What is it that stops us rolling out of bed when we are sleeping, specially a restless sleep?

Answer 1

Our body senses that we are about to fall a distance which would probably hurt, so it turns us the other way. Also, bodies are used to the size of a bed because of sleeping in one for so long. That's why kids fall out of beds after they have been in cribs, and people don't move much in a bigger bed after being in a small one for a long time.

Answer 2

This is a great question! At home, I sleep on a king sized bed. When I travel, I sleep on whatever is available. At hotels, double size beds are standard. Some of my friends and family have twin size beds for guests. Why do I not roll out of the twin size bed since I am accustomed to sleeping in a king size bed? My theory is that instinct plays into the equation. For those that do find themselves on the floor on occasion, perhaps their instinct requires fine-tuning.

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Answer 3

Its simply is because of a “RIGHTING REFLEX”. Try throwing a cat up in the air upside down, and the cat lands on its four feet. That is a righting reflex, which comes as you grow old and this reflex operates at even a subconscious level and therefore the grown ups do not roll out of their beds (despite a restless sleep). We have to protect our babies, but once they grow up they do not need such a protection anymore. Try throwing a kitten instead and see that the reflex is not so well developed.

Answer 4

We fall out of bed a lot when we are children but as we grow older & wiser we train ourselves not to roll out even though we are sleeping. It's past experience that prevents us from rolling out. I slept on my husbands side of the bed one night & managed to roll out because my mind was telling me I was rolling into the middle of the bed where I would be safe, I hit his bedside cabinet & had a massive bruise across my face & ear,. That's because my body was trained for my side of the bed.

Answer 5

I think it's that we can tell where the side of our bed is, even when we are asleep. Wierd huh? Also don't worry about falling off, is usually a couple bars of wood or somthing that prevents people from falling of their bed when a bed is more than four feet off the ground :P.

Answer 6

HAVE U EVER HAD THE FEELING THAT U R FALLING EVEN IN UR SLEEP. AN DWAKE UP WITH A JOLT.

well the thing is the CNS central nervous system lol

Answer 7

Luck i've rolled out of bed quite a few times and it is scary!

Answer 8

We have a reflex buried deep in our brain from when we were monkeys and slept in trees. It wakes us up just before we fall out. That is what that feeling you get when you feel like you're falling then wake up with a jump.

Answer 9

Speak for yourself. Now I sleep on an air mattress on the floor. :)

Answer 10

i do roll out of my bed sometimes