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marytabby
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 Posted - 07/16/2009 : 08:26:04
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Hi everyone,
I just purchased a new pillowtop mattress, my old Non pillow top one was kind of firm and dipping in the middle, time to go! I'm wondering what your thoughts are about the following...
Would you agree or disagree that when you purchase a new mattress, there is an adjustment period of getting used to the new firmness/softness on your back/spine/neck, because your spine is used to the old way of laying, or would you say that is hogwash in TMS terms?
Would you say a healthy spine can sleep on any firmness of mattress and not have an adjustment period, and it shouldn't matter? What would Sarno say? |
Edited by - marytabby on 07/16/2009 10:41:17 |
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almost there
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Posted - 07/16/2009 : 10:28:53
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| I definitely think there is an adjustment period to a new mattress....although not too long! How about when you go on vacation....you usually don't sleep well the first night.....but pass out the second....partially because you are exhausted from not sleeping well the first night! |
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crk
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Posted - 07/16/2009 : 11:12:02
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I agree w/ Almost There - it would be a very short period. The brain loves sleep, and will find a way!
I would think that some people, who are light sleepers to begin with, might be more conscious or more bothered by the new sensations of a new mattress. On the whole, however, I think our spines are naturally very strong and forgiving. It's the mind that gets uncomfortable.
Enjoy your new mattress! Wish I had one... ;) |
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scd1833
USA
124 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2009 : 15:51:02
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there may be an adjustment period, but it's a psychological one I'm sure. If you have pain from it, it's definitely tms.
I always have trouble sleeping in a hotel bed, or any other for that matter, I'm sure because of psych reasons, my bed at home is a tiny twin and pretty old, any hotel bed that I would sleep in would be a much better one, but I can still never sleep in a hotel without over the counter sleep aids.
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marytabby
USA
545 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2009 : 16:34:37
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| Thanks everyone. You all make sensible points. The mind is one tricky bugga! |
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Webdan65
USA
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Posted - 07/16/2009 : 19:24:57
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Throughout mankind - we have slept on dirt floors and the rock floors of caves. Backpain has only become a major issue in the past 50 years.
I'm guessing TMS is the culprit, not an evolutionary collapse of the bodies that were capable of much more physically than most of us endure today.
And certainly, the mattress is fine. Don't worry about it. |
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alexis
USA
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Posted - 07/17/2009 : 06:15:07
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Back 20 years ago in a totally non-TMS era I was a student sleeping on an air mattress. One day it burst and I had to sleep on a cheeply carpeted floor for 6 weeks.
The first morning I woke up and I was in pain all over. This went on for a few days, but within a week it was gone. I assume some muscles were being used to keep me from getting bedsore type pains as my body dug into the hard floor. Within a month I considered the floor quite comfortable and almost wondered why people used mattresses. |
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Plantweed
USA
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Posted - 07/20/2009 : 11:28:21
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| We just got a new, softer mattress and I told myself the first night that it was gonna be great, and it was. Back in the bad "fear" days I would have freaked out needlessly that it was going to hurt more. Not now. Should be little if any adjustment. |
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marytabby
USA
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Posted - 07/20/2009 : 14:14:50
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Plantweed,
Yes, it's the anxiety around old beliefs that get us thinking "it will not work, it's too soft, it never worked in the past" etc.
Crazy TMS thinking at its best. |
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New Mattress - Adjustment Period?
