Foetus position: A whopping 41% of participants sleep in this curled-up manner. Women are twice as likely to rest like this and it is listed as the most common position. These sleepers are said to have a tough exterior but are still sensitive and may appear to be shy but warm up quickly.
Log position – If you sleep on your side with both arms down, you are a social, easy-going person who is trusting, sometimes to the point of being gullible. The study showed 15% of people sleep like a log.
Yearner position - A close third is the side-lying position with both arms out in front of the body, with 13% of partipants sleeping like this. Yearners are noted to be open-minded and still cynical, suspicious, and stubborn about sticking to decisions once they are made.
Soldier position - These sleepers lie on their backs with arms down and kept close to the body. This 8% study is said to be reserved, quiet, without fuss, and hold themselves and others to a high standard. Soldier sleepers have a higher likelihood for snoring due to the flat-back position, which may not cause them to wake up often but may result in a less restful night’s sleep.
Freefall position - Those people who lie on their bellies with arms under or wrapped around a pillow with head turned to the side, make up 7% of the population studied. Freefallers are brash, outgoing, and are very uncomfortable with criticism.
Starfish position - Sleepers who lie on their backs with arms up near their head or the pillow account for 5% of participants. These people are good listeners, helpful, and are uncomfortable being the center of attention. People who sleep in starfish position are more likely to snore and to suffer from a poor night’s sleep more often.
There are some very interesting questions that arise after reading and analysing the study. Some questions that you might ask are:
1.) I do not know my sleeping position. I am asleep, after all.
2.) What happens if throughout the night I go through at least 3 or perhaps all of the sleeping positions?
3.) What if I change my personality? Will my sleep position also be changed? Or can changing my sleep position 'alter' my personality?
Let's go through each question:
1.) Obviously you will not know your sleep positions throughout the night but generally, the position that you wake up in should be taken as your most comfortable and therefore, the position that you spend majority of the night in. Please take note that this is just a general rule.
2.) Once again, take the position that you wake up in as the one that you spend the most comfortable and therefore your favourite.
3.) This is a very good question. Just take note that the link between the sleep position and personality might just be the results of a majority and not exclusively to each group/position. Just like your personality traits/characteristics in a horoscope, not all people born in the year of the Tiger are aggressive go-getters, as most experts predict them to be. The same thing applies to this particular study/report. So while your sleep position and personality might be strikingly similar to the report, pleased do not be alarmed if it isn't. With regards to whether you change your sleep postion if you change your personality, well, I guess there should be another study and research done on this. What about changing your sleep position to change your personality? Good one, but once you are asleep, your body alters its position naturally so there is no way that you can 'force' your body to sleeping in a particular position. What if you hypnotize yourself to do so? Still, if you naturally feel comfortable in a particular position, your body would still adopt that position even though you might start in your desired position. So its better to use hypnosis to change your unwanted personality traits rather than your sleep position!
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