>>855769>Whats with the snow, curiousNothing. He thinks snow is nice and soft like a mat to lay on. In reality it is the hardest and lumpiest sleep you'll ever fucking have because it compacts, melts, recompacts, forms divots & lumps, and is generally a pain in the ass if you don't have enough padding.
>>855795Actually, being fat allows you to have a more comfortable sleep because you literally fill in divots and take on lumps in the ground, more evenly distributing the applied forces. Skinny people can't get as comfortable as fat people because of this, instead they rely more heavily on comfy soft blankets, pads, and mats. A skinny person will find most chairs to be uncomfortable while a fat person almost never finds an uncomfortable chair
>>855008>>855015 is correct. It has to do with your hips, shoulders, and spine alignment. You are used to having a soft bed where your hips and shoulders press into the bed. That allows your body to be more evenly supported along the spine. On a hard, unyielding surface your hips and shoulders don't press into it. Instead your midsection/spine will push down out of normal alignment in respect to your hips and shoulders which are being pushed upThis causes all sorts of problems, but can also solve some problems. This can actually realign your hips so they are not out of place, if you have that problem. It can stop lower back pain from misalignment of the spine. However, it can cause misalignment of the rotator cuffs of your shoulders causing all sorts of shoulder problems (normally only happens if you try to lay on your side.) The best thing to do is to have enough padding to prevent this while not having so much that it harms your lower back and hips
If you are new to laying on hard surfaces, it will take about 2 weeks to get used to how to sleep on them without hurting. Some of that will be arm placement but also using a pillow between your legs when on your side or under the arm that's facing the sky when on your side
