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[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 92 points 1 day ago

But also avoid lying on your back if you snore and you'll die early if you sleep on your stomach and if you don't change positions several times a night, there might be something wrong or maybe it's just your mattress that is too soft or too hard and btw if you ever even catch a glimpse of blue light, you will never ever sleep well at all anyway so there's no point in anything in any case.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago

I legit cannot sleep on my back these days because I will wake myself snoring.

[-] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago
[-] socsa@piefed.social 18 points 1 day ago

It turns out I also cannot sleep with things strapped to my face.

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 18 hours ago

Yeah, when I started working 3rd shift, people suggested I get an eye mask to help my sleep in daylight. Took me forever to fall asleep, then I would wake in a panic about 5 minutes later because there was "something crawling on my face"...

Room darkening curtains and double shift exhaustion solved my sleep issues, lol. I also learned about biphasic sleep, and I'm a lot more productive.

[-] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

If you snore badly enough, you’re not sleeping. You just close your eyes and effectively hold your breath between gasps of air.

I wasn’t breathing for 40 seconds every minute. 10+ hours of sleep and woke up dead tired.

With the CPAP I get 5-6 hours and wake up fully rested. Worth the pain of figuring out which mask didn’t make me feel like choking (it was the nasal one)

[-] other_cat@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

A lot of people can get used to it. I actually can't sleep without it now, and I use the full face model. It's almost comforting now. That said, some people truly cannot get used to a full face mask. If it's an option, they do make nasal masks (only covers your nose) and nasal pillows (kind of just rests under your nose.)

I've heard there are even more cutting edge options out there but I never looked into them since I'm fine with what I have, but it's definitely worth doing some research about. Quality sleep really can be life changing if it's achievable.

[-] Montagge@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I would put on my mask a hour before I would even try to sleep just to get use to it. It took me abot 6 months to really get use to it. Now I gave a hard time sleeping without it on.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Took me a full year, and I still get panic attacks sometimes when I put it on, but honestly you can do it if you need to. Go see a sleep doc. I was terrified, but I discovered after I got the thing how tired I really was (and I already thought I was pretty tired!)

[-] don@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Same. That others can absolutely baffles me.

[-] dbtng@eviltoast.org 7 points 1 day ago

A friend visited for a few days. He left his face-hugger at home.
His sleep was awful. Sounded like he was fighting with people.
He looked worse and worse. By the time he left, I think he was in dire need of a full sleep.
It was gross. Stop doing coke, Keith. At least he's lost some weight since then. Its probly the coke tho ...

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 96 points 1 day ago
[-] prole 28 points 1 day ago

Yeah OP missed a perfect opportunity

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

With respect:

Why is 9/11 associated with Saddam jokes?

I'm old enough to remember both Iraq wars and 9/11 and the associated politics in detail the two subjects are very intertwined in the collective American memory.

But I want to hear specifically why people in 2025 think this.

[-] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

It kicked off another series of stupidity wars that also happened to end up knocking Saddam out of power would be my takeaway

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

The second line of the article really sums it up from my perspective. "President George W. Bush was obsessed with the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and deliberately misled the American people about who was responsible for the 9/11 attack."

I was curious how the nebulous connection between Iraq and Afghanistan was perceived by those who weren't as aware of the older Bush's history in the area. In the hours following 9/11, a common question among my peers was "How will this be twisted into us going into Iraq?"

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago

My sister & godmother worked across the street and my partner's dad was one of the narrow misses because he sent a colleague to the Towers that day in his stead. That whole mess probably started my slow descent into radicalisation, now that I think about it. I watched people around there with no connection to the event directly react around me while we couldn't get ahold of my sister for a few days. It was very surreal.

[-] harambe69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago

I like to cross my arms across my chest, as well. If it's good enough for vampires and pharaohs, it's good enough for me. I have scared the shit out of several roommates, though..i

[-] latenightnoir 13 points 1 day ago

I'm a side sleeper. Guess I'm doomed.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago

You and me both; the advice that worked ok for me is a pillow between the legs and proper placement under the head that keeps everything level.

