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Got Ur Self A....bib.
Jan. 13th, 2002 08:45 amOn Friday night I perhaps slept in a bad position, and then on Saturday morning I diligently washed all the dishes and somehow managed to strain a muscle in my lower back, causing minor spasms and pain. This morning it's a bit better, but still very stiff and spasm-y. I used to pull muscles in my lower back all the time in high school, and I blamed it on sleeping everynight on my stomach (which puts pressure on one's lower back). So I trained myself to sleep on my side.
I tend to go through phases where I HAVE to be in a certain position before falling asleep -- on my stomach facing my left, on my left side with my right arm crossed against my chest, etc. etc. It's curious phenomenon, but makes sense.
But for the past several months, I've been sleeping on my stomach almost exclusively -- it's probably time to retrain myself for my back's sake.
However what I don't understand the my ability to have a "side of the bed". Why does one side seem psychologically 'more right' than the other? And it's not always consistent -- sometimes it has to do with which side is against a wall. But it definitely can feel wrong if I'm on the wrong side. Much like sleeping with one's head at the foot of the bed. And my bed doesn't have a headboard or a foot board. I remember one time last year I was having a bout of insomnia and tried sleeping with my head at the foot of the bed, just to change things up a bit. I spent the whole night dreaming I was on a bed in a library (?) that was the same size as my real bed, but approximately 25 feet high. I spent the whole dream (and possibly my real sleep) trying to stay in the center of the bed and not getting close to any edge.
Today I must go to Walgreens and buy a heating pad. Perhaps I should also avoid playing Tony Hawk 2 since I tend to break my characters back on badly executed tricks. I don't want to induce some sort of voodoo phenomenon where I'm causing my real self pain by injuring a virtual self.
I tend to go through phases where I HAVE to be in a certain position before falling asleep -- on my stomach facing my left, on my left side with my right arm crossed against my chest, etc. etc. It's curious phenomenon, but makes sense.
But for the past several months, I've been sleeping on my stomach almost exclusively -- it's probably time to retrain myself for my back's sake.
However what I don't understand the my ability to have a "side of the bed". Why does one side seem psychologically 'more right' than the other? And it's not always consistent -- sometimes it has to do with which side is against a wall. But it definitely can feel wrong if I'm on the wrong side. Much like sleeping with one's head at the foot of the bed. And my bed doesn't have a headboard or a foot board. I remember one time last year I was having a bout of insomnia and tried sleeping with my head at the foot of the bed, just to change things up a bit. I spent the whole night dreaming I was on a bed in a library (?) that was the same size as my real bed, but approximately 25 feet high. I spent the whole dream (and possibly my real sleep) trying to stay in the center of the bed and not getting close to any edge.
Today I must go to Walgreens and buy a heating pad. Perhaps I should also avoid playing Tony Hawk 2 since I tend to break my characters back on badly executed tricks. I don't want to induce some sort of voodoo phenomenon where I'm causing my real self pain by injuring a virtual self.
