my side with my knees tucked up a bit or on my belly with one arm under the pillow. I also sleep upside down in the bed because my phone charger only reaches the end of the bed.

Get an extension lead/switch your bed around :P

I've recruited a teddy to keep me company, good chaps teddies.

Insect Overlord · 03-10-2013 1:10am

On top of a pile of money, with many beautiful ladies.

dodderangler · 03-10-2013 1:12am

Usually in a bed but I've woken up in fields and worse was the dogs kennel years ago with my dog blankly staring at me outside it.
Wasn't to impressed

Peanut Butter Jelly · 03-10-2013 1:12am

Like my penis in a girl, long and deep. :pac:

On a serious note, I'm a deep sleeper and usually sleep for a long time. I sleep on my side/chest with my knee out at a 90 degree angle to stop myself from rolling over.

SparkySpitfire · 03-10-2013 1:13am

dodderangler wrote: »

Usually in a bed but I've woken up in fields and worse was the dogs kennel years ago with my dog blankly staring at me outside it.
Wasn't to impressed

Spent the night in the doghouse eh? :P

Ba dum bum tshhh!

Ciderswigger · 03-10-2013 1:13am

Diagonally. I'm a b!tch to share a bed with!

Mderators · 03-10-2013 1:13am

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

Get an extension lead/switch your bed around :P

I've recruited a teddy to keep me company, good chaps teddies.

I have the same problem only I know that if I get an extension lead I'll be tempted to make use of it with a few more bedside gadgets

:P Better if I leave it be

Haha teddy I know what ya mean! No more than Mr.Rasberry Jam in GTA V. 1:53 of this video...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ui_JGCdY8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DN-ui_JGCdY8

markomuscle · 03-10-2013 1:14am

completely in the nip, windows clothes, dark room, bottle of water on the bedside table, lying on my side facing the right and an ear plug in the left ear.

pharmaton · 03-10-2013 1:14am

in the recovery position, lately I've taken to straddling one leg over a memory foam pillow to take the pressure off my lower back, I've been waiting on a delivery of a new foam topper and when it arrives I plan on sleeping soundly for ever more.
I've always slept with one arm tucked snuggley between my chesticles, I think it's so I can keep checking my heart is still beating.

Cathyht · 03-10-2013 1:14am

It's fairly warm, maybe you need the window open?
The door ajar and the landing light on is good, so you can see intruders if they do break in. I idiosyncratically use an eye mask then so I can still have darkness, but the intruder will be still be easily spotted

Sleeping on the side is comfiest, one flatish pillow and one plump one, arm under pillows, sort of supports cricky neck. (awake with sore neck)
Warm milk knocks me out, just got some, so will be off again soon

Hope you get some sleep.

lahalane · 03-10-2013 1:15am

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

Get an extension lead/switch your bed around :P

I've recruited a teddy to keep me company, good chaps teddies.

Na, Im used to it now

dodderangler · 03-10-2013 1:16am

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

Spent the night in the doghouse eh? :P

Ba dum bum tshhh!

TAXI!!!!

SparkySpitfire · 03-10-2013 1:16am

Mderators wrote: »

I have the same problem only I know that if I get an extension lead I'll be tempted to make use of it with a few more bedside gadgets :P Better if I leave it be

Haha teddy I know what ya mean! No more than Mr.Rasberry Jam in GTA V. 1:53 of this video...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ui_JGCdY8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DN-ui_JGCdY8

:eek:

HE DIED?!

SparkySpitfire · 03-10-2013 1:20am

Cathyht wrote: »

It's fairly warm, maybe you need the window open?
The door ajar and the landing light on is good, so you can see intruders if they do break in. I idiosyncratically use an eye mask then so I can still have darkness, but the intruder will be still be easily spotted
Sleeping on the side is comfiest, one flatish pillow and one plump one, arm under pillows, sort of supports cricky neck. (awake with sore neck)
Warm milk knocks me out, just got some, so will be off again soon
Hope you get some sleep.

Maybe, I like to be snug and warm but that's better when the actual room is cool. You've no idea, I'm so paranoid of intruders, especially after reading that thread on creepy/unnerving happenings. :eek: My pillows are exactly that! Best pillow formula ever.

pharmaton wrote: »

in the recovery position, lately I've taken to straddling one leg over a memory foam pillow to take the pressure off my lower back, I've been waiting on a delivery of a new foam topper and when it arrives I plan on sleeping soundly for ever more.
I've always slept with one arm tucked snuggley between my chesticles, I think it's so I can keep checking my heart is still beating.

What's a foam topper? I like sleeping with pillows between my legs sometimes it does help the oul back!

osarusan · 03-10-2013 1:21am

On either side.

Doesn't matter, as long as my knees aren't touching each other. Need some piece of a blanket in between them.

Cathyht · 03-10-2013 1:24am

osarusan wrote: »

On either side.

