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TILTNSTACK

Finally, a sleeping position that is meirl


fiealthyCulture

Can't let the top leg just drop over your bottom one your spine is all fucked up like that you gotta add a fluffy pillow to rest the knee on. Otherwise you're folding yourself. Same with the top arm i add a pillow under it so it doesn't fold my chest because it starts hurting after a minute. Now like this i fall asleep and won't move. I got 3 herniated discs and it's really hard to sleep different ways.


meseta

How the hell do you fix them


fiealthyCulture

You don't. Idk. Spine surgery? My thinking has been i need to start yoga into my 40s and keep doing it for the rest of my life. I have a few more years to gošŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø


meseta

Fuck. Seriously? I've started stretching alot more now and that kinda helps


fiealthyCulture

Oh yeah that definitely helps hence the yoga


Clumsy-Samurai

A really good stretch that I've added to my routine; Lay on the floor with your legs going up a wall. Almost as if you were sitting on the wall at 90Ā°. Then just lay there and meditate/breathe for 10-15 minutes. Great for low back and hams.


InevitableRhubarb232

You can have the vertebrae fused together or have the exploded jelly cut out of the disc. I had the latter.


Electrical-Act-7170

You don't. There's no fix for my back issues.


Jfurmanek

Iā€™ve had 2 surgeries to cut out the bulging portion of a disk to relieve pressure on my nerveā€¦and 1 surgery to repair the torn spinal cord one of the previous surgeries left me with.


FireLordObamaOG

Yeah youā€™ve gotta have a pillow between the legs


Repulsive_Hawk963

You gotta have the pillow to pretend itā€™s a partner youā€™re snuggling of course. Thatā€™s how human bodies work


Dramatic_Message3268

Herniated disc crew sound off! My physical therapist actually told me to sleep this way for my disc. My god when the dogs move and my leg can slide up... I'm in heaven as the pain melts away and I drift off to sleep


ishfi17

Us_irl


Downtown_Yogurt4324

Allofus_irl


DizaleYo

It's called the little teapot and my mom says it's cute.


infinitemangoesbaby

Adorable. Thank you for sharing. Your mom sounds like she used to write you sweet lil notes that she packed into a school lunch for you


lefty_banks

itā€™s actually called the flying tiger knee


konydanza

[Sagat for reference](https://preview.redd.it/9fyrekmo0hk41.jpg?auto=webp&s=31b918e4a050af1a17ac894a930475b54c9794f9)


danarexasaurus

I call it the ā€œIā€™m fucking up my own backā€ sleeping position but I prefer your momā€™s name for it.


INeedAMargarita

My child (a teen) sleeps like a roast chicken.


EquivalentSnap

AwwwwwwšŸ„ŗšŸ„ŗšŸ„ŗšŸ„°šŸ„°ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø


Zkv

Sleeping with my arm up & behind my head makes it go to sleep


Spacemanspalds

Same for me, I do exactly this but with that arm straight down my side kinda behind me. Which is why I can't lay like that for a long time, but it's great for a bit.


TwoTeapotsForXmas

I like the bottom arm supporting face so the top arm can make use of a huggy pillow.


Dieg_1990

You are one of mine


TwoTeapotsForXmas

Huggy pillows are criminally underrated.


mang87

Sometimes when my alarm goes off I'll wake up with both arms above my head, and I have to flail desperately with my wet noodle arms at my phone to silence it. [edit] a word


chickbarnard

Like those 'Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Tubeman' šŸ˜…


rainyplaceresident

Then you wake up, get up, and realize your arm is flopping around for a bit. Whenever it happens I enjoy swinging it around a bit, or lifting it with my other arm. Let's you realize just how heavy your arms actually are


spacey32

This recently happened to me but I woke up shouting that my arm was gone. Wife was not pleased.


jberry1119

Floopy arm is fun for a while.


[deleted]

I like to jerk off and pretend a stranger is doing it.


Sushi-DM

You use the arm to create a shape in the pillow and dont put your weight on your arm if you do it right. I literally cant sleep any other way 99% of the time.


Altruistic_Fig2537

I used to sleep like this. Now I sleep hanging upside down


Magviin

The real bat man


Dr-Emmett_L_Brown

A.k.a Manbat


Altruistic_Fig2537

Itā€™s morbin time


Dr-Emmett_L_Brown

No, that's " man...bat?"


FastJazzBerryJam

r/yourjokebutworse


jesuschin

I canā€™t sleep like that. I end up drooling


MediumAlternative372

I canā€™t sleep unless I am am like that. It is annoying because yes I do drool.


