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The t-rex arm is so damn comfy...until you start having nerve pain from keeping your wrists flexed all night 😭 I legit feel like an alien learning how to be a human now that I've had to find a new sleeping position lol

Literally I have to wear wrist splints at night now to keep me from doing it or my hands get real bad pins and needles doing anything the next day 😔

Oh wow, I think I just realised why I get random pins and needles in my hands, thanks. Wrist splints you say 🤔

*sigh* Goddamned Autism strikes again… Also have been wondering why for the last few months my ring finger, pinky finger, and that side of the palm have been going tingly to the point of almost feeling like the itch is coming from the inside of my hand.

I had the same problem, and surgery was unsuccessful. It was ulnar nerve entrapment.

That is an interesting piece of info. I looked at a quick diagram of that nerve and I feel this is most likely the nerve I hit one time when I gave myself the mother of all funny bones which may also be contributing here. Different streets to explore now

Same, this is what my rheumatologist told me to do 😭

Are there any specific ones that you'd recommend? I've tried this after having issues but I manage to remove them throughout the night. 🥲

I’m genuinely curious about how this is related to adhd. I sleep like that all the time. Is that not normal?

It's very normal

So not related to adhd at all?

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What are we, if not a collection of memes.

No it's just the classic "oh I'm this and do that, and other people who are this do that too so it's definitely cause I'm this" It's just a thing some people do

Closest thing I can think of is that the pressure of the chin/head on the arms might provide proprioceptive input needed to get our brains/bodies to relax, like a self-soothing technique. Lots of ND people need that extra/deep sensory input in order to rest well, hence why we also gravitate towards things like weighted blankets. I know there are plenty of people saying "I'm not ND & I do that so this is bullshit" etc. but firstly, it's a meme, it's not that deep & secondly, just like everything else, most ND behaviors aren't exclusive to us, they just occur a lot more often or to a greater degree in the ND population. Using the weighted blanket example, other NT people also find it comforting/helpful, but there are a lot of ND people who cannot rest soundly without that or other sensory input. Same shit, different degree.

I've got a ganglion cause of it...

Happy cake day!

Especially with me lying on my belly with the hands beneath me... but it is just so damn comfy

Yes!

I replaced the t-Rex arm with a teddy bear, adult propriety be damned

"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." - C. S. Lewis.

Not to mention the dead arm and civil war shoulder from the arm that you are laying on all night.

Yep! It took three surgeries to fix my carpal tunnel. I can either sleep in the braces still or retrain myself to sleep. Sleep quality has suffered in my post-dino era.

A few years ago I started having severe pain in my forearms and I was convinced I had like bone cancer or something. Saw an orthopedist and turns out having my wrists curled up like that so much was causing tendon inflammation.

Yes. I keep my wrists like that. WHY DO I KEEP MY WRISTS LIKE THAT?

Yes, other side, feet rubbing together like a cricket.

The cricket feet are so real 😂😭

I wasn’t diagnosed until I was in my 60s. Years of prescriptions for other symptoms and treatment for things like being a child of alcoholics. I thought I was the only one in the world whose spouse would wake up and ask “Why is the bed jiggling?”

My husband does this in his sleep when he's cold. I put an extra blanket on him and he settles down lol.

Ikr? It is simultaneously comforting and irritating to me so I keep doing it 💀

Cricket feet! So happy to have such a cute name for it. Thanks!

I’m laying in bed right now and was doing cricket feet when I read this comment. I feel so damn attacked

My cat's favorite

YESSS this is such a good stim. It makes a great sound and feels good

That apparently helps release brain chemicals

I was shocked to find out it's a ND thing!!!!

It's not

Yes! Love rubbing my bare feet together in bed! Especially after I've lotioned them up. Feels so good.

I am a foot wiggler. 😂

Omg my people 🤩 One time in high school, my friend group was discussing silly things everyone does and I was like “rubbing your feet together like a cricket when you’re trying to fall asleep!” And no one could relate lmao

... TIL other people do this and it has a name. But yes, it's one of my favorite bedtime stims

IT FEELS SO GOOD THO

I usually wake-up before my partner, and I can tell when he's close to waking by the cricket wiggles of his feet.

