Benefits of Sleeping Naked
For many years I’ve been sleeping naked except in colder months, when I throw on just a t-shirt. Sleeping naked is so liberating. It’s had many subtle yet amazing benefits on my entire body and mind. There’s even scientific research that those of us who slip beneath the sheets au naturel may actually be healthier and happier than those of us who choose to cover up. Here’s what I’ve read online:
1. You love your body more
Being naked is one of the best ways to heal a negative body image. Our entire body and mind will start to breathe and liberate itself. At first it might be uncomfortable but after a while it’ll start to feel normal.
2. You sleep deeper
Less clothing means less chance of overheating. Many researchers believe that the optimal body temperature for deep sleeping is around 70-degrees Fahrenheit, which is easy to achieve and maintain if we sleep in the nude.
3. Your pussy or penis will love it
Sleeping naked allows our skin to breathe and also airs out our nether regions. For women, a moist and warm vagina can be an incubator for bacteria and yeast. By allowing your vagina to breathe, you lessen the risk of thrush and vaginal infections. For us men, less clothing means a cooler body temperature and cooler testicles, which aids sperm production.
4. It facilitates more sex
This is because sleeping in the buff strengthens physical and emotional intimacy, allows us to be more open with our partner, and makes it easier to get some under-the-sheets action going on. I personally love, love, love to feel the bare skin of my sweetheart all night long.
5. It may protect you from heart disease
The closeness of skin-on-skin contact triggers a release of the hormone oxytocin, which can lower anxiety and blood pressure and boost the immune system. This in turn lowers the risk of heart disease.
6. It keeps you looking great
While we sleep there are many restorative processes going on, including the production and regulation of hormones. These hormones actually play a huge role in weight loss. People who maintain a cool body temperature when they sleep tend to produce less cortisol, a.k.a. stress hormones. And when we produce less of these hormones we’ll also have less anxiety and less intense food cravings.
7. It makes you beautiful
A cooler body temperature while sleeping can help us maintain perfect levels of melatonin and growth hormones—anti-aging hormones. This means healthier hair, glowing skin, and less chance of premature aging. And if you allow your skin to breathe for several hours free from fabrics that keep sweat, oil, and other bodily fluids super close to your pores, it will help to clear up your skin.
Brilliant!
Oh, so maybe that's why my hubby and I are aging so gracefully! XD Just messing around. But to be honest, number 4 is especially true for us – we've NEVER been able to sleep naked without having sex. And all that sex is making us feel young and great and that's why I feel like we're aging gracefully. We, too, love the intimate feeling of each other's skin after lovemaking. It's so beautiful, isn't it? God bless
Question. I've yet to sleep naked all night, but would love to do so. I read of others on MH sleeping naked, many with kids. So my question is how do you do this when you have children roaming the house?
I should have re-read my comment before posting. I meant to say many that have kids.
We have a lock on the bedroom door!
Gracie,
Our kids do know we sleep naked and yes, we have a robe by the bed in case we need to get up. And I hear ya on the knocking on the door – urgh! My kids are 12, 9, and 5 so there can be a lot of knocking/interrupting! I think we are matter-of-fact about it and just say, it's hot and humid and it's more comfortable and if you want to, go for it. But I agree about the privacy issue. While it is not something to be ashamed of, but those darn mini-me's and mini-him's seem to tell private information at the worst times and to people who don't need to know! Even though we tell them that certain things don't need to be told about, they open those darn toothless mouths up! I think how I handle it is key. We deal with some pretty heavy stuff in our family and I usually just deal with it calmly, in a forthright manner and I just own it!
LOL…gotta love those toothless mouths :). You're awesome Juicy, thanks for the advice.
We are in it together Gracie! *Fist pump*
That's a great question how does one achieve it when you have little muppets around
My husband and I were always strict about bedtime for our children – "Lights out" really meant "Lights out" and our girls learned early on to stay in bed.
I too love sleeping naked! When we were first married, I had to get used it. I kept waking up with nightmares about being naked in public , and well, I was naked but in private. But once I got used to it, I slept naked for the first 5-6 yrs of marriage, except when breastfeeding, during my cycle, and when we had/or were company. When our oldest was about 4, I thought maybe I should be covered for bed as the kids did often snuggle with us in bed and I thought being naked may be inappropriate. It would only be in the hot summer months that I would go naked again and I missed it.
I am a woman who really struggles with body image but yet I so agree with your Number 1 point. I do have these great moments where I feel better about my body as I feel the smooth sheets on my skin. Those moments help me grow and understand how my husband feels about my body. Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE my body and the amazing things it does and how healthy I feel, I struggle with not feeling attractive. I feel very feminine when I sleep naked and that helps with bettering the view of myself!
And I absolutely agree with Number 3! When I am not feeling the freshest, sleeping naked to air "Her" out is just the thing. And since we got a duvet, wow! I definitely need to sleep naked for temperature control! I really love sleeping naked, feeling my husband naked with me, and have gone back to exclusively sleeping that way, although I reserve the right to change my mind come the cold winter months! And with kiddos, well, during the hot months, we tell them to sleep naked if they want because we do and we lock the door!
