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What Your Sleep Position Says About You

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What Your Sleep Position Says About You

Starfish? Soldier? Yearner? How do you sleep? I fall firmly into the Fetus category of sleeping positions–curled up on my side–which, according to researchers at the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service, suggests that I am a tough cookie with a sensitive heart. (And yes, it’s true…underneath it all I am a big mush.)

Sleep scientists believe the position in which a person sleeps offers important clues about their personality. Director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service, Professor Chris Idzikowski, analyzed six common sleeping positions and found that each is associated with particular personality traits.

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Melissa Breyer

Melissa Breyer is the Senior Editor for Healthy Living. She is a writer and editor with a background in sustainable living, specializing in food, science and design. She is the co-author of True Food (National Geographic) and has edited and written for regional and international books and periodicals, including The New York Times Magazine. Melissa lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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4:19PM PST on Jan 19, 2012

I sleep standing what does that mean? No really I do and i want to know.

8:29AM PST on Dec 29, 2011

free faller here

12:21PM PST on Dec 20, 2011

Love articles like this one.

2:56PM PDT on Nov 1, 2011

Im a yearner LOL! Didnt know that. Kinda accurate ;)

12:15PM PDT on Oct 17, 2011

I'm in the common group. I can't even fall asleep laying on my back or stomach.

2:02PM PDT on Oct 1, 2011

I'm a fetus, soldier and starfish and so is my 8 year old daughter.

7:41PM PDT on Sep 29, 2011

Very important!!! Yall crackas better pay attention

6:51PM PDT on Sep 5, 2011

Great Reading!!! Thanx :-)

11:02PM PDT on Jul 26, 2011

fun article
tho it did kind of have me pegged!

2:02AM PDT on Jul 21, 2011

interesting - my mistake:)

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