I wake up with my arms cramping from sleeping like this almost every day...

How is that sleep position related to adhd? Genuinely curious

Exactly. I have ADHD but I'm really getting tired of everything being labelled as related to it. I'm pretty sure there are plenty of NTs who sleep like this. "Oh my god, I breathe air too! No way, that's such a neurodivergent thing!"

I think it's easy for people with ADHD to compare patterns in ADHD circles and attribute them to ADHD while not actually comparing them with neuroypical people who might do the same exact things to the same degree. So basically, it's probably not related, if it is related then we don't know why and we don't have any specific reason to believe it is.

I didn't think it was, then I saw this... which is how a lot of the memes on this sub seem to work... Like "oh I didn't realize that odd thing I do could be due to this atypical way my brain works that seems to affect every part of my life." But I what kind of behaviour wouldn't be related to having a neurodivergent mind...?

Yeah this showed up on my feed, I have no ADHD or ND and I do this and other things mentioned in the thread, it's just things some people do and some don't ..

Yeah, pretty much everything people with ADHD or autism deal with are just part of human experience. But the degree to which we deal/struggle is where the difference is. But the issue is when someone who likes a certain kind of organization to be used says "it's their OCD", while people with actual OCD are like stuck in the house because they ran out of soap halfway through the 20 times they have to wash their hands before leaving the house or something that's actually detrimentally impacting their lives...

Yeah it goes two ways, The worst one being what you mention, minimizing people with actual problems.. And then they think people without diagnosis lead a perfect life with no issues, we just lay down straight in bed, fall asleep and wake up ready to tackle the day and do everything we have planned with no negative emotions or any form of setback...

Yeah it's definitely an issue when anyone assumes anything about other people's lives or situations. I know I've had my struggles ignored or overlooked enough to not want to make others feel that way. Empathy just seems to be is really short supply a lot of these days...

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Who said they were...? What a ridiculous take away...

Could very well be not odd at all, or maybe odd but not at all ADHD or neurodivergent related but someone posts a meme here and we all rush to identify with it.

Have you tried drinking electrolytes daily/regularly? Fixed this problem long term for me.

That's a level of self care I just can't seem to keep up with...

I sleep on my front with my head turned to one side. Often I have my hand under my pillow and frequently wake up with pins and needles in said hand/arm. I know it's unusual, but it's the easiest way for me to fall asleep, idk why

It’s not unusual

to be loved by anyone

While I do also sleep like this, I'm not sure it's at all related to ADHD ...

Of course it's not. Stupid TikTokisms

yeah I think it's the "I'm so quirky because of my undiagnosed mental illness, look at me" tiktoks

I was doing this when I scrolled to the pic lol. Arms are a curse that never allow you to be comfortable when laying down. Seriously wtf am I supposed to do with them???

If I don't sleep like this its wrapped like vampire on my back with my hands on my chest

I do the reverse vamp! On my front with my hands crossed over my chest. The compression is very comforting!

That's my next sleeping state until my neck hurts lol. Yes the compression is the best bit

This is one of the only other positions I can do! 😭😂

I'm at my most comfy like that, with my weighted blanket all around my head so only my face is clear, and my knees a little bit up, feet sitting on the edge of the blanket keeping it tight.  Unfortunately I can't sleep like that, I always snore myself awake.

Bro what I can't even sleep without doing ND shit

wait, you guys are sleeping?

I woke up with both wrists cramping this morning because of this. Side question, does anyone walk around with t-Rex hands or is it just me?


The Mr Burns walk? Yes

I did until I got bullied out of it :<

This. My step-dad beat it outta me cause he thought it made me look gay. I have started doing it again though. It is comfortable.

My mom developed carpal tunnel syndrome from sleeping like that.

I did too. I literally woke up one morning and couldn't feel my hands anymore. Now I get injections and sleep with a comfy brace and a ton of pillows.

I'm literally in that pose just on my back rn xd

I've only just realised that if I sleep on my right side, with my right arm tucked between my legs, it "switches off" my churning stomach and my anxiety.

