how your sleeping position affects your health it's late at night
so you turn off the lights and crawl into bed is your sleeping position on
your belly back or side how you sleep can be linked to many health issues your
sleeping position can be the cause of back pain and snoring and also how often
you wake up at night in some instances your sleeping position can also reflect
the type of personality you have for some of you sleeping may be the best
part of your day it's the moment of your day when you get to unwind lay back and
rest and escape the worries of the world a bit some people on the other hand
might hate sleeping because they may be plagued with insomnia night sweats night
terrors or even chronic nightmares whether you enjoy sleeping or not you
can't deny that having a nice little catnap when you get the chance is one of
the greatest things the human being can experience keep watching for the most
common sleeping positions and what they do for your health as well as weird
things that can happen to you while you're sleeping before we begin this
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and turn on notifications so you never miss our new videos number 8 the belly
if you sleep on your belly you'll tend to toss and turn to get comfortable
this can cause severe neck pain and lower back pain because it puts strain
on those areas of your body according to health line number 7 on your back this
position can cause lower back pain if you have sleep apnea or snore sleeping
on your back can make it worse because your Airways are narrower the solution
is to put a pillow under your knees if you're sleeping on your back everyday
health states that it'll help your spine maintain its curve if you're curious
about your sleeping positions and what types of weird things can happen to you
while you're asleep keep watching until the very end
coz we'll tell you about some weird life examples of some of the weirdest
things that can happen to you while you're asleep number six
soldier according to WebMD eight percent of the world's population favors this
position this position suggests that you keep close to yourself because you sleep
with your arms close to your side number five spooning
if you cuddle up with your partner you may be prone to waking up often but
cuddling your partner can help the body release oxytocin which can help lower
your stress according to Fox News less stress is good in relationship number
four your side if you have issues with snoring you should sleep on your side if
you snore loudly you might be suffering from sleep apnea according to WebMD this
can lead to high blood pressure and heart disease number three back pain
sleeping on your side can also help reduce back pain says WebMD to help put
a pillow between your legs to take the pressure off your hips and back number
two pregnant women experts recommend that pregnant women sleep on their left
side says the American Pregnancy Association this will allow more blood
and nutrients to flow to the baby number one starfish if you are
experiencing back pain or neck pain this position helps rest the neck and spine
it also helps reduce acid reflux since the head is elevated and substances
cannot enter the esophagus from the stomach
according to WebMD so if you're noticing that you're experiencing neck pain when
you wake up in the mornings you may want to try out sleeping in this position
speaking of sleeping positions what about things that people unconsciously
do while they're asleep some people do some really really weird things in their
sleep from sleepwalking to sleep driving some people are just plagued with sleep
issues that leave many of us scratching our heads so now that you know how your
sleeping position affects your health here are some weird things that can
happen to you while you're asleep as well as some real-life examples of
people these things have happened - which ones are you guilty of number
eight homicidal somnambulism believe it or not homicidal somnambulism or
sleepwalking murder actually exists it happens when a person kills someone
while they're sleepwalking the most famous case is the case of Kenneth parks
who was acquitted of murdering his mother-in-law in 1987 while he was
sleepwalking and as shocking as it is to hear that sleepwalking murder is an
actual thing apparently so is emailing someone in your sleep a 44 year old
woman reportedly sent dozens of emails to her friends while she was asleep and
has no recollection of it she did say though that her friends responses were
quite hilarious number seven nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder
nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder or NSR IDI is a sleep related eating
disorder s re D which is characterized by eating food when you are completely
asleep people who suffer from this disorder have no conscious memory of
eating while they're asleep they are completely unaware of what they are
doing when they're eating occurs number six sleep artists believe it or not some
people have actually created art in their sleep ly hard win' is known as the
sleepwalking artist and comes from North Wales Lee says that when he was four or
five years old he began drawing and painting while in his sleep Lee says
that he does not remember painting when he wakes up and cannot replicate any of
the artwork when he's awake number five sleepwalking one frightening
story about sleepwalking happened in 2007 when a teenager from Germany jumped
out of a four-story window it turns out that the 17 year old boy was not trying
to commit suicide but rather he was fast asleep he was lucky enough to escape
with just a broken arm and leg here's another crazy sleepwalking story
in 2005 a 15 year old girl from London was found curled up on top of a 130 foot
crane at 2 o'clock in the morning her rescue operation was called while the
girls slept 130 feet up in the air it turns out that that girl was known to
sleepwalk and that she had climbed the entire crane while she was asleep
number 4 sexsomnia this may come as a surprise to you but apparently getting
frisky with strangers is something that some people do while they're asleep
there is even a term for this condition and you guessed it it's called sexsomnia
people who suffer from this condition do not remember performing any sexual
activities once they woke up number three sleep cooking I know it
sounds crazy right well just like people may sleepwalk or sleep eat sleep cooking
can occur as well people have been known to boil water start the stove all while
they're asleep of course like other sleeping disorders
they don't remember any of it when they wake up
number two sleep talking as we all know sleep talking is totally a thing it's
not entirely known why people sleep talk but lots of people do it in fact Dion
McGregor a famous American songwriter who was also a chronic sleep talker he
was so much of a sleep talker in fact that his conversations were recorded and
put together on an album called the dreamworld of Dion McGregor he talks in
his sleep in 1964 number one sleep driving believe
it or not there are some people out there who even sleep Drive when this
happens a person will sleepwalk to their car and actually begin driving when the
person wakes up they have no recollection of the memory
whatsoever so what position do you sleep in and have you ever done any weird
things while you've been asleep tell us in the comments section below
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