Doesn't matter, as long as my knees aren't touching each other. Need some piece of a blanket in between them.

Stops phlebitis, really good for that if you've veins at inside of knee bones, pressure needs to be kept off.

Itwasntme. · 03-10-2013 1:24am

Mderators wrote: »

Complete darkness, window open, naked, over or under the duvet depending on the temperature, one arm under the pillow and believe it or not my other arm resting between my legs/under my ball sack/gooch area and my hand warm inside my ass cheeks.

Embarrassing maybe but I've been doing it for as long as I can remember and find it very hard to get to sleep otherwise.

I hope you shower before you get into bed.

Elbaston · 03-10-2013 1:25am

All these nudist sleepers with the door left open are askin for it.

SparkySpitfire · 03-10-2013 1:25am

Cathyht wrote: »

Stops phlebitis, really good for that if you've veins at inside of knee bones, pressure needs to be kept off.

One more thing to be scared of :eek:

pharmaton · 03-10-2013 1:29am

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

What's a foam topper? I like sleeping with pillows between my legs sometimes it does help the oul back!

Good pillows are integral to inducing sleepyness

Topper is just for added comfort, the memory foam ones help reduce pressure too so handy for the back. My current bed is shíte but it's barely a year old so I'm not going to buy a new one, hoping a mattress topper will help. Think Aldi had them on special a couple of weeks ago.

(yep) https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/sunday-8th-september/products-detail-page/ps/p/memory-foam-mattress-topper-king/

Cathyht · 03-10-2013 1:29am

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

One more thing to be scared of :eek:

Grand, I'll just go asleep now, I seem to be doing more harm than good.
But Sparky never mind, once it comes to 5 am you'll sleep like a log, all fears seem to vanish with the dawn.

(Dog in house now, sleeping ON bottom step of stairs, ruining carpet, the measures I have to take for those bloody intruders)

aaabbbb · 03-10-2013 1:30am

Presently it seems its going to be the sweet sound of bells , house alarm bells that is since the power decided to go kaput

Mderators · 03-10-2013 1:30am

Itwasntme. wrote: »

I hope you shower before you get into bed.

No need, just use 4 or 5 baby wipes for my bum and wash my hands. Like putting a freshly bathed smooth baby in to a cot wrapped warm in a blanket

SparkySpitfire · 03-10-2013 1:34am

pharmaton wrote: »

Good pillows are integral to inducing sleepyness

Topper is just for added comfort, the memory foam ones help reduce pressure too so handy for the back. My current bed is shíte but it's barely a year old so I'm not going to buy a new one, hoping a mattress topper will help. Think Aldi had them on special a couple of weeks ago.

(yep) https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/sunday-8th-september/products-detail-page/ps/p/memory-foam-mattress-topper-king/

My boyfriend has one of these https://www.foamsupport.com/shop/secure/images/products/45.jpg

on his bed. I always found them weird but maybe they're the secret to comfyness.

markomuscle · 03-10-2013 1:38am

Mderators wrote: »

Complete darkness, window open, naked, over or under the duvet depending on the temperature, one arm under the pillow and believe it or not my other arm resting between my legs/under my ball sack/gooch area and my hand warm inside my ass cheeks.

Embarrassing maybe but I've been doing it for as long as I can remember and find it very hard to get to sleep otherwise.

I also do that, it is lovely and warm

pharmaton · 03-10-2013 1:40am

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

My boyfriend has one of these https://www.foamsupport.com/shop/secure/images/products/45.jpg

on his bed. I always found them weird but maybe they're the secret to comfyness.

funny my daughter has the exact same one on her bed and swears by it, it's been through two beds and a housemove so far so it seems to work for her.

Cathyht · 03-10-2013 1:43am

Last thing, does anyone else find your bum makes a dent in the bed when you're sitting up on the laptop, and it's hard to sleep then, cos the bum groove means you can't keep your spine straight. your shoulder goes into the bum groove and you twist, can get a sore neck. You have to move to another part of the bed to sleep. Unfortunately I don't think the mattress topper would help the laptop user bum groove.

I got a mattress from Ikea 4 months ago and it's rubbish, cost a lot, well I think 580 is a lot. I jealously saw much better ones flicking through Argos catalogue, for same price recently.

pharmaton · 03-10-2013 1:48am

Cathyht wrote: »

Last thing, does anyone else find your bum makes a dent in the bed when you're sitting up on the laptop, and it's hard to sleep then, cos the bum groove means you can't keep your spine straight. your shoulder goes into the bum groove and you twist, can get a sore neck. You have to move to another part of the bed to sleep. Unfortunately I don't think the mattress topper would help the laptop user bum groove.

I got a mattress from Ikea 4 months ago and it's rubbish, cost a lot, well I think 580 is a lot. I jealously saw much better ones flicking through Argos catalogue, for same price recently.

get a bigger bed? Unless your arse is very big and takes up both sides.

