If I ever find out ghosts live in my house, I'm going to bargain them: either pay basic services and half groceries or get exorcised. I live in front of a church, anyway.

I be sleeping like a goddamn rotisserie chicken let me tell you

There's an evolutionary reason we and other animals prefer to sleep facing the opening(s) of our rooms (for humans that actually means the top of the head is not same side as door).

That said, somehow bets are off as to which side we face once laying down; I prefer to face the wall I think because enclosed spaces make me feel safer, like a cat. Or maybe it reduces stimuli, or something.

Though lately I think my body likes sleeping on my right side since that side has more muscle, even though I'd rather sleep on my left for acid reflux reasons. Both are better reasons than the wall.

I went through a period of time in grad school where this feeling was so strong that it was absolutely affecting my ability to sleep. My bed was in the middle of the room. The headboard was facing the wall. One side of the bed had a view of a window and the other side a view of the door. The bed didn't really fit in a different orientation because the room was an incredibly strange shape.

No matter what, I could not figure out which side to face to stop the very strong sensation of something being there. I kept having to open my eyes to "check" that nothing was there. I would toss and turn and struggle to make the feeling of being watched go away. I would sometimes swear I heard something breathing. Sometimes I would sleep on the floor...dunno why that felt like it would sometimes do something. Maybe I was able to orient my back to a wall or something idk.

Glad that finally went away. I think I was under extreme stress or something. I also had relatively frequent bouts of sleep paralysis. But I cannot tell you how terrifyingly strong that feeling of demons coming to get me was, even though my rational mind knew there was nothing there.

I had a fear of the dark as a child though, even as an older child. Some nights I would go sleep on my younger brother's floor because I would get scared. So I had always had some issues with this. But this was dialed up to like 11. One time I couldn't sleep for multiple days during this grad school period.

Been fine since tho lol.

I prefer sleeping to a wall, for some reason.

Oh are you guys my guardian angels?! (°▽°)/

Looks like he is the little spoon :3

Fart to establish a perimeter.

Oh my god that is so disturbing. Of all the kinds of horror creatures this is the kind I hate the most

Oh no! Regardless of which way I turn, there's a wall!

I prefer sleeping on my left side most of the time, but this has me facing a wall. I have developed a psychological trick to mitigate my imagination of monsters sneaking in behind my back though: Imagine a pulsing protective dome around you, invisible to you on the inside, that blocks the monsters both physically and audibly outside of the barrier. This way I can safely imagine all the monsters I want, but they stay outside that barrier, so do not worry me at all and end up feeling safe. Being also a family man with kids and dogs in separate rooms, I do a mental excersise where I put up a shield over each of their sleeping places. This way I do not have to fear for their sakes either. If I have to go to the bathroom & kids rooms etc in the dark, especially if I have watched a late night horror film that has left me creeped out, I imagine being surrounded by a high current field that will zap anything that gets close. It usually helps to uust keep imagining a buzzing high voltage sound in my ears. Here are some tricks for anybody struggling with overly active imaginations.

Demons can also lure in the walls or beneath the bed. Looking into the room doesn't help you.

It's funny how many people here are discovering the basis of modern feng shui but vehemently deny it if you called it that.

It's nice that two dead friends are watching my back to shield me from evil ghosts.

It feels... Crowded? Cuddled?

i only get sleep paralysis if i sleep on my back, and its not all the time, its usually if you are very tired the day before.

You can just see them with your third eye, dummy, but you drink refried fluoride on a daily basis

These two aren't ghosts, as light seems to reflect off their eyes.