I’m undecided between 2 and 3

  • anon6789@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    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.

    • everett@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      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.

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        9 months ago

        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.

  • FluffyPotato@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    One thick memory foam one. It was expensive but it doesn’t lose fluffyness and it fixed my neck problems.

  • Remy Rose@lemmy.one
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    9 months ago

    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 😅

      • cmbabul@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        My neck aches if there’s more than one pillow under my head, I have four on my bed and often use the others to prop up my back if I’m watching tv or something, but sleeping on ones stomach limits the practical amount of pillows without discomfort

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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      9 months ago

      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.

  • folkrav@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    If your answer is more than “one”, it usually means you don’t 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.

  • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Three, but they are staggered in a way to make the perfect angles for my head. I have a thick one that’s almost vertical with just a little bit sticking out at the bottom for the next pillow (a thin one) to lean onto. Then another thin pillow staggered on that one.

    I’m technically only using two pillows of you cooking what my head is over. But the first one allows the second too for that perfect angle for me.

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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      9 months ago

      I also sleep with a carefully crafted nest of pillows. 3 king size and a body pillow, arranged to automatically mold me into my half stomach, half side “army crawl” sleeping position.

  • ghashul@feddit.dk
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    9 months ago

    I use one pillow that was sold as travel size, but I prefer it over a thick pillow.