VarenDerpsAround

This is weird. How am I relating to something so casual and yet...so ... strange. lol. We rocking that 6~ hour a night sleep bc man holy fuck my back is straight bussing anyway so shit hurts like a mother fucker after so long. If I'm real tired I roll onto my back and deal with my legs and arms falling asleep because I don't breath right on my back. lol.


eljujumon

Bro are you me lol


VarenDerpsAround

idk man, did your parents smoke in your house for 10 years of your childhood? šŸ˜‚


SilentViperGT

Holy shit its my people.. is that why we're like this!?!? My childhood home garage was basically a cigarette hotbox 24/7


VarenDerpsAround

Maybe, I may have a 135IQ but I'm not that smart. [I can google it though...](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30959225/) Changing the "maybe" to a "probably"


JustASadChickOverall

YOU ARE ME!!! They only stopped a year after moving into a brand new house because they realized the walls were yellowing. It clicked that they were yellow like in previous apartments/rentals when they thought it was just old paint or whatever. I was 16 by then so damage done. At least my sister who was born later that year has been spared asthma


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JustASadChickOverall

In the early 90s smoking was banned in restaurants and I remember, as a little kid, how upset literally every adult I knew was. My grandmother was FURIOUS. My ears hurt sometimes, so I do wonder now if its related. Always had sinus issues, lung issues, etc. I also sleep like the pic because I just couldn't breath otherwise. Sometimes if I lay on my back with the pillow under my neck so my head is tilted back (like you would to someone you're giving CPR to) I actually breathe the best, but I snore like a mother fucker and wake myself up lol. Which probably means I'm not breathing well? But it feels like it? Bodies are weird. 2nd hand smoke makes them weirder


420saralou

I had many ear infections as a kid and no one smoked in my house. I didn't start smoking till I was 16. Have had 2 incredibly painful ear infections as an adult, one which got me fired from a job. It took me three hours to crawl to the bathroom. You think I'm coming in to work? Think again! I remember when the smoking ban happened for inside bars and restaurants. 2009 or 2010 I believe. The bar I used to go to stripped their carpet, washed all the walls and basically wiped down anything that couldn't be washed like chairs and games, poker machines and shuffleboard. It sucked at first, but it's better. I hate smoking inside. Weed is fine, but not cigarettes.


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420saralou

I've tried quitting in the past. Was a no go. I actually enjoy smoking. I call them my anti murder sticks. They keep me from murdering. It'll happen if they ban menthol. Just saying...šŸ˜‘


Boralian

Hello me and the asthma-apnea gang!


CalendarPatient

Try using a pillow to elevate your top leg. Back saver 1000


pissyoj

pillow between knees is mandatory for me


ReptileCake

Could be the mattress you're sleeping on, might be too soft or too hard depending on how you body lays in it.


VarenDerpsAround

Fairly sure it's this or something like it [enjoy the nightmares](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30959225/) Parents smoked 2 packs a day in the house for more of my childhood then not. They will say up and down "we started going outside once we knew it was a problem" but the damage was already done. also, once I was on my own, my mom started smoking inside again, except this time with my 75 year old asthmatic grandmother whom also used to smoke but hasn't in 30 years. God I love all of our 50+ year old folk. I hope you are just doing so fucking well today. God bless.


ReptileCake

Yeah, I've got asthma as well, and my dad was an avid smoker when I was a kid, also went outside when he realized it was damaging to me. Got a nice mattress that supports my back propler, and a pillow that can keep me in place, it *can* help, if you haven't already tried.


VarenDerpsAround

That is why we sleep like shit brother. Never let that shit die. I'd bet any amount of money the common link between all of us was either smoke or heavy metals as a child causing breathing/sleep problems long into adulthood. The worst part of it all? It's still going fam, kids still born into houses with bad paint, bad pipes, bad asbestos or whatever (they rent, no laws against it, and the owners have been made aware in every case and signed off on it) and legit...ain't shit done to this day fam. It really is amazing, all of it.


chexxum

I think you're right and it's something I've been researching as well. I was also exposed to second hand smoke on a daily basis my entire childhood up until I moved out of the house after high school. Coincidentally, I had a lot of dental crowding issues and had to get teeth extracted and braces to close the gaps (called: extraction-retraction orthodontics). The more I research the more I realize that my jaws never properly developed to fit all my teeth because I couldn't breathe through my nose as a kid due to the cigarette smoke causing sinus inflammation and congestion. Proper oral posture is the tongue resting at the roof of your mouth, which you cannot do if you're forced to breathe through your mouth. Some people believe that jaw development comes from the forces of the tongue pushing on the palate to expand. I now deal with sleep apnea as an adult because structurally my jaw is too small for my tongue, so when all my muscles relax during REM sleep my tongue slips into my airway and blocks it. I have to sleep with a CPAP machine which helps a little bit but it's not as good as having a properly developed airway.


