Weird things we do in our sleep

propita · January 31 2013, 02:00 AM

Okay, so lately I've noticed that I'm often sleeping on my back with my hands up at my ears, so that my elbows are sticking out.

Does that happen to anyone else and, if so, what is going on? A friend offered that maybe I prefer that position for breathing or heart purposes, since it changes everything about where and how my back is.

Also, I'm waking up in the middle of the night/early morning stretching. The good kind of stretching, not the over-done stretching that causes cramps. A couple of times a night now. I didn't see anything helpful online, most complain of severe pain.

I'm getting very strange in my old age. It's coming up time for my 50,000 mile checkup (I'll be 50 this July).

thestrangequark · January 31 2013, 02:09 AM

I talk in my sleep, walk in my sleep, and shop online in my sleep.

J. Allen · January 31 2013, 02:13 AM

Hell, I'm asleep right now.

Mr. Laser Beam · January 31 2013, 02:16 AM

^ Exhausted from all the mounting and finishing?

J. Allen · January 31 2013, 02:17 AM

Mr. Laser Beam wrote:

^ Exhausted from all the mounting and finishing?

It is very difficult to both mount and finish without getting tired, yes.

Seriously though, (as not to invoke propita's wrath for rending asunder her carefully assembled thread topic), I tend to wake up upside down with my legs up against, and hanging over, the couch. Also, I've been known to giggle in my sleep.

thestrangequark · January 31 2013, 02:19 AM

I've just remembered: as a young child I had a weird tendency to wake up with my pajamas on inside out and backwards -- I was undressing at some point in my sleep and then redressing, badly. This went on from about age 4-7 or 8.

junxon · January 31 2013, 02:20 AM

i find i wake up with the sheet unhooked from underneath the mattress corners and in a crumpled heap under me leaving my legs and arms on the horrible feeling mattress material. every night. it's weird.

trekkiedane · January 31 2013, 02:39 AM

I often-times find myself waking up with my legs pulled towards my torso...

Probably because my cat has invaded the part of my bed where they usually have lots of space...

sojourner · January 31 2013, 03:04 AM

Not when I sleep, but...

When I go to bed and am ready to actually sleep, as opposed to reading or some such, I can usually be out within a minute or two at most. The key part is that I have lie down on my stomach, head to one side on the pillow, arms straight at my side with my feet hanging just over the end of the mattress. Pretty much "planking" on the bed. It's the only way I can get to sleep at night. Odd thing is that naps during the day on the couch have no such requirement.

Random_Spock · January 31 2013, 03:06 AM

I tend to drool in my sleep. A friend of mine talks in theirs

. One example: they were talking about what they wanted to fix for dinner the next day. Priceless!

scotpens · January 31 2013, 03:37 AM

thestrangequark wrote:

I talk in my sleep, walk in my sleep, and shop online in my sleep.

I hear the secrets that you keep when you're talking in your sleep.

Naira · January 31 2013, 04:42 AM

When I was little, I often slept on my back with one of my knees bended and the ancle of my other leg resting on that knee.

Go figure.

thestrangequark · January 31 2013, 04:55 AM

Naira wrote:

When I was little, I often slept on my back with one of my knees bended and the ancle of my other leg resting on that knee.

Go figure.

My sister still sleeps like that. It's bizarre!

Captrek · January 31 2013, 05:04 AM

I sometimes become violent in my sleep, punching or kicking. Fortunately my SO has developed ways to protect herself from my somnambulant strikes while sleeping next to me. Also fortunately, the strikes aren’t all that hard—they can hurt but have never caused injury. They have become much less frequent in the last few years, but still happen from time to time.

thestrangequark · January 31 2013, 05:09 AM

^My friend does that. She used to punch her boyfriend while they slept, and would wake up to the sound of him moaning. Poor guy.

January 31 2013, 02:00 AM	#1
propita Rear Admiral Location: fresno, ca, us	Weird things we do in our sleep Okay, so lately I've noticed that I'm often sleeping on my back with my hands up at my ears, so that my elbows are sticking out. Does that happen to anyone else and, if so, what is going on? A friend offered that maybe I prefer that position for breathing or heart purposes, since it changes everything about where and how my back is. Also, I'm waking up in the middle of the night/early morning stretching. The good kind of stretching, not the over-done stretching that causes cramps. A couple of times a night now. I didn't see anything helpful online, most complain of severe pain. I'm getting very strange in my old age. It's coming up time for my 50,000 mile checkup (I'll be 50 this July).

