“When I crawl into my side of the bed, with my favorite pillow, my brain knows it’s time to sleep.”Īny routine that’s done with consistency and frequency can become a habit. “It’s a Pavlovian response,” explains Bogan.
Not unlike when we feed, rock, and put a baby to bed.”Ĭommon to most rituals, the process you practice the most before going to bed is the one that becomes your bedtime routine. You brush your teeth, you put on your sleep clothes, you climb into your side of the bed. “It’s the ritual you go through prior to sleep. “It’s a process called accommodation,” says Bogan. Richard Bogan, medical director of SleepMed of South Carolina and president of Bogan Sleep Consultants, suspects that the relationship between people and sleep sides is connected to our bedtime routine during our infancy. The side of the bed you choose can be a result of routine and familiarity, which develop in different ways. We dug into the history and science behind bed sides and got professionals to find out: Do bed side preferences really reveal a truth about our personality? Sounds serious but there may be an evolutionary and developmental reason for side preferences. One admittedly laid-back fella reported himself to be completely neutral, you can toss him anywhere! And then there was the gentleman who, come hell or high water, had to sleep on the right side. Another mentioned she sleeps on the right side because that’s the side closest to the outlets. One respondent stated she had to be the side closest to the door for security reasons. Someone in a grumpy mood is said to have woken up “on the wrong side of the bed.” But is there truly a “right” side? I conducted a quick social media poll asking about sides, and found that where we like to sleep on the bed is a deeper issue than just right versus left.
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