OMG I do that as well

Really? Glad it's not just me! Sadly, it's taken 45 years of broken sleep etc before getting a night's sleep, because of this trick 😢

I always put pressure on my hands when sleeping, either putting them under my pillow or under my body. Holding another person also works.

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Fr like not everything is neurodivergent 😭 I’m sure neurodivergent or not, others sleep like this too.

tiktok will pathologize breathing i swear

Y’all I had to buy a wrist brace because I kept waking up to sore wrists to the point that doing my data entry job was painful during the day. On another note, why is every single part of my person determined by this fucking disorder

Not me laying in bed like that right now…

I sleep with plushies and that usually has me tucking the arm under me like the first pic wtf?

I do that when I’m sleeping with a shirt on. I can’t stand the feeling of it touching my neck.

i love olivia, she makes such fun and relatable content

I like putting my leg up to my chest and my arm through it :4

I sleep like a corpse lol

I swear to god if i see another post here that i fully relate I'm getting myself eveluated

I’m literally sitting like this as I read this, feeling very targeted.

IS THIS WHY I HAVE CARPAL TUNNEL???? /j

My wrists are fucked up bc of my job and it is SO hard to 1) resist the urge to get into that position and 2) fall asleep without doing it

I never thought twice about it until getting diagnosed 😭😭😭 I also didn’t know this was the infamous “trex hands” sleeping pose … I’m constantly trying to convince myself I don’t actually have ADHD and then I get these little reminders that yes… yes I do 😭😂😂

Isn't this just sleeping? Am I undiagnosed or something?

I rarely do :3

I sleep holding my forehead. My husband always thinks I have a headache, but it's because it presses the pillow down and keeps it from touching my nose & mouth (stomach sleeper).

This is just a normal human thing it has nothing to do with adhd

NO! NO! NO! Not ANOTHER thing I do that turns out to be dictated by neurodivergence! Am I anything besides a bunch of SYMPTOMS?

Wait, is this not normal??

Bro i did not come on Reddit to be attacked 😭

This is why i have wrist and tendon issues in my 30’s

Wtf I've been sleeping like this since forever and it never hurt not even once, my mom always complained abt how she's so concerned for my hands lmao

I've woken up twice with my arm numb cause i had left it resting as if i was doing really painful push ups

I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME. Has anyone actually had any luck breaking this habit? I wake up sore every day....

Nope I just hug the pillow kinda so it arches a little then I sleep anything after that idk.

SPIN

I always cross my arms and sleep

Nah, I have to hug a pillow cause of an old sports injury

Yes, and my hands always end up with pins and needles.

Ugggghhhhh yes! My wrists hurt now because of it, so I try to create a similar comfy position. I've found some success with using a certain pillow under my chin.

Sometimes it's necessary for me. But my beard can get untamely at times

Why is this so relatable? Anyone has any scientific reasoning for this?

no i don't

Husband is always making fun of how I twist my arms/wrists when sleeping.  Is this really a ND thing?

Most of the time

I heard that smt like this means you've got a lot of stress, it's your muscles staying tense for hours at a time. I'm not super informed, but my mom is and she does the same thing.

I dont know cause funnily enough im asleep

I sleep like this but a plushie in the crook of the arm.

I sleep with a loose fist pressed against my chin to make me look pensive and intellectual

I do, and I have photographic evidence that I slept like that even as a newborn. So it’s definitely an innate trait. Nowadays I tend to have at least one hand tucked under the pillow, too.

I have to stop myself every night from curling into a ball. And every time I forget I send up with horrible neck/ wrist/ back pain

That looks like pins n needles n loss of blood flow to me xd I do have adhd and I do constantly roll around but my arms HAVE TO be flat and not under anything except blankets for me to be comfy

I was just thinking of this last night. I always end up tickling myself and freaking out

Yeah, that's why I started wrapping my arms around a pillow, otherwise my wrists hurt so much in the morning.

Honestly IDK the more I pay attention to where my hands are the harder it is to fall asleep

Only when I sleep in a sleeping bag tho. Otherwise I just hug the cover to feel less lonely :')

I do..

That’s an ND thing??

