The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep

Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by type-2 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @02:51PM (#18621452)

I actually cannot sleep in a soft squishy bed. I almost prefer a hard one, probably because I grew up in them. Once I got a really nice memory foam mattress and it is like sleeping in a cloud, but I found out that I don't like sleeping in cloud.

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by therein on Thursday December 06, 2018 @02:57PM (#18621522)

Yeah the mattress industry is a great example of another industry where cloud is overrated. :)

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by knodi123 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @05:11PM (#18622849)

yeah, the future of the bedroom is containers

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by alexanderdmitri on Thursday December 06, 2018 @08:55PM (#18624463)

Recently migrated all my sleep cycles to bedless infrastructure.

(I know it's not really "bedless", but whatever, at least I'm feeling better rested lately)

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by somebodythere on Thursday December 06, 2018 @06:07PM (#18623384)

I'm partial to bare-metal myself.

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by emerongi on Thursday December 06, 2018 @04:44PM (#18622575)

I had to stay at my parents' place for a few months where the bed has a soft mattress and I downgraded to the floor after a month because my back started hurting really bad. It took more than two weeks of back excercises and sleeping on the floor to fix that.

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by r00fus on Thursday December 06, 2018 @06:10PM (#18623412)

Sleeping on the floor can be great for fixing back issues. A good part of the world sleeps on the floor even today (with matting/blankets/etc).

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by pmoriarty on Friday December 07, 2018 @12:40AM (#18625403)

"Sleeping on the floor can be great for fixing back issues."

I can vouch for this. I've recently started sleeping on the floor, and at first my back hurt some, but after a couple of days I got used to it and now it's feeling so much better. I have really poor posture and constantly slouch when I'm sitting in my chair, and so usually have back issues. Sleeping on the floor has worked wonders.

Even when I'm not sleeping on the floor, I prefer firm mattresses, as soft ones are horrible for my back.

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by Double_a_92 on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:28AM (#18626224)

Btw the softness can also come from a bad slatted bad base. If you just put the mattress on the floor, or use a hard board as bed base you can hava a similar "hard" experience, while still having a soft surface.

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by grawprog on Thursday December 06, 2018 @03:41PM (#18621996)

I'm with you. Same for pillows. I can't handle big soft fluffy pillows and soft beds. Especially memory foam. It hurts my back. I've actually gotten up in the middle of the night to sleep on the floor before when the bed's been too soft.

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by xur17 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @04:50PM (#18622638)

> It hurts my back. I've actually gotten up in the middle of the night to sleep on the floor before when the bed's been too soft.

I have an old memory foam mattress that is getting less and less firm. After waking up with a sore back at 3am 2 nights in a row I flipped it over and slept on the bottom, much firmer side. Has been working perfectly for the past week while I wait for my new mattress.

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by markdown on Thursday December 06, 2018 @05:18PM (#18622928)

> Has been working perfectly for the past week while I wait for my new mattress.

Why do you need a new one if the existing one works "perfectly"?

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by xur17 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @05:22PM (#18622968)

Perhaps I exaggerated. It was noticeably better than the other side. Still could be more comfortable.

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by wil421 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @03:49PM (#18622071)

How do you sleep? I don’t mind a firm bed. I’m a side sleeping and my arms and legs will hurt in it’s too firm.

The floor would make me numb.

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by grawprog on Thursday December 06, 2018 @05:07PM (#18622813)

Side or back usually. I dunno I've camped a lot in my life and slept in odd places and always had sort of shitty beds. I think i've just gotten used to it over the years.

I still prefer to have something underneath me. You're right sleeping directly on the floor sucks. I meant more on the floor with a blanket or some foam or something underneath me as opposed to a soft sinking type bed.

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Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep by AnimalMuppet on Thursday December 06, 2018 @04:04PM (#18622215)

In particular, too soft makes my back hurt. (I side sleep; the softer the bed, the more my back is curved from side to side.)

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