I've heard that the sleeping position you fall asleep in may cause you to have nightmares. Like, crossing your ankle's can make you dream about have your ankle's tied or something.
Is this true?
If it is, what is a correct sleeping position?
2006-08-22 02:26:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
I'd never heard of or experienced what you are describing. The site below does describe a study that showed right versus left-sided sleepers had different frequency of nightmares:
Agargu, M. et al (2004) Sleeping position, dream emotions, and subjective sleep quality. Sleep-and-Hypnosis. Vol 6 (1): 8-13
This study was aimed to examine the relationship between sleeping positions, dream characteristics, and subjective sleep quality in normal subjects. Sixty-three healthy subjects (45 males and 18 females) were included in the present study. Of these participants, 41 were grouped in right-side sleeping position and 22 subjects were in left-side sleeping position.
The subjects were interviewed in terms of dream recall frequency, vividness, bizarreness, nightmare frequency, and dream emotions suggested by Hartmann et al. PSQI was also administered to the subjects. The rate of nightmare sufferers was significantly higher in left-side sleepers (40.9%) than in right-side sleepers (14.6%).
Relief-safety was more common among right-side sleepers than the others. Global PSQI score were significantly lower in right-side sleepers than left-side sleepers. These findings suggest that dreaming and sleep quality may be affected by body posture.
I can easily accept that there is a correlation, but would seriously doubt that it is causal (the the position caused the nightmares).
Aloha
2006-08-22 02:33:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sleeping positions are a matter of preferences: dreams come from the brain, our deepest fears and worries or thoughts.
Nightmares may come sometimes from a heavy dinner, drinking too much or other physical discomforts. But if you sleep in a position that causes a problem to your body without you being aware, the answer is yes, you might dream pain or something similar. The dreams are a deep inside of yourself so even the worst one, tell us something more about our inner conscious.
2006-08-22 02:39:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm getting the authentic same ingredient, although I on no account sleep on my lower back. I in basic terms realised this presently, subsequently the clarification I got here across your submit. i think it rather is via blood strengthen in aspects of the innovations that are to blame for rather some issues i.e. creativity, worry, happiness, etc. in case you have been mendacity on one part for a at the same time as and turn over you may as nicely be conscious a launch of stress interior your head. i'm no longer responsive to a 'treatment' to this phenomenon yet I continually in basic terms sleep on my remarkable if i choose a sturdy nights sleep.
2016-09-29 13:23:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no truth to this myth! Your body sub-consciously gravitates to a comfortable position while you sleep.
Nightmares are due to thoughts and memories.
2006-08-22 02:33:53 · answer #4 · answered by johnavaro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DON'T BELIVE SUCH THINGS
BELIVE IN U
2006-08-22 02:33:24 · answer #5 · answered by TOMMY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