Why do I always end up on my back when sleeping

Syel · 6 November 2026

You fall asleep on your side, knees pulled up, phone face down on the nightstand. And somewhere in the middle of the night you are on your back, eyes on the ceiling.

You did not decide it. You did not feel it happen. One hand lands on your stomach, or an arm ends up above your head, like someone with nothing left to watch over. That makes me smile a little, a body that moves without telling you.

All day, everything is held: the shoulders, the jaw, the stomach you pull in a little around other people. At night your body lets go of it without asking. On the back, belly and chest are open to the air, nothing is covered, and that is where it goes when nobody is looking. What it holds all day has a price, and the night is where it sets it down.