I keep turning around before sleeping...

[timewerx]

You'd think only dogs and few animals do this.

I am also quite surprise myself.

I never done it before when I slept in a normal bed...

But lately due changes in circumstances, I've been sleeping on the floor with a mat and I've been instinctively / autonomously walking in circles over my mat a couple times before lying down.

I can't seem to avoid it!

I just keep doing it every time! I also have other sleep habits that is common to dogs and cats to attain a more defensible stance and I'm a very "discriminate" sleeper. I can sleep to the loud noise of crickets...But a quiet rusling in the nearby brush will immediatley jolt me awake.

I very rarely spend time in the outdoors. I'm finding it strange to have these animal instincts plus very sharp sense of hearing. I can even hear in the ultrasonic range. Must be something I've missed.

 

[JAM2b]

It sounds like it is because of a feeling of insecurity in your surroundings or circumstances. The brain will go into survival mode whether we want it to or not.

 

[JohnAshton]

When in the army and out in the field, particularly, cowboy county, my sleeping patterns altered.

 

[Lost4words]

I never go round and around my basket. Ever! I just walk on in, curl up, and snore!

 

[SkyWriting]

You'd think only dogs and few animals do this.

I am also quite surprise myself.

I never done it before when I slept in a normal bed...

But lately due changes in circumstances, I've been sleeping on the floor with a mat and I've been instinctively / autonomously walking in circles over my mat a couple times before lying down.

I can't seem to avoid it!

I just keep doing it every time! I also have other sleep habits that is common to dogs and cats to attain a more defensible stance and I'm a very "discriminate" sleeper. I can sleep to the loud noise of crickets...But a quiet rusling in the nearby brush will immediatley jolt me awake.

I very rarely spend time in the outdoors. I'm finding it strange to have these animal instincts plus very sharp sense of hearing. I can even hear in the ultrasonic range. Must be something I've missed.

Try walking over to your bed and immediately lying down for only 5 seconds.
Do this every time. You can easily create a new 5 second habit.

After a few days you can stay lying down longer....but the goal is only 5 seconds for now.
Let us know how it goes after a week. These are called "Mini-Habits" and they are very easy to create because they are tiny. You can will yourself to do anything tiny.

 

[roman2819]

Research show that most people dozed off soonest when laying on side, foetus position. It works for me

 

[timewerx]

It sounds like it is because of a feeling of insecurity in your surroundings or circumstances. The brain will go into survival mode whether we want it to or not.

This is probably true. I tried to search for examples and all I can find are with cats and dogs.

But even cats rarely do it so I'm not sure if other creatures do it.

Sometimes I sleep in a normal bed and lay down normally. I only turn around when I'm sleeping on the floor in a mat is the most consistent pattern I found so far.

 

[timewerx]

When in the army and out in the field, particularly, cowboy county, my sleeping patterns altered.

I have extremely shallow form of sleep regardless of situation. The sleep pattern is similar to a dog or cat. Waking up in short intervals and I wake up in the slightest disturbance.

Doesn't make sense right. I live in the city in a house.... Something must be triggering my defense mechanisms.

 

[JohnAshton]

timewerx, my wife sleeps the same way, whether with me, or she says, by herself.

 

[timewerx]

timewerx, my wife sleeps the same way, whether with me, or she says, by herself.

Mom also wakes up with little disturbance. Might be maternal instinct.

 

[Semper-Fi]

Should You Sleep On Your Right Side
Or Your Left Side, or your back ?
Does it matter? never heard of circles.

Should You Sleep On Your Right Side Or Your Left Side? - Mattress Clarity

 

[JohnAshton]

I have been told that most heart attacks in bed occur when a person is sleeping on the left side.

I have no idea if it is true.

 

[klutedavid]

You'd think only dogs and few animals do this.

I am also quite surprise myself.

I never done it before when I slept in a normal bed...

But lately due changes in circumstances, I've been sleeping on the floor with a mat and I've been instinctively / autonomously walking in circles over my mat a couple times before lying down.

I can't seem to avoid it!

I just keep doing it every time! I also have other sleep habits that is common to dogs and cats to attain a more defensible stance and I'm a very "discriminate" sleeper. I can sleep to the loud noise of crickets...But a quiet rusling in the nearby brush will immediatley jolt me awake.

I very rarely spend time in the outdoors. I'm finding it strange to have these animal instincts plus very sharp sense of hearing. I can even hear in the ultrasonic range. Must be something I've missed.

You are a Gentile and a dog at the same time, yet even dogs fed from the master's table.

Matthew 15:27
But she said, “Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

So I am not surprised that you walk around your bed before sleeping.

 

[JackRT]

I have always found that if you are not comfortable after a half dozen rotations just reverse the rotation and you will be comfortable with one or two rotations. You already mostly curled so just tuck your nose into your butt, sniff deeply and you will be asleep in no time.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

I have been told that most heart attacks in bed occur when a person is sleeping on the left side.

I have no idea if it is true.

It could be true, and it wouldn't be a surprise if the same relative proportion of people sleep on their left side. What are the chances?

 

[timewerx]

Should You Sleep On Your Right Side
Or Your Left Side, or your back ?
Does it matter? never heard of circles.

I always have my back against the wall (or sleep in my back) if I'm alone. It's a more defensible position.

NOT against physical dangers though but from evil spirits

I never get nightmares this way and if I do, it's easy to repel the spirit. People are known to die from nightmares.

If sleeping with another person or a dog, back should be facing them.

 

[timewerx]

You are a Gentile and a dog at the same time, yet even dogs fed from the master's table.

Matthew 15:27
But she said, “Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

So I am not surprised that you walk around your bed before sleeping.

You mean wolves? Dogs came from wolf. And the Jews, sheep?

Ironically, in Isaiah, a cow is considered more sacred than either dog or lamb (both lamb and dog considered in equal terms)