Feeling Sleepy?
By ukchriss
@ukchriss (2097)
January 17, 2007 6:26pm CST
Well, my other half is now snoring away upstairs, don't know who's worse him or the cat!! ... yep I've got a cat that snores as well! Bless him, he's curled up here snoring away beside me, He's quite funny as every now and then he makes a big snore sound and wakes himself up!
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I was just thinking ... over the years sleep therapists have monitored people with all kinds of sleep disorders, looking at their sleep habits to find out what each disorder does to a person.... I wonder if they've ever monitored cats?
Anyway, what about the rest of us who don't think we have a sleep disorder, we just don't seem to need much sleep. And those that, because of dreams and unconscious behaviour, send out strange signals to their partners?
Have you ever slept with one of those people whose arms fling about and slap you in the face in the middle of the night or the ones that wake you up with cold feet! Or even one who's knees get you in the middle of the back or even in the groin when you least expect it?
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When your partner is awake, he/she is the most loving person and you know, they care for you 100%, but when they're asleep, its questionable! Do they recoil and move away from your slightest touch? Do they turn their backs on you when you try to get close? My other half tells me he turns his back cos he wants me to cuddle up to him … but I do sometimes wonder …
And then what about the cover snatchers? You're lying there, all warm and toasty and then all of a sudden you find yourself shivering from the cold as you realise your partner has just turned over and taken all the covers with him/her!
Then you have those people who sleep on top of the covers and you cant get into bed because if you pull on the cover, you'll wake them up!
So what do you do? Where do you draw the line? How do you resolve those sleep disasters? Do you fight back? Do you become the cover snatcher? Do you tug on the cover and wake your partner up anyway? Or do you buy another cover and have one each?
Or then, do you just suffer in silence?
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36 responses
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
18 Jan 07
I am extremely lucky because I am single and I have the whole bed to myself, ok so it's just a single and believe me I have shared a single bed in the past and no it's not comfortable, cosy maybe but I need space! I dread sleeping with someone new in case they have bad habits like snoring, bodily noises or if they talk in their sleep. My last partner I actually went out and bought myself a double bed and moved into the spare room, drastic eh! I don't even have animals sleeping on my bed. Mind you I do have a bad habit myself and that's tossing and turning in bed. I can't get comfortable so I'm always moving, duffing up my pillows or turning round! I love sleeping alone and I'm far too selfish to share my bed with anyone!
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@pramodthakur (2365)
• India
18 Jan 07
Hi Ukchriss, your problem is very common one. This can be eliminated completely if you wish so. In India one Swami Rajdevji is doing research on various ailments. Snoring is one. By doing Pranayama snoring will stop completely. Details of how to do pranayama is available at www.divyayoga.com. You can go through the details there and get it started doing by your hubby, within 2-3 days of time you will receive snoring frequency is going down. Belive me, Pranayama is a systematic breathing exercise. It requires no money. The Anulom Vilom Pranayama will be much helpful for you. Please read and do it at your home in morning hour and enjoy the result.
@maru_047in (1007)
• India
18 Jan 07
Ya ofcourse even cats snores a lot even i had a cat which used to snore and i used to wake it up when it does like that and i would fight back and solve the sleep disasters i think so i can become the cover snatcher.
@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
18 Jan 07
LOL! I'm married to one of those too. But...ummm...we resolved it by me keeping the bed and him sleeping out on the couch in the living room (how selfish am I? LOL). I told him repeatedly that evil sounds and evil smells do NOT make for a good night's sleep. But the final straw was during one night when he was snoring more vigorously than usual. I kicked him pretty hard, but all I ended up doing was hurting my darned foot...and making him snore even louder!! Now I can sprawl across the bed as much as I want (or as much as the cats will let me). As for animals snoring, I have a Shar Pei that rivals my husband. Sometimes she wakes herself up snoring (just like your cat) and ends up barking at herself!
@milagre (1272)
• Portugal
18 Jan 07
Im in the same situation as you, snoring mate and Shar-Pei. It's terrible....About sharpei, can you tell me if your sharpei is always shaking his head and spreading saliva (ughh!), i cant stand it, dont know if there's something wrong with her (its a female), something in the ears or nose that make her do that. Tell me something please, to know if i should send her to the vet.
@gautamkohli (246)
• India
18 Jan 07
nothinn's best in the world then having a long sleep....
I sleep atleast 10-12 hrs a day
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@crystalite1982 (40)
• United States
18 Jan 07
MY boyfriend snores soooooooo loud. i start out in the bed, but almost always end up on the couch because i just can't sleep. i am at a total loss myself. i just don't know what to do. we are too young to sleep in seperate beds...
@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
18 Jan 07
"Have you ever slept with one of those people whose arms fling about and slap you in the face in the middle of the night"
LOL I'm one of those ppl....actually I flail about and have RLS along with insomnia so sleeping with me is not easy..My husband is a farter and MAJOR snorer as well as a blanket hog..LOL We've had seperate bedrooms for about 5 yrs now...it works out nicely
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@shywolf (4514)
• United States
18 Jan 07
I don't currently sleep with anyone else in my bed, but I often wonder if I would be hard to sleep next to *laugh* I get uncomfortable easily and have to turn to one side or the other fairly often. If I don't, I get pains in my legs and ankles sometimes. The saddest thing about it is that I would give just about anything to have someone to cuddle up to at night, but I am afraid that I would be a bother to them even if I did! *laugh* I also have no idea how restless I am when I'm deep in sleep, since it's pretty difficult to know that. But I must turn over in my sleep, because if I didn't I would end up with more aches and pains...
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@rosie_123 (6113)
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18 Jan 07
The cover snatchers are the worst!! And must admit as I get older I much prefer to sleep alone - at least you get a good night's sleep that way!
@ptennant01 (246)
• United States
18 Jan 07
My spouse snores so loud I cannot sleep with ou aids
You cannot arouse him once he fallas into a snoring sleep
Lately he sleeps all over the bed leaving me a small space Not very nice is it?
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@rocksensation (87)
• Pakistan
18 Jan 07
i am felling asleep sitting in front of computer
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@dundern (246)
• Finland
18 Jan 07
well i have whole bed for my self, but i have a small problem i wake up at 6:00-6:30 am and when i wake up i can't fall in sleep again so i start to play computer games and doing otehr things, but when i come to school, i feel like i have to sleep at once and the first 1-2 school hourse are like fishing, trying to catch sleep but still ahve to saty awake.... i don't know what could help to this but i hope this is just something that passes soon.
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@usman400 (1587)
• Pakistan
18 Jan 07
Well I hardly face this situation because I have a habit of sleeping for just night and not in the noon, however sometimes it happens, but I tackle it by just waiting for calmness to prevail and it eventually makes me sleep
@red_dragon (260)
• India
18 Jan 07
any noise while sleeping will make a big head ack to me...
i dont like to be disturbed while i am sleeping...
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