I think a lot of our fellings on this has to do with two things that can affect our comfort:
Warmth
Security
I never sleep in any sleepwear. Far too uncomfortable and restricting. And on warmer nights will sleep without duvets, blankets, sheets. Depending on the level of warmth. I can always get warm enough sleeping without clothing, but in the winter that may mean a nice snuggly duvet.
The security thing is much more complex. I, for example, didn't grow in a home where I felt particularly safe, and I was never really at ease in my relationships as an adult until I met Steve, so sleepwear helped to make me feel less vulnerable, as did being wrapped up in a blanket. Sleeping naked in a realtionship where you have trust is partly based on strength and confidence. Sleeping without any bedding is another part of that. Bedding, like clothing, is like an armour protecting us from attack during the vulnerability of sleep. Being covered in one form or another, even with the thinnest sheet is a habit that many of us have, it is a symbol of bed time being tucked up. When we are in a place where we feel safe we can be emotionally, as well as physically naked. A wonderful place to be when fast asleep in the middle of the night.
I think it is also possible to take this confidence and safety into a naturist environment. I have often fallen asleep lying in the sun on a naturist beach. A sign of comfort in my own nakedness, comfort in the actual warmth, air and gentle sound of the waves on the shore, and comfort with the many strangers enjoying the neach around me. It is a lovely thing to be able to switch off and just let yourself fall into a state of sleep around all of this and it has been something I have regularly done when Steve and the boys are playing down by the sea or off on a walk. Enjoying that emotionally peace and quiet to the full.
We both always sleep naked everywhere. In summer with the window open, in winter with the window closed and minimal heating.
It's so comfortable, we can't imagine anything else.
Sometimes we talk about what would happen if we ended up in hospital. What would we wear there?
I don't own pajamas, so the question about sleeping naked or not is irrelevant. I've been sleeping fully naked for as long as I can remember, including when I share hotel rooms with colleagues. I always shared that I was a naturist and nudity was my preferred way of being, and it never posed any issues (though it raised a few eyebrows and questions). On the safety and security aspects, i feel very safe, secure, and confident while entirely naked, and can bring nudity to many places with pride. We actually need to carry the naturist flag as high as possible and do it in a confident and secure manner, starting at home and in full openess to friends and family.
I did spend around a week in hospital about 20 years ago. I found that I couldn't sleep in the pyjamas I took with me, so just undressed once in bed.. Getting dressed back into the pyjamas when I wanted to move around the ward, which was basically when I needed to go to the toilets.
I stopped sleeping in any level of clothing when I was a youngster. Certainly less than 10. I found sleeping in clothing really unpleasant, mainly due to the clothes twisting around me during the night. I did live with someone I didn't enjoy being naked around for some years, so I would wear boxers to bed, strip them off when in bed and then put them on again before I got up in the morning. It was not the happiest time of my life! Sometimes it can be easier being naked on a beach than it can in your own home, and easier to be naked around strangers than with someone you live with!
I think it is virtually impossible to get a good night's sleep in any item of clothing.
In regards to bedding. I can sleep with no bedding on warm nights in the summer. But in the winter I like the weight and warmth of a duvet.