I love that you tell your kids to sleep naked if they want. That sends a positive message about their bodies. I'm not sure we need to worry too much about our kids seeing us naked either. The research I've read says it actually a healthy thing… But I'd love to hear anyone's experience of this.
It's funny you mention this. As a teenager I "snuck" being nude in my room/bed a few times. Because of a legalistic upbringing, I never got to fully relax but I did enjoy it, and would have gladly slept nude if I hadn't been afraid of consequences or criticism from my parents. I think it would have been healthy for me if I had been reassured it was normal and acceptable to do in private. Thoughts?
naturalgardner,
I am fine with my kids sleeping naked, even as they get older. I think I would go over some ground rules first. In your own room, robe must be worn to and from room, you must knock and wait for a response from someone before entering their room, don't be embarrassed that you want to sleep naked, don't use the fact that your sibling chooses to sleep naked as a teasing/bullying point.
LOVE your ground rules, Juicy. And, LOVE that you would give the kids the freedom to sleep naked. Totally agree with you !
Juicy – this is good stuff and I really like how you and your husband handle this subject. Thank you for sharing!
We tell them they can but they never sleep fully naked – mostly just in their underwear. I do encourage my daughter to sometimes sleep without underwear when she wears a nightie and she does that on occasion. We are very matter of fact, calm and gentle when we talk about our bodies with our kids and try not to make a big deal over it and show them how to take care of all their intimate parts.
I am fairly ok with my kids seeing me naked, or in various states of undress, but I feel that while we may be comfortable with that as a family, it is necessary to teach them that there needs to be some privacy and respect for others. I don't want my kids streaking when company is visiting! And we have taught them that no one is to see them naked outside of us, and no one is to touch them without their consent and without one of us parents present. As they get older, I hope that they will be comfortable with nudity, especially their own, but also treat another persons body with respect.
Interesting thought process. So I'm assuming your boys have already talked to you about why you look so different than them?
Like have they seen full frontal…?
I know it can be very confusing… I was the first time I saw my mother and I was too embarrassed to talk to my parents about it back then…
And how do you plan to address masturbation when it is brought up?
Definitely enjoy the naked sleeping! We men sometimes have body acceptance issues too especially those of us from legalistic backgrounds and sleeping nude has helped me accept all of myself and feel great doing it. Excellent post!
I've been sleeping in the nude since JR High. I wouldn't have it any other way. Even while I was living in a dorm at college, I slept nude. I admit that I sleep a lot of better in the nude. And because I do it my wife occasionally does.
Great post! I sleep naked on occasion, but mostly sleep in a oversized t-shirt. My dad sleeps naked regularly and us kids never gave it much thought as he has always done it.
I TOTALLY LOVE sleeping naked. It feels soooo good on my body. I haven't been able to get my wife to do it yet, BUT,
she DOES occasionally slide off her panties and sleep that way, which I love. And, when she does that, I ALWAYS reward her with a nice ass massage. So, that is a start.
Our kids are grown and gone, so I stay naked all morning as well, until I have to get dressed for the day.
I've been doing a little research on nudity in a family context. From the research I've done, I'm discovering that family nudity has been common in many cultures for 1,000s of years… including in OT and NT cultures. We have a culture that has a lot more shame around the body. I was surprised when I realised that many ancient communities had no indoor toilets or showers. Their 'bathroom' was not private – they had no bathroom! Often parents had no seperate bedroom. Many families bathed, as families, nude in the local river. Swim suits weren't invented until the 1800s. We have a difficult time really grasping this because of our culture. It's historically well documented that seeing others in co-ed bathing was a common aspect of their life. As Paul wrote his epistles to Gentile believers there is no doubt that they were going, as families, to the Roman baths and involved in other common social practices where various kinds of nudity were seen… Whoa! I need to keep researching this!
I know this is two years late, but I just found your story. My wife and I have are in our 60's and we have slept naked since our wedding night. The power of touch is well researched, and for us it is a powerful connection that is healing after a long day. We are naked many other times at home. We live in the coutry with a 500 acre farm behind us and woods on either side, so we are naked inside often, and we are always naked in our hot tub on our deck. Skin to skin is our love language. I am a professional counselor, and without revealing our practice, I suggest sleeping naked to clients when it is thereaupically appropriate, citing studies of its benefits…always with a twinkle in my heart of knowing that my wife and I will soon be in bed again, and our love will flow though our skin all night.
And I'm nearly another two years later!
Ive been considering sleeping naked with my new man who's on his way to me. I hope he likes the idea.
I'm also a touch person, that's my love language, so I just love the idea of skin to skin during the night. Keeping my love tank topped up would be good for my well-being too. And you're right! It does feel sexy.
Lots of good reasons isn't there. Interesting reading!
Cuddles xxxx