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Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

Remember, you heard it here.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030916/sc_nm/science_sleep_dc_2

Basically, options are:
1. fetal position
2. flat on back, soldier style
3. on side, legs stretched out, arms at side
4. number three with arms outstretched in yearner postition (?)
5. freefall, flat on stomach, hands at the sides of the head
6. "starfish" (on back arms and legs spread out taking up entire bed.)

1. shy
2. quiet, reserved
3. social, easy-going
4. suspicious
5. brash and gregarious
6. unassuming, good listeners

Yeah, I don't know what yearner position means.

quote:
"What's interesting is that the profile behind the posture is often very different from what we would expect," he added in a statement.

That's what I was thinking.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

What if you adopt pretty much every single one of those over the course of the night?

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

So, you're a multiple personality, is that what you are saying?

Posted by MaureenJanay (Member # 2935) on :

I sleep hanging upside down in a closet. What does that mean?

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

Yep, I think that must be what I'm saying!

::high pitched voice::Oh, now that's ridiculous!

::normal voice:: shhhhh!

Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :

i sleep in number 5. all the time, every night.

And I am so not brash.
im gonna smack the bastard that wrote that

[Razz]

Posted by MaureenJanay (Member # 2935) on :

Really though, I sleep in 3, but I act more like 5.

Wait a sec, when they say fetal position, do they mean, on your side? If so, that's how I sleep. And that personality DOES NOT describe me.

quote:
"What's interesting is that the profile behind the posture is often very different from what we would expect," he added in a statement.

I love it. They can say whatever they want about anyone, and then put that quote at the end to make sure they're always right.
If you sleep in Number 1, and you're shy, see, they were right!
If you sleep in Number 1, and you're brash, well, that's not what you would expect. They're right!

[ September 16, 2003, 11:16 AM: Message edited by: MaureenJanay ]

Posted by Godric (Member # 4587) on :

Ooh! Apparently I'm social, easy-going, brash and gregarious!

Hmmm...

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Maureen, sleeping upside down in the closet means you should seek psychiatric help. Obviously you are batty.

I tried the fetal position but it freaked my mother out.

Posted by MaureenJanay (Member # 2935) on :

[ROFL]

Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :

*laugh* I'm always at odds with these things!

I sleep both in the fetal and the stomach positions so I'm shy, brash and gregarious!

Posted by wieczorek (Member # 5565) on :

Hmmm...I'm brash and gregarious but I wake up in the morning as a starfish...I think yearner implies the position of a dead dog lying on its side (you know what I mean - the dead dog is lying on its back in the street with all fours up in the air, but the yearner must be on the side). Ofcourse, that makes sense. All carcasses are suspicious.
[Smile]

Posted by popatr (Member # 1334) on :

I sleep in 1, 2, 4, and 5. At various times.

Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :

They don't mention flat on your stomach bear-hugging your pillow, with your ankles crossed. (when alone)

or behind your significant other, one arm under his neck the other over his torso. (when not alone).

Those are my preferred positions.

Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :

I'd be interested to know what it means to sleep on the stomach, with arms and legs all spread out (like the last one, except on the stomach instead of on the back, I guess).

Posted by MaureenJanay (Member # 2935) on :

quote:
or behind your significant other, one arm under his neck the other over his torso. (when not alone).

In the words Bill Cosby....

"Oh baby!"

I don't actually sleep this way. My husband and I are both pretty independent so it never really occured to us to sleep touching each other. We sleep on opposite sides of the bed.

BUT the other night we did fall asleep holding each other. We were pleasantly surprised! [Blushing]

[ September 16, 2003, 01:03 PM: Message edited by: MaureenJanay ]

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Laying, spread out on your stomach, means you just fell from 3 flights up and landed with a splat.

Posted by * (Member # 4842) on :

They forgot *my* sleeping position! I do have an article I cut out of a magazine that explains it though, and it fits me PERFECTLY. So if anyone else sleeps Flamingo-style, this one's for you:

quote:
Flamingo - On your side or stomach, with one knee bent sharply up and one leg straight out. What it means: You're friendly and sociable, but something in your psyche makes you naturally defensive. Life for you is exciting, since you appreciate extremes of emotion and experience, but those swings can also make you moody and hard to read. You're unsure how to communicate, so yuou tend to bottle things up.

Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :

I'm also a flamingo, most of the time. Thanks, Myr. [Smile]

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

Me, too. I was annoyed that they didnt' have that one in there. I thought everybody slept like that. [Wink]

Posted by wieczorek (Member # 5565) on :

One of my friends sleeps like that. You flamingo people are definetly unpredictable - whenever that friend of mine and I have sleepovers, her leg that's reared and ready to aim always ends up planted on my leg. I must snore or something...

*edited : spelling

[ September 16, 2003, 01:18 PM: Message edited by: wieczorek ]

Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :

I think yearner position means you're on your side, and your arms are outstretched. If that's it, that's how I sleep, but it feels weird if I'm not holding something in my arms. That makes me suspicious, eh.... Hmmm... [Grumble]

Posted by wieczorek (Member # 5565) on :

My friend said something one time that kind of makes me think about what you said. She said that when she sleeps she holds her pillow in her arms and when I asked for her reasoning, she said, "Because I'm a mammal." Ofcourse this wasn't what she meant to say, because she didn't understand it herself, but it was really funny at the time.

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

I either go to sleep on my side, all curled up, or in the "flamingo" position (which seems quite popular...). However, I usually wake up on my back. The rest of the night, I don't know...

Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :

[Laugh]

Dan_raven.

Explains a lot.

Edit to fix typo.

[ September 16, 2003, 04:11 PM: Message edited by: littlemissattitude ]

Posted by Damien (Member # 5611) on :

Does that mean those of us who don't sleep have no personality?