I have had bad insomnia which I had since I was 6 or 7 and has only recently started to lessen. Made an effort to get more exercise which seems to help. Also think age has a factor, have heard many people with similar stories say it got easier when they entered their 30's. Tried various sleeping pills, and that was a terrible experiment. Did some dangerous things while sleepwalking. Opened a can of tuna with a potato peeler. Surprirsed I still have all my fingers. Went for a walk and fell off a ridge near the river. My floating rib hurt for nearly a year afterwards.
As for company I'm usually bad to sleep with. My girl always crashes immediately and I toss and turn for hours trying not to wake her. And of course she cuddles up in her sleep and I get an ever smaller portion of the bed to lay in. Not that I don't like cuddling, I just have a very hard time sleeping like that. I sweat when I sleep by myself. Shoot even in my waking hours, it's probably related to my heart condition. When I have someone holding on to me I just overheat.
Actually had one gf I could cuddle sleep with. Not sure what the difference was. But most, even the one I lived with, it almost never worked. I'd even move to the couch or floor out of guilt cause I didn't want to wake her.
My limbs go numb several (many) times a night cause of my condition so I'm constantly flipping. Like to have the window open, even in the winter.
But when I do get a chance to sleep I do enjoy an oversleep. Lazy and lounged. Never wear anything, too constricting, too hot.
I sleep on a King size bed and normally I wear pajamas. I use three pillows, one to cling to and two in between my legs, usually on my left side. I have to have my leg hanging out of the covers because I can't stand the thought of being tightly wedged in the sheets. I have to have one part of my body touching my husband at all times, and my Wheaton Terrier sleeps with us.
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King size bed, fleece pjs for me unless the temps are above 15 C, then I'll put on lighter pjs (my feet, however, will still be freezing). Share the bed with husband and lately, often my toddler daughter. This graphic below, is pretty darn accurate of how our bed positioning ends up these days:
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I can see why the separate bed or bedroom thing will gain in popularity, it makes sense if the couple have different schedules (night owl vs morning person) or are active sleepers and keep each other awake.
I got a new mattress recently that does a lot more to isolate the other person and I can say I do get better sleep, I almost never wake up when she moves during the night or gets up to go to work anymore.
Well, here I am again, staying up late, planning photon's demise... good old psychopathic tendencies...
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I guess I'm one of the only cuddlers out there. Nothing strange for me, can sleep with boxers or naked depending on the night. Heavy sleeper but I do roll-over a couple times a night. Generally fall asleep cuddling or else on my stomach with one knee bent upwards and an arm under the pillow for support. I'm a night owl though and love to stay up to 3am or so if I'm not working.
GF however is a light sleeper, likes cuddling but has trouble falling asleep like that sometimes, always has to have panties on for some stupid reason and talks in her sleep.
For everyone that snores or has a significant other that snores, I beg you, get a CPAP. It will improve your life, no BS. I had a sleep survey done and found out that I was waking up from snoring and mild apnea 3 or 4 times every hour, even in REM sleep. Everyone I know that uses a CPAP has cut their snoring down or completely out, improved the quality and quantity of their sleep, wake up more rested, have more energy and have a happier SO.
Yup. It's made an amazing difference in my life. 3-4 times an hour? Wow, that would be great. After my sleep survey, they showed me the data and explained that I was waking 70-80 times/hour. My wife hasn't heard me snore since I started using my CPAP and I have way more energy now.
Anyone who snores would be well advised to look into getting a CPAP. It will definitely improve your life.
Having a tv in our bedroom is probably the worst thing ever. I watch it too late, and between that and my iPad I have terrible sleep habits.
Wife and I sleep in a Queen bed, cat sleeps at the foot of the bed, dog on the floor. Sleep about 6 hours a night. I move from cuddle, to leave me alone, parallel to perpendicular, depending on the hour.