Mderators · 03-10-2013 1:50am

Cathyht wrote: »

Last thing, does anyone else find your bum makes a dent in the bed when you're sitting up on the laptop, and it's hard to sleep then, cos the bum groove means you can't keep your spine straight. your shoulder goes into the bum groove and you twist, can get a sore neck. You have to move to another part of the bed to sleep. Unfortunately I don't think the mattress topper would help the laptop user bum groove.

I got a mattress from Ikea 4 months ago and it's rubbish, cost a lot, well I think 580 is a lot. I jealously saw much better ones flicking through Argos catalogue, for same price recently.

You've a f***ing nice ass

PM sent x

Cathyht · 03-10-2013 1:52am

pharmaton wrote: »

get a bigger bed? Unless your arse is very big and takes up both sides.

I wouldn't say it's big anyway. I run it off me. Unfashionable in these bobble ass days I know. Now I can't imagine how bad a neck ache a Kim bum groove would give.
Other side of the bed, it feels strange all the way over there. Unfriendly or something.

AlanS181824 · 03-10-2013 1:53am

I sleep with the door closed (Seen "people" looking in at me before..) The window semi open, I love the cold air and the dog under the duvet, I swear she's like a heater. Also its totally black

Cathyht · 03-10-2013 1:53am

Mderators wrote: »

You've a f***ing nice ass PM sent x

Ha ha, how do you know that?

Mderators · 03-10-2013 1:55am

Cathyht wrote: »

Ha ha, how do you know that?

If ya can dent a bed with it I'd say ya'd work wonders in the same department serving another purpose.

Yup ya boy ya giddy on up outta that!!!!!

Cathyht · 03-10-2013 1:59am

Does anyone have their feet facing the door? That's supposed to be bad.

What's with these people looking in through the door. Imaginary intruders and 'others' of unknown origin. Can a person not get a bita sleep without the sideshow.

pharmaton · 03-10-2013 2:00am

Cathyht wrote: »

I wouldn't say it's big anyway. I run it off me. Unfashionable in these bobble ass days I know. Now I can't imagine how bad a neck ache a Kim bum groove would give.
Other side of the bed, it feels strange all the way over there. Unfriendly or something.

I'm imagining a kim groove. If I'm using laptop in bed I just sit near the edge so I'm closest to an access point, when I sleep I move in and turn over.
Then again, if I had a medium that would allow me to browse while lying horizontal I'd probably do that too.

Muise... · 03-10-2013 2:03am

I never know which position I'm going to fall asleep in, or wake up in, but I have to imagine I'm moving - the bed used to be a flying carpet when I was a child, now it's mostly ships on a calm sea.

Goodnight sweethearts.

AlanS181824 · 03-10-2013 2:07am

I have to be up for school in 5 hours..
Feck ye all...

Just all of ye go to sleep...
Please?
I'll pay ye!

//Tired

TeddyTedson · 03-10-2013 2:08am

I'm exhausted and can't sleep. Just been lying in bed for the last two hours or so and nothing.
I have to get up in less than 4 hours :mad::(:(:(

Cathyht · 03-10-2013 2:13am

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'm exhausted and can't sleep. Just been lying in bed for the last two hours or so and nothing.
I have to get up in less than 4 hours :mad::(:(:(

Try this, I promise will work, I use mobile and ear plugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tGc44tTVvY

or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYDKnvhT4WI

night folks

AlanS181824 · 03-10-2013 2:14am

Ma's asleep...
Da's asleep..
Brother is asleep..
Dog is asleep...
And me? Just lying here... Desperate to sleep but can't....
Sigh

Muise... · 03-10-2013 2:15am

AlanS181824 wrote: »

I have to be up for school in 5 hours..
Feck ye all...

Just all of ye go to sleep...
Please?
I'll pay ye!

//Tired

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'm exhausted and can't sleep. Just been lying in bed for the last two hours or so and nothing.
I have to get up in less than 4 hours :mad::(:(:(

hush now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aeTY4fhxA4

TeddyTedson · 03-10-2013 2:19am

Cathyht wrote: »

Try this, I promise will work, I use mobile and ear plugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tGc44tTVvY

or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYDKnvhT4WI

night folks

She's not going to make me do weird stuff tomorrow is she...?

AlanS181824 · 03-10-2013 2:20am

Muise... wrote: »

hush now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aeTY4fhxA4

Headphones are over at the other side of the room.. :L

Hmm...there's an ad on the page for Rommasey Funeral Services... Jebus I need to sleep.

Nighty night everyone!

Muise... · 03-10-2013 2:27am

AlanS181824 wrote: »

Headphones are over at the other side of the room.. :L

Hmm...there's an ad on the page for Rommasey Funeral Services... Jebus I need to sleep.

Nighty night everyone!

'Night Jimbob

How do you like to sleep?

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