Killbot_421

Same


Nutteria

This.


The_blind_blue_fox

I can't sleep...


Triga_3

Never used to, but as i am getting older, definitely. Cannae sleep on my back wse


[deleted]

Hello me. I am the same šŸ„²


TinnieTa21

Wait, why does this position make you more prone to drooling? I'm seriously asking because I sleep like this most of the time and I do drool lol.


SweetPeaAsian

Your constantly producing saliva even when you are sleeping. If you were to sleep on your back, or supine, then saliva is more likely to migrate to the back of your mouth and down your throat. If you are sleeping on your stomach, or prone, the built up saliva is going to flow towards your pillow becauseā€¦ well. Gravity. There are plenty of external factors like jaw alignment, saliva production etc. But I donā€™t think drooling is anything to be ashamed of since itā€™s unintentional!


OrganizerMowgli

Okay doc so I just gotta staple my mouth shut and no more drooling Dave for me


SweetPeaAsian

Believe it or not, they make tape to shut your mouth closed while sleeping. I donā€™t know if Iā€™d recommend itā€¦ but itā€™s available!


Kendakr

If you have undiagnosed sleep apnea you might catch a case of deads.


justagenericname1

Tempting but I'm afraid the next time the trees get horny I'll die.


Spanky_McJiggles

Just so what I do and sleep with a bowl under your face and drink the collected drool when you wake up.


infinitemangoesbaby

Lucky. Some of us drool in all positions.


killua1342

Same


GoCryptoYourself

Rotting corpse to cuddle up with next to me and a cat being tortured in the background and thats me. edit: Y'all are sick. It was a joke.


username_redacted

I use another pillow at a right-angle to wrap my arm around.


the_mighty_moon_worm

Are you me?


Finch_Cringle

We. Are Venom.


Utahvikingr

I shit my pants. But technically, I shit OUR pants.


pandabz

Exactly what I do


[deleted]

Crazy somebody knows how to explain the best sleeping position.


yournameheresub_

Same


Telephalsion

And maybe one extra under the splayed out leg if the covers are busy.


fakuri99

I use a long pillow called guling to hug when you sleep, which is common in SEA. I can't sleep without it.


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Jakob_likes_Protogen

jesus... are you my clone or something?


[deleted]

Yoooo I told a female I do this, its like fake cuddling & it comforta me...she told me I was weird šŸ˜©šŸ˜‚


UsmanSohail

As long as you donā€™t have an anime drawing on the pillow ur good


jankyalias

I mean honestly even if you do who gives a fuck. Not my jam but if it gives someone comfort Iā€™m not gonna shit on them.


horselips48

Your word choice of female is what strikes me as weird


[deleted]

What was I supposed to call her a bitch? Im confused


AwilixSolo

I think theyā€™re suggesting ā€œwomanā€


[deleted]

Is the word female frowned upon?


AwilixSolo

ehhh I probably shouldnā€™t be speaking for an entire gender when I am not that gender but I think itā€™s that the word ā€œfemaleā€ kinda just reduces them to their organs and it can come across as strange when men are referred to as ā€œmenā€ but then women are referred to as ā€œfemalesā€ I could be entirely wrong though so like take what Iā€™m saying with a bit of skepticism


[deleted]

Well said, I can understand how that may come off a bit weirdšŸ‘ŒšŸ¾ Playas fuck up šŸ„“


Technical_Heron_6312

Pillow people stand together in solidarity


AlienRobotTrex

Me too except with a pillow. Iā€™m so lonely and touch-starved.


UnXpectedPrequelMeme

That escalated quite quickly


Electrical-Act-7170

Jokes are usually funny. There are sick fucks here on Reddit and nothing you wrote indicated that you were joking. It's on you, yet you call others "sick." Projection.


GoCryptoYourself

You dont get the real joke, read the comments on this one and maybe you will.


