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beandelphikiBlargh. I woke up this morning and discovered I've come down with the nasty cold my sister brought home from school a few days ago. Thanks, kid. I've missed my physics class today, and I think I'll probably be missing math and chem tomorrow. And we have our first lab in chem, too. *sighs*
Anyway, I've been thinking of the positions I sleep in.
I never sleep all flopped-out and relaxed, on my back. I tend to sleep curled up and cramped. One of my "favorite" positions (as in, it's a position I will get into naturally while sleeping) is to sleep on my side with one arm curled protectively up around my head, one arm curled around my chest, and my legs crossed and pulled up to protect my groin. Is that a female thing, or what? I can't decide if it bothers me or not that my subconscious mind decides my girl parts need protecting. I'm not sure where it's coming from. Some instinct the male part of me doesn't/can't override?
Another one: this morning I woke up curled in a ball and lying face-down, all pulled in like a turtle. My head down, my legs folded up, my hands in little fists under my chin. Many a morning I have woken with pins-and-needles in my hands from lying like that. I guess I feel safer presenting only my back as a target.
Although, really, there's not a part of your body that's "safe" to get hit. I remember how many times as a kid I ended up curled in a corner with one or both of my parents kicking at my back, and how terrified I was that they'd damage something. Like my spine.
Why don't we have shells or something, dammit? We're so poorly designed.
Anyway. I sleep like I'm about to be attacked at any moment. I wonder if I always did this?
I wonder who else sleeps like that.
Anyway, I've been thinking of the positions I sleep in.
I never sleep all flopped-out and relaxed, on my back. I tend to sleep curled up and cramped. One of my "favorite" positions (as in, it's a position I will get into naturally while sleeping) is to sleep on my side with one arm curled protectively up around my head, one arm curled around my chest, and my legs crossed and pulled up to protect my groin. Is that a female thing, or what? I can't decide if it bothers me or not that my subconscious mind decides my girl parts need protecting. I'm not sure where it's coming from. Some instinct the male part of me doesn't/can't override?
Another one: this morning I woke up curled in a ball and lying face-down, all pulled in like a turtle. My head down, my legs folded up, my hands in little fists under my chin. Many a morning I have woken with pins-and-needles in my hands from lying like that. I guess I feel safer presenting only my back as a target.
Although, really, there's not a part of your body that's "safe" to get hit. I remember how many times as a kid I ended up curled in a corner with one or both of my parents kicking at my back, and how terrified I was that they'd damage something. Like my spine.
Why don't we have shells or something, dammit? We're so poorly designed.
Anyway. I sleep like I'm about to be attacked at any moment. I wonder if I always did this?
I wonder who else sleeps like that.
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Date: 2003-09-16 06:30 pm (UTC)I don't know if you're necessarily hiding your "girl parts". It seems more like you're trying to hide your front side. Curled up into a ball with all other parts covered by your hands.
And I agree, we are poorly designed in the way of self-defense, but then, we're not suppose to have predators (although we have become our own... tsk tsk).
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Date: 2003-09-17 12:03 pm (UTC)When I sleep with my arms like that, I'm usually trying to keep them warm. Is it cold where you are?
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Date: 2003-09-17 05:54 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-09-16 11:29 pm (UTC)I "end up" sleeping any which way, but I used to "only" sleep curled up face down in that turtle position you described. One thing with me that I was actually going to post about sometime: I almost can't sleep unless I have something covering my eyes. It stems from a few incidents when I was very young and trying to pretend I was asleep, but the person told me they knew I was awake because they could see my eyes moving under the lids.
*shivers*
Oh and: *big huge protective shell-like hugs*
*double samurai swords wielded with great skill against your parents*
sorry to hear you're sick!! :(((((((((((((
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Date: 2003-09-17 11:58 am (UTC)....???
Not really. Um. I mean, I wouldn't have thought so. More parts, sure, but I wasn't really talking about getting kicked or something....y'know?
It stems from a few incidents when I was very young and trying to pretend I was asleep, but the person told me they knew I was awake because they could see my eyes moving under the lids.
!! ...I'm afraid to ask what they did to you.
sorry to hear you're sick!! :(
*agrees with the awfulness of it all*
Mom wants me to do my homework so I'm caught up. Arrgh. My head hurts, I don't wanna do homework! /whine
*sanitary hugs*
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Date: 2003-09-19 09:44 am (UTC)yeah, sorry... sometimes it's just hard to think outside of your own head, unfortunately.
*hugses*