It’s 11 p.m. and you’re climbing into bed. Do you cozy in on your side and gently drift off to sleep? Or sprawl out on your stomach with one knee crunched up by your chest? If you said the latter, it could be a sign that you’re dealing with major stress.
In a viral TikTok, creator @laurel_gut_health_doc shared the four “high stress” sleep positions that she says can point to high levels of tension. If you sleep in one of these poses, or cycle through them throughout the night, it could be a sign you aren’t healthily coping with stress, and it’s showing up in how you snooze.
The four poses include sleeping like a mummy with your arms clutched in tight, lying on your stomach with one leg up, grabbing a pillow for dear life, and curling into the fetal position. If any of these sound fam