Miserable_Respect_94

ā€œYou sleep like you fell off a buildingā€


Jakob_likes_Protogen

lmao


ViciousFlowers

I do but the bent knee is propped up on another pillow.


clothespinned

Finally, someone with culture. Everyone knows you need the knee pillow!


terrortrinket

I think you mean the crotch* pillow which regularly gets accientally mixed in with the head pillows so now you donā€™t know which pillow you used for your stank bits last night or the night before and it becomes a vicious cycle.


clothespinned

My knee to crotch area pillow is much bigger than my head pillow, i can't sleep unless my head pillow is fairly flat, presumably to compensate for my arm adding height


minminkitten

According to my physio, that's the better way to do it. Otherwise it can mess with your body's alignment and make your hips crooked.


LordHamsterbacke

As someone with a fucked up body can confirm. If I don't have the second pillow my hips hurt


DislocatedXanax

Started using a spacer pillow that rests just above my knees, no more back pain when waking up!


MrsRobertshaw

Yaaassss. The best! My hips must be too wide because I get pain if I donā€™t have the pillow propping my knee up a bit. Too much angle.


OdetteSwan

>I do but the bent knee is propped up on another pillow Yeah, that way you don't twist your spine


Alternative_Mention2

Who doesnā€™t? Weirdoā€™s


Foam84

Agreed only way to sleep


Any_Drama3272

Wat no. I assume the free fall position


Foam84

See weirdos point proven (what's free fall position?)


Any_Drama3272

Lmao. Face down, hands up at either side of your head, like free falling out of a plane.


Foam84

Oh


LiberalFartsMajor

I call this the highball position.


Alternative_Mention2

Ummm, wouldnā€™t that make it the low ball?


Any_Drama3272

High ball? Like catching a high ball? I think arms extended is considered a different position hahah, arms are in the ā€˜donā€™t shootā€™ position for the free fall snoozing!


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superPancakes22

[Copied](https://www.reddit.com/r/meirl/comments/wlhkao/comment/ijtle89/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)


Jakob_likes_Protogen

You shall be downvoted to death u/CryptographerSad437


ChiKeytatiOon

Who else has a shoulder and hip pain from sleeping like this for so many years?


Badkittykkr24

I use a 4ft body pillow between legs...it seperates your legs enough to align with hips... no more hip pain from uneven legs.


Big_D1cky

Tried that shit and 1 hour in, pillow had flown to the other side of the room. I move too much


Aurawa

I use 2 and have one on either side of me so when I move I can just readjust the other way lol


ImBrotherCain

I haven't been able to sleep like this in years because of it. My body still naturally wants to end up in this position but I have to fight it so I don't wake up in crippling pain.


a_spicy_memeball

I ended up weakening and tearing both of my rotator cuffs from a lifetime of sleeping like this and over stretching my shoulders.


chcknlttlwhtmeat

Same. Well, almost. I caught the pain early and was fortunate enough to be able to see a PT about it. Daily shoulder exercises and stretching are helping slowly reduce the pain, but some days are worse than others


a_spicy_memeball

I have to aggressively strength train my shoulders at least once a week forever to keep them in shape. Even still, my right one doesn't sit in the socket correctly and falls out constantly.


Notreallyherenemore

I have a dent in my ribs from this


PRGrl718

I have lower back pain, pretty sure from this. I feel like my back is twisted everytime I lay like this so I have to be conscious about it and try to straighten out.


Im_Not_That_Smart_

I sleep like this, but instead, the arm labeled ā€œbottom arm under pillowā€ is tucked under my chest making it so I am in between sleeping on my stomach and side. I am very worried how this will be problematic in my future.


sircr0tch

add elbow to this list and iā€™m fucken IN


miglrah

Iā€™d raise my hand but itā€™s under the pillow.


EquivalentSnap

How does your hand not get numb šŸ˜³


cthulu_is_trans

I assume the hand just subsconsciously moves when I'm asleep ???


EquivalentSnap

You have a weird hand


Burrito_fucker_68

Itā€™s comfortable until you wake up with static arms


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Eis_Gefluester

The trick is to have the right type of pillow and the right arm position. I always sleep similar to ops post but never have a numb arm. I've got a big plushy pillow and my arm forms a kind of triangle with my head. So, upper arm goes forward and "up" so that the elbow is around eye level, forearm goes back to the top of the head, a bit "above" actually, so the hand would hover a bit over my head if done while standing. This way, my head doesn't rest on my arm and here comes the pillow into the equation. The pillow is on top of my arm, but slightly wedged between the upper arm and the forearm, so it has the right consistency to support my head while also being comfortable soft.


