Recommended-Comfiest place to sleep?

**JeffPlox** · 07-03-2010 12:00 AM

Heya all. I'm JeffPlox if you haven't noticed yet and if you wanted to know or something.... (I kinda of feel like a douche answering questions, and suggesting ideas without people knowing who I am...)

And so yeah. I have a question.
I sleep on the floor by choice, and not my bed since last year. I don't know exactly why.... I just wanted to start sleeping on my floor. (This is before I knew about LDs of course.) Having not slept on my bed once since last year- I'm now completely used to the floor.

The thing is,
I was wondering if sleeping in different positions or surfaces change the way we sleep, dream, or our ability to have a LD with more or less awreness? I slept in a upright box in my closet a few weeks ago, and when I woke up- and fell back asleep- and I had the weirdest sleep paralysis sensation! (Even though it went away almost instantly). I felt like I was being twirled around on like one of those rides at those silly fairs. I could also feel myself in REM for a few seconds. All I could see is white.
But then again, this probably only happened because I was extremely tired when I woke up that morning, and had my head in an uncomfy postilion. :3

But anyhow. Just throw out some ideas please, and I'll give them a try. I have virtually almost every surface to sleep on at my house.

(Couch, bed, floor, outside, closest, bathtub).

I just want to know everything I can do so I can have my first LD, or OBE. D=

**ultimatedood** · 07-03-2010 01:28 AM

I'm pretty sure you should sleep on whatever feels the best (most comfy)

**JeffPlox** · 07-03-2010 01:36 AM

Good idear dooooood.

BUT. Does it matter what position my back is in, or anything?

**WanderingMind** · 07-03-2010 02:39 AM

Basically if you go from sleeping in a position that is very uncomfortable, and you go to bed afterward in something much more comfortable, then you're more likely to have a sensible SP. Supposedly the body senses the comfort and grabs on to it.

**~~fhgshfdg~~** · 07-03-2010 04:44 AM

If you can't fully fall asleep on a mattress I think it goes without saying you can't dream as well as if you're fast asleep on the floor, so I'd say keep doing what you're doing.

However, I know from experience that changing up your sleeping situation will improve your dream recall; for example, sleeping with a pillow on top of your head or on your stomach instead of your back. It snaps my mind out of its routine and for whatever reason helps me recall my dreams. Every time I sleep in a comfy hotel bed I have extremely vivid dreams. I can't promise this will work for everyone, but I offer it as a suggestion.

Let me know how it works for you. I may try and start an experiment about in the near future.