If your answer is more than βoneβ, it usually means you donβt have the right pillow for your sleeping position. I have broad shoulders and I was a side sleeper. I used two pillows for the longest time, otherwise I had to twist my shoulder in while sleeping, or tilt my head towards the bed, neither being really comfortable for long time periods. Then I bought a thick foam one on sale in some random store I was at, and it made a world of a difference.
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I can't deal with more than one.
As a kid I used to sleep with none. As a teen a towel was enough. In my 20s I was happy with one thin pillow. Now in my 40s I have one average pillow and I feel like upgrading.
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you don't need multiple pillows you need one that has the right thickness
I don't have the luxury of buying one pillow each month, thank you very much.
0 or 1. 2+ is incredibly bad for your neck and sleep. Or you just have paper thin very old pillows and you should replace them with a high quality pillow. I use a Coop brand pillow and itβs customizable to whatever thickness works best for you. Get a good pillow and use 1. Donβt use more.
https://www.eightsleep.com/blog/how-many-pillows-do-you-really-need/
I can't even imagine what it would look like for someone to use more than 1 pillow. Like, how is their body not contorted into a horribly uncomfortable position?
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pillows always made me feel uncomfy so I pretty much entirely stopped using them. Ill ball up a blanket if I want some support but often times I forgo it
Two, with the bottom pillow pulled down a bit giving me 2 tiers.
I have wide shoulders and go to sleep on my side, so I need the height, but I tend to roll into my stomach, where 2 is too high, so I wake up on the bottom pillow.
Having 2 in a slanted stack just allows for the perfect height adjustment for neck alignment.
Holy shit!! This is the advanced pillow science I like to hear! I'm gonna try this right now!
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I recently made an effort to switch myself from stomach to side sleep⦠and discovered this exact technique through trial and error, and for the same reasons!
I do a few modifications, though. In my case it's specifically two thin soft pillows that give me the height I need. Also, I prefer them rotated vertically so I have a more generous chest surface on the lower tier. And if I go to sleep on my side (which is most of the time now) I don't need the tiers so I'll "roll up" the lower portion of the pillows to temporarily eliminate the lower tier. If I move enough at night the pillows unroll themselves right into my stomach sleep configuration. Or maybe I manually lift myself to let them unroll, not really sure but this has been working for me.
This has really been a fun thread and I'm glad I participated in it! With a post like this, I never know if the intent is serious or silly, but it's been cool learning everyone's pillow-tech.
The sleep pros may all say we should be using one thin pillow and all sleep on our back or whatever the general rules are these days, but I can't for the life of me fall asleep on my back. I don't sleep textbook perfect, so I've got to find a practical solution for me.
0-1
One, and zero when sleeping on my stomach.
One
1 big memory foam
None, I sleep on my elbow.
Smart. Cost effective.
One, that's the kind of thin you get from it being cheap and way past the point you're supposed to throw it out. Perfection.
One ikea shark pillow
For me the stack goes:
- my head
- mostly flat pillow
- my arm
- another mostly flat pillow
- the bed
Big thick squishy pillows (like memory foam) give me neck pain for some reason? I always get one of my boyfriends to "wear in" my pillows for me first π
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Two pillows. Two duvets.
According to science, anywhere from 1 to 0
Wait, you guys have more than one pillow?
1 with memory foam. I sleep sideways and on the back. I hate it when pillows are too thin or fluffy but too high is also not good on the neck.
Hijacking this: Can someone answer me why Ikea mainly sells these huge square pillows? They are so uncomfortable to sleep on but they have the nicest pillowcases.
Are you in Germany? I don't know any country where square bed pillows are sold except DE.
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0 I sleep with a blanket under my head. I can fold it as many times as I need to change the height. I can sleep well sideways without having the pillow right in my face like with soft pillows. Also doubles as a eyemask when there is to much light bordering me.
The only time I've slept on a blanket like this was in a police jail. Are you in jail?
Just the 1 for me. I've got a Simba memory foam cube pillow. It's expensive at Β£100 (ish) but easily the best thing I've ever slept on. Like sinking into a perfectly supportive cloud. They have an inner bag filled with loads of 1cm memory foam cubes and a good outer case so you don't feel individual cubes. Super comfy.
I use one pillow that was sold as travel size, but I prefer it over a thick pillow.
One thick memory foam one. It was expensive but it doesn't lose fluffyness and it fixed my neck problems.
One buckwheat pillow. They're sort of adjustable. I'm a side/stomach sleeper.
A single pillowcube pillow.
To anyone wondering since it's so often advertised, it does a good job as a pillow but it's nothing revolutionary.
Depends on the pillows. Generally, I want enough so that my neck is straight when I'm lying on my side.
Two. One classic one and a specific rectangular neck position pillow. I had used only one pillow for years until i met one of my ex. She had around 7 pillows around her bed and used them aplenty, almost as she never wanted to touch the actual bed surface with her head.
1? Why do you need more?
I used to have 3 but switched to 1. Makes my back and shoulders feel a bit better since my neck isnt so high anymore.
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