January 31 2013, 02:09 AM	#2
thestrangequark Vice Admiral Location: Brooklyn!	Re: Weird things we do in our sleep I talk in my sleep, walk in my sleep, and shop online in my sleep. __________________ The Enterprise is my TARDIS. View my art!

January 31 2013, 02:13 AM	#3
J. Allen Probably Satan™ Location: A Quantum State	Re: Weird things we do in our sleep Hell, I'm asleep right now. __________________ “In all of the time forward, and backward, throughout the universe, we have all been alive and dead, and all at the same time.”

January 31 2013, 02:16 AM	#4
Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Location: The visitor's bullpen	Re: Weird things we do in our sleep ^ Exhausted from all the mounting and finishing? __________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

January 31 2013, 02:19 AM	#6
thestrangequark Vice Admiral Location: Brooklyn!	Re: Weird things we do in our sleep I've just remembered: as a young child I had a weird tendency to wake up with my pajamas on inside out and backwards -- I was undressing at some point in my sleep and then redressing, badly. This went on from about age 4-7 or 8. __________________ The Enterprise is my TARDIS. View my art!

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January 31 2013, 02:20 AM	#7
junxon Fleet Captain Location: I'm a Romulan now. Romulans are cool	Re: Weird things we do in our sleep i find i wake up with the sheet unhooked from underneath the mattress corners and in a crumpled heap under me leaving my legs and arms on the horrible feeling mattress material. every night. it's weird. __________________ I'm your Venus, I'm your fire, At your desire, Captain. - Mr Spock Hello to Jason Isaacs!

January 31 2013, 02:39 AM	#8
trekkiedane Admiral Location: I'll let you know when I get there.	Re: Weird things we do in our sleep I often-times find myself waking up with my legs pulled towards my torso... Probably because my cat has invaded the part of my bed where they usually have lots of space... __________________ You just assume condescension because I'm European and we're known for not taking Americans seriously. It's a curse. { Emilia }

January 31 2013, 03:04 AM	#9
sojourner Vice Admiral Location: I'm at WKRP	Re: Weird things we do in our sleep Not when I sleep, but... When I go to bed and am ready to actually sleep, as opposed to reading or some such, I can usually be out within a minute or two at most. The key part is that I have lie down on my stomach, head to one side on the pillow, arms straight at my side with my feet hanging just over the end of the mattress. Pretty much "planking" on the bed. It's the only way I can get to sleep at night. Odd thing is that naps during the day on the couch have no such requirement. __________________ Baby, you and me were never meant to be, just maybe think of me once in a while...

January 31 2013, 03:06 AM	#10
Random_Spock Captain Location: Random_Spock	Re: Weird things we do in our sleep I tend to drool in my sleep. A friend of mine talks in theirs . One example: they were talking about what they wanted to fix for dinner the next day. Priceless! __________________ Credit goes to Wikipedia, since that's where I found this pic originally. No copyright infringement intended. RIP Roger Ebert -- you'll be missed .

January 31 2013, 04:42 AM	#12
Naira Rear Admiral Location: Greece	Re: Weird things we do in our sleep When I was little, I often slept on my back with one of my knees bended and the ancle of my other leg resting on that knee. Go figure. __________________ TBBS Card \| "Don't Panic!"

January 31 2013, 05:04 AM	#14
Captrek Rear Admiral Location: Second star to the right and 'round back to last night	Re: Weird things we do in our sleep I sometimes become violent in my sleep, punching or kicking. Fortunately my SO has developed ways to protect herself from my somnambulant strikes while sleeping next to me. Also fortunately, the strikes aren’t all that hard—they can hurt but have never caused injury. They have become much less frequent in the last few years, but still happen from time to time. __________________ Khan, I'm laughing at the superior dental occlusion.

January 31 2013, 05:09 AM	#15
thestrangequark Vice Admiral Location: Brooklyn!	Re: Weird things we do in our sleep ^My friend does that. She used to punch her boyfriend while they slept, and would wake up to the sound of him moaning. Poor guy. __________________ The Enterprise is my TARDIS. View my art!