Holding your arm in the air when lying down

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I used to do this when I was younger, but I don't anymore.
Is this just something I used to do or does anyone else do it?

I rap my arm round my head, or under. Sometimes my arm ends up under my body when I'm sleeping. When I wake up I loose all the circulation in it and I can't move it except with my other hand. I have to straighten it and rug it until the blood gets back in. Strangely I sleep much better like this.

Yeah I used to do that.

I hold my leg in the air.

I used to hold up my arm a lot when I was younger, and try to get it to balance in one position without using muscles to hold it up. I also used to cut off the circulation to my arm a lot while I slept, but thankfully that's improved now that I have a better mattress. I also used to cut off the circulation to one leg a lot (I always sleep on the same side), and had to get up in the middle of the night to walk it off (one time it was so numb that I couldn't move that leg at all, and just fell when I tried to stand ).

OP: do you mean like reaching for the stars?

I always place an arm over my forehead when I sleep.... I don’t really think this is related to autism though.

I used to sleep with my legs in the air sometimes, I still sleep with my legs bent and my knees are in the air sometimes.

My parents said when I was a tot I used to sleep with my bum up in the air. Now I can only sleep on my back. I find it really hard to sleep on my side. I was going to do a thread about which side people sleep on.

I sleep with one arm in the air. If I can't sleep that way I usually stick a leg or knee in the air. My wife hates it because I steal the covers when I lift my leg.

I still do it sometimes.

I have to hold something in my arms or hands to sleep, I can sleep with one leg bent and the other crossed over it if i am in a deep sleep, if that makes sence.

I hold my legs in the air while I lie on my chest sometimes