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Offshoot question that’s always bothered me. How did ancient humans sleep before pillows? I can’t image finding a comfortable sleeping position on a bare floor with no pillow. But other animals like dogs seem fine.
From the comments here, it seems few people read the article. This one is worth it; informative and well well written.
I'm not reading it because I don't sleep under a blanket on the hottest nights - can't relate.
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Oh god, I'm not the only one who has this? I had trouble sleeping in a room my parents made for me and they wouldn't believe me when I said the room is too hot. If it's like 74F or above or so I can't sleep and I'll just continually wake up with that suffocating feeling. Is there a name for this? It doesn't seem normal and I'm dreading it come summer in a city with no AC...
Damn, my wife is like that. I'm always cold, winter or summer. But i hate heavy bedding, and prefer light sheets and down comforters. But then, for many years, I slept in a nylon sleeping bag on a foam pad.
So, I live in Florida now. Usually sleep with just a sheet, until my wife steals it at 3AM and wraps it around herself 5 times so I can't get it back.
From the comments here, it seems few people read the article. This one is worth it; informative and well well written.
I read the article and thought it was generally vapid. People sleep in different ways. Here are some pictures of things related to sleep. Sleep is poorly studied we should study it more. The thermoregulation and serotonin studies were helpful.
From the comments here, it seems few people read the article. This one is worth it; informative and well well written.
Most people don't read the article. They don't even finish reading the title and are already typing "Heeeey, I don't".
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Blankets and sheets also protect from ghost, witches, monsters from under the bed... ask any child, if you're under something that hides you (or that you cant't look at), automatically you won't be found. Things that you can't look at can't look at you, too.
> Things that you can't look at can't look at you, too. This is why, as every seasoned hitchhiker knows, always travel with a towel.
Offshoot question that’s always bothered me. How did ancient humans sleep before pillows? I can’t image finding a comfortable sleeping position on a bare floor with no pillow. But other animals like dogs seem fine.
I sleep without a pillow and have for years. It can be done.
I didn’t read th article but from what I understand the need for cover comes from the time we are infants, where swaddling and being covered feels secure and comforting. I think the need for a cover is carried all the way through adulthood as an ingrained means of protection of outside elements.
Perhaps you should have read the article: > If you Google around for this question, you’ll end up with a bunch of theories about blankets simulating the warm, enclosed feeling we had in the womb. There could be some element of theoretical protection or security imbued by the blanket, which might be another bit of conditioning, but Hoagland thinks the womb comparison is pretty unlikely. “I’m very suspicious of anyone…
Offshoot question that’s always bothered me. How did ancient humans sleep before pillows? I can’t image finding a comfortable sleeping position on a bare floor with no pillow. But other animals like dogs seem fine.
I read somewhere that we might have slept like orangutans [1] do. [1]: http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/cbd59529ce184feba45db6c513db67f8/a...
