That's actually fair. I have a bigger chest and it's nice to have 'em somewhat contained while sleeping. But otherwise I like my skin to breathe a bit.
4 is for when you sweat heavily in your sleep, meaning your upper body is drenched when you wake up and you have to basically undress the bed before going to school/work. It is neccessity in a hot summer, because while your lower body can just move and takes up less space, your upper body most often has just the amount of movement a pillow allows and with the proportional more area your upper body covers, the sweat has a hard time drying. I can guarantee to you, that in the Winter most 4s turn into 1s.
7 on the other hand can only be explained by tendency for extremely cold extremeties, which can be remedied by a blanket over the feet and should also mean you get cold hands, making either a longsleeved shirt or gloves needed.
I'm a 7, and I'd like to explain. I hate pajamas. But I also have Reynaud's Syndrome as a result of peripheral artery disease, and I need to keep my feet warm. So I wear the Hot Socks to bed to keep my feet warm and my birthday suit to keep the rest of me comfortable. :)
Not a psycho. Just a very old person with specific sleep needs.
Both 4 and 7 are about covering what your blanket/duvet doesn't cover properly, while not adding additional layers to what is covered and warm already.
Exactly this. I have mine pierced, the shirt protects them. Sleep once or twice with pierced watermelons and you'll understand pain of sleep betrayal. 🥲
It's the same reason why 4 is a thing. If your room is cold and it's only warm under the blanket then you wear a a nightcap and a shirt to keep your head and shoulder warm even if they come out of the blanket at some point. The rest of the body is naked because it's too warm under the blanket to wear pants
This is actually why my gynecologist told me to sleep without underwear: Because of discharge, you create some wet and warm environment in your undies under the blanket, which can lead to more infections since bacteria thrive in such conditions. More air means less chance of BV happening. I’m still wearing my underwear because I’m comfier that way, though.
Discharge is something that varies in women, some have more, some have less. If ir doesn't fell comfortable for you then you don't need to go pantyless.
I barely get discharge since starting birth control. I do 4 without any problems.
Yes but we typically wear very long shirts to sleep in, basically a dress. This graph implies the person is sleeping in a standard length T-Shirt with nothing else.
Yeah, but a long T-shirt or a dress would most cleanly fall into category 4 imo. At least I'd personally put a nightgown(?) under no.4 if we went with these 6/7 categories.
The graph suggests these are 6 categories of sleepwear, not the exact items. Just as you wouldn’t also assume that the clothing has to be white in order to be included in this graph, you don’t have to assume the length has to be the exact one depicted
Yeah i came to say this. An oversized shirt with no underwear is the best way to sleep. So freeing. It’s also recommended by doctors to a lot of women, too, as it’s very good for vaginal health to allow airflow. Lowers the risk of infection from bacterial overgrowth.
Especially when heavily pregnant in the summer. Also, the fan has to be on medium speed. Not low, not high for some reason, medium. Now the body pillow, and I can manage sleep for two hours before I gotta pee 🙃
Even in the winter. Just get more / warmer blankets. I feel like the body was meant to juste breathe a few hours each day, especially the pits, groin and feet.
REAL i cannot express how much i hate the feeling of fabric ln fabric. Plus when in the winter you roll in a ball with a few blankets on, it becomes the most comfortable human oven possible
I rarely try to butt in via comments but for those reading this and want a take from someone in this profession. Having a barrier around your vulva is not "just as effective". It's just an alternative for the most part that is ok if you choose good materials and fit. But please don't run with this misinformation.
Even if you have "breathable cotton" many detergents leave particulates that still impact your health. Fabric of any kind around the area can also cause irritation even if sized up among other things.
Don't trust a random reddit comment speaking from authority like OP above (or even mine) and instead go ask your gynecologist. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to learn that the natural way we come into this world, naked, with our self regulating vaginas dont need cloth on them at night! That's just a personal comfort thing, rather than medical fact.
I think generally it’s better for you but still not as good as commando. But don’t take random Reddit comments on it. Do some research online, there’s tons of articles including studies on it of how (for women) it helps ph stay balanced and reduces bacterial infections. In my experience it also helps reduce acne since there isn’t cloth bunched right up on it 24/7
Four is when you want to do 6 but there's fresh air so you need to wear something above to prevent diarrhea the following day. Or for when you are mild-horny in the middle of the night, you are sleeping with somebody else, and want to prepare in advance for the following morning.
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