They also suggested we get the softer mattresses, since we want a little extra dip for the shoulders and hips. That advice is a mixed bag, though, as I still get shoulder pain. Might be the cheap foam, though.

[-] latenightnoir 4 points 19 hours ago

I got very lucky and found the perfect mattress for this, it has a softer exterior layer (about 5-6cm of cheapo smartphoam) and something tougher at its core, perfect balance between smushy enough to accommodate an elbow, firm enough to keep things tidy. No-name mattress from an Ikea knock-off, it was a steal.

Struggling with pillows, though... Still haven't managed to find something which works for me... Plenty of blankets to wrangle with my legs, so there's that, at least.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

My favorite part of these comments are the number of people coming to the realization they may have sleep apnea, lol

[-] Battle_Masker 21 points 1 day ago

"straight line" the acticle says as its graphic shows a line as straight as Jim Parsons

[-] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 31 points 1 day ago

Meanwhile me on my couch 🍤

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 13 points 1 day ago

The best defense against an achy neck or back in the morning is to sleep just like you stand

meanwhile me standing: 🦐

[-] Sparkles@fedia.io 20 points 1 day ago

I just sleep on the floor rolled up in a giant blanket like a caterpillar in a cocoon. I have no idea why, but it works for me. Mattresses always hurt my back.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 12 points 1 day ago

It's a thing if you have back problems.

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[-] smh@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago

I remember asking my dad to cocoon me in blankets as a kid. It was wicked comfy.

Nowadays I'm in a hammock. It's way more comfy on my hips than a mattress and it gives me that happy cuddled feeling.

[-] Sparkles@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

Never thought of a hammock. I’ll put that in my back pocket for when I have more space.

[-] dbtng@eviltoast.org 3 points 1 day ago

That hammock sounds definitive "cocoon".
You gonna wake up with wings one day?

[-] Sparkles@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

We should get to for what we have to deal with just sleeping comfortably.

[-] BreadOven@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Why do we never play nightcrawlers anymore?

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 18 points 1 day ago

Bringing my terrible standing posture into sleeping positions sounds brilliant.

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 14 points 1 day ago

I love how absolutely nothing in these "straight pose" diagrams is ever straight.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Gay pose diagram.

[-] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago

That looks deeply uncomfortable, but alright.

[-] falseWhite@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I like to sleep on hard floors, like an animal.

[-] Vanth@reddthat.com 9 points 1 day ago

Having something under my lower back sounds awful. Head and knees, yes, but back?

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

Maybe if it was a small enough pillow? That picture looks exaggerated. Their ears certainly aren't what I would call over their shoulders.

[-] Eq0@literature.cafe 3 points 1 day ago

I used for a bit a tiny pillow under my lower back to ease back pain. It has to be the right size, otherwise it makes it worse

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, but you sleep best in a confortable and not forced position. Back/neck pain is the result of an forced position which not change in the hours of sleep. There isn't any pain when you are confortable in a not too old and good mattress

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

This is too hot. Pillow too hot and now you have three pillows and two of them are under the covers.

[-] Hackworth@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's not what's meant by "ears over shoulders," rather they're over when standing. So in-line with shoulders when laying down, not what's pictured here. But whether or not you want the neck in flexion depends on whether or not there's been an injury. The kinetic chain isn't simple.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

ITT everyone ridiculing what has always been the exact truth for my sleeping.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I just sleep like I’m a freeze frame of the party boy dance on my face

[-] Trill88@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Sounds miserable

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 day ago

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The best defense against an achy neck or back in the morning is to sleep just like you stand, says Ellen Wermter, a nurse practitioner who runs Restorative Sleep Medicine, a sleep clinic in Virginia. When you sleep in a position that follows the natural curvature of your spine, it reduces the possibility of muscle strain.

While lying down, your body should form a straight line from the top of your head to your tailbone. Wermter suggests placing your ears over your shoulders and your shoulders over your hips. Point your chin straight ahead, not tucked into your chest or stretched up toward the sky. Aim for symmetry with your arms for proper circulation.

For more tips on how to minimize body aches in the morning, read our story: https://n.pr/42mJ64J

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