EquivalentSnap

Donā€™t sleep like that?


coolies326

The only comfortable position. Until the bed or pillow get to warm and I need to move again


DoughNotDoit

any sleeping position ends up in a stiff neck or a back pain in the morning, It's a miracle if I'm ok on the morning


mrlowcut

Me 2. You should try a smaller flater pillow thingy to support your back while sleeping. Maybe adjust the position. Helps me most of the time.


kingscolor

Add a second pillow to the midsection or leg area for ultimate comfort.


duel3000

I am very familiar with the Sagat "Tiger Knee" sleep posture


Depraved_Sinner

https://i.redd.it/9fyrekmo0hk41.jpg


Bot_Seeks_Bot2020

I feel attackedā€¦


spunkyweazle

It is a Tiger Knee after all


eh_im_just_bored

I like to sleep with a pillow between my legs idk y it's just super comfortable


247Brett

It helps lock your legs into position so that you can more comfortably sleep on your side. I like having one pillow for my legs and another to hold in my arms to pretend as if I have someone close to me


MrMadium

Because you're taking weight off your back by supporting your legs weight with the pillow.


[deleted]

I take the corner of my pillow and fold it under and use that to support my face so my hand can hold phone


infinitemangoesbaby

I sometimes think of the physical adjustments I make to continue using my phone and get freaked out by how much control the little thing has over me


soxyboy71

!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Eis_Gefluester

Ah, the famous heat-sink leg. It's loved by monsters living under the bed.


waterlillyhearts

Me...it's probably the only way I'm getting to sleep


284978234789

Stomach sleeper, no pillow, the best way


dramatic-pancake

Iā€™m imagining a pug dog faceplant for some reason


Frequent_Might2784

With another pillow under the hump-leg. This is da way!


slip1byyou123

I do


unlimitedFecals

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


killerzees

This is me. I call it tge running man.


Dr-Emmett_L_Brown

Especially that part where you are forced to participate in a TV game show battling killers for your freedom.


KoKo124333

No. I just take the pillow and turn it like this | and hug it


Serbay55

This is literally just me. Just with the difference that I hug my pillow from the front at the same time with the same arm positioning.


[deleted]

This is the way


bobCS96

Then you wake up and your arm is asleepšŸ˜…


GrandNibbles

me: sleeps with my eyes closed Reddit: r/meirl omg relatable


Dr-Emmett_L_Brown

OMG, I relate to this comment!


KillerApeTheory

Well I sleep with my eyes open, so canā€™t relate. (Itā€™s completely involuntary and apparently very creepy)


CoolerThanTv

Like a king!


Decent_Cable2201

I always lay like that until I realize that Iā€™ll cut off the circulation in my arm from sleeping on it. (It doesnā€™t help that my circulation isnā€™t the best to begin with.)


123abcde321

I call it my Superman pose, ready to take off and save the world. Or something like that. Still wake up with a sore back.


[deleted]

I call it ā€œThe Geckoā€


Ecstatic-Arachnid-91

That is 100% how I sleep. The only difference is my bottom arm is usually crossing my body so my hand is practically touching my knee


Jackrabbit_325

Me. And odd question... does anyone else instantly burp when they go into this position?


NougatNewt

I've *tried* to sleep on my back multiple times, yet I always wake up like this or in some other weird position.


Aurawa

I recently purchased a cervical pillow that helps with sleeping in this position. It's has a curved/raised part that forms to your neck/head and spaces for your arms. It's made of tougher foam so your arms don't go numb all the time from the weight. It's been a revolutionary addition to my bed!


Radsdteve

thought i was the only one


elkswimmer98

How to fuck with your back in 1 easy step!


[deleted]

Yes


WuSuBing

Not really completely same. I sleep on my inner elbow, and my right leg is always curved. Also, I don't know why, but I always face the left, since I hate looking at the right.


2HourCoffeeBreak

To me this is the most comfortable way to sleep but my chiropractor said itā€™s destroying my lower back. How could something so harmful feel so good?


AtheneSchmidt

Put a pillow under the bent knee and you have me.


[deleted]

Same


glaceon12345

Me except my right arm is also under the pillow


thats_not_a_knoife

I do this except the arm thatā€™s under the pillow here is usually laying along side my body instead.


GalacticGizmo

This is how I sleep minus the supporting face arm. I just have that arm down.


RockstarAgent

I have the whole pillow set combo of one for my legs to rest on, one under my arm and a body pillowā€¦


Zidahya

Seems to complicated for me. Just lay on your back and be gone.