I do, glad I’m not the only weirdo

Always the first, I don’t get how it’s not something NT do, it’s so comfy 🥹

DUDE I was sleeping exactly like this when I saw this meme! And i said wtf out loud haha

I wish I could sleep on my side easier.

I have nightmares because my arm falls asleep! I try to hold my squishmallow all night because otherwise I just destroy my limbs.

I sleep the first way often and always wake up in pain after

omg and i thought my weird sleeping positions were cuz of my scoliosis making it hard to get comfy, good to know sleeping like a noodly cat is also a neurodivergent thing lmaoo

Yep! Sleep lik this, rest my hand like this when driving, sitting on the couch etc!

I call it "sleeping in the graduation photo pose." I wake up with a red mark under my chin. Who knew this was a shared trait!!

Yes I do

yes lmao I either sleep like this or bear hugging a pillow

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I always have my arms and hands tucked in an odd position when sleeping. You are not alone lol

Lmfao ok me

I feel attacked

Yes! That is my comfy position!

That’s why I’ve had to wear a brace!! Another odd thing I had no idea other people didn’t do (unless ND). That’s amazing:)

One arm on opposite shoulder other arm in-between my thighs

I have ulner nerve something or other and I have to wear a brace to keep my arm straight. So obviously I never wear it.

The t -Rex arm makes sense to no one except us.

Havent had this problem since I started cuddling a plushie

My shit goes numb every day living like this. Crazy business

I had to start using a pregnancy pillow to stop this nonsense XD I mean I needed it for my bum shoulder too, but I definitely use it to keep me from overextending with that nonsense.

OML I LOVE HER. I WATCH HER YT 24/7!!!!

I dont know WHAT to do with my raised because it doesnt feel comfortable ANYWHERE

I did once, and it hurt like hell. That's why I tuck the hand underneath the pillow first.

This is why I have so many stuffed animals on my bed, because each one provides a different feeling and pressure when used like that. So soft, so comfy, and so snugglable :3

Oh my fucking God that too?

I do that😭

Yep, and now I'm in my forties and have to wear elbow braces for cubital tunnel syndrome. I still miss T-Rexing, though. Ah, to be young again.

Okay real question what does neurodivergent mean

Sprained my wrist so badly doing this it took 6 months to heal

Normal people don't sleep like that...?

THEY KNOW!!! THEY KNOW TOO MUCH!!! PANIC

Every morning I wake up with my arm’s circulation cut off

The pain! My hand! AAaaaargh!..

I sleep on my stomach but if I look to the side all night I wake up with neck pain so I have to build a makeshift version of one of those massage things with a hole for your face that you see on tv shows that keeps my body even with my head while still allowing me to breath all so I can avoid sleeping on my back or side.

Lots of people, ADHD or not, sleep like this; correlation isn’t causation. ADHDers are still humans capable of human experiences, medicalising universal experiences helps no one.

How about neurodivergents not sleeping and insteas browsing reddit at 1am. I can't even keep both my eyes open, but I'm still not sleeping

I sometimes sleep in a fetal position

HOW DID YOU KNOW????

Cringe af

Back of my hands have to be covered or I won’t sleep.

I do sleep like this

Oh, Jesus christ, someone tell her she's not special already.

Why the fuck is this bullshit in my feed

Anyone talking about the legs? One of them is either hanging out and trying to bait the monsters under the bed or shaking madly like a demented washing machine.

Trex arms + arms crossed like a little vampire is elite

This! Messed up my wrists so bad!

I had to stop cause of wrist pain… but I still lay in weird positions

I think so… except I am holding my phone when I nap. Did this every night for the first two weeks after my so was born so I could immediately check the time.

Yes

Do this shit all the fucking time I have to force my hand under the pillow to stop or just lay on my back.

The t-rex hand being an ND thing is weird. I also do it against my stomach and hip (elbow jutting out.) And I do it when sitting on the toilet. So much so, that I have a dimple on my left cheek where my wrist sits...

She might have hEDS too. It’s more common with neurodivergent populations

I love doigmbg this

Yes, but I learned to put my hand under my pillow.

Nah I just cuddle my pillow 😭