So this one came to me after a miserable weekend after surgery, I had a foley catheter in (its a catheter that is anchored in the bladder with a water balloon and is connected to a pee drainage bag), and in order to sleep I had to connect a big overnight pee bag and put it next to my bed. Now, I’m an active sleeper, I roll around and change positions a ton, so I was terrified of rolling over in my sleep and potentially yanking the catheter out, which would have been extremely painful at \*best\* and probably damaged my insides at worst.
Weirdly though, I slept still as stone, I barely moved for the 3 nights I had it in and I had no issues whatsoever. I’ve also noticed I do this if I fall asleep with my glasses or phone right next to me, I subconsciously avoid rolling over them in my sleep somehow and don’t move around as much.
How does that work? How does an unconscious body “understand” a danger/risk and avoid it?
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Those who did the things that should not be done aren’t our ancestors. Apes sleep in nests on the top of trees.
Those who did the things that should not be done aren’t our ancestors. Apes sleep in nests on the top of trees.
i wish i could do this. 🙁 when i sleep with my glasses on i’ll wake up to find them way down near my feet and my blanket hanging off the side still lol. i’ve even woken up from a dream in pain cause i smacked myself in the nose in my sleep lol. my body DOES NOT be still at nights… 🙁
i wish i could do this. 🙁 when i sleep with my glasses on i’ll wake up to find them way down near my feet and my blanket hanging off the side still lol. i’ve even woken up from a dream in pain cause i smacked myself in the nose in my sleep lol. my body DOES NOT be still at nights… 🙁
Your are getting paralyzed while sleeping and your senses are ignoring the outside world. This way your acting in dream will not be connected to reality, not acting nor sensations.
Your are getting paralyzed while sleeping and your senses are ignoring the outside world. This way your acting in dream will not be connected to reality, not acting nor sensations.
My body does not do this, if I have my phone next to me in bed it will 100% be somewhere esle when I wake up.
My body does not do this, if I have my phone next to me in bed it will 100% be somewhere esle when I wake up.
I am SO GLAD I didn’t consider this possibility when my injury this year was fresh & I was in hospital with a catheter because I would NOT have gotten any sleep for worrying about rolling over and making it come out!
I DID have this issue last year when there were renovations and I had to move into a smaller room on a top bunk temporarily. I don’t think I slept for 2-3 days cos I lay awake worrying I was gonna fall out of that top bunk, crashing into the floor and hurt myself!
By day 3 I was so tired I finally fell asleep.
I am SO GLAD I didn’t consider this possibility when my injury this year was fresh & I was in hospital with a catheter because I would NOT have gotten any sleep for worrying about rolling over and making it come out!
I DID have this issue last year when there were renovations and I had to move into a smaller room on a top bunk temporarily. I don’t think I slept for 2-3 days cos I lay awake worrying I was gonna fall out of that top bunk, crashing into the floor and hurt myself!
By day 3 I was so tired I finally fell asleep.
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