I’m undecided between 2 and 3
Two pillows. Two duvets.
I use 4-5 because I have acid reflux 🤦♂️
Ditto :o
You’re now the proud owner of a broken neck! How does it feel?
Have you tried a wedge pillow? It didn’t work well for me but it does for some.
I didn’t know these existed, I’ll see if I can find one. Thanks!
0-1 I like it flat.
Do you sleep on your stomach?
side or stomach, but it just is more straight with the spine, making it more comfortable.
Yeah. I also sleep on my stomach with just a tiny piece of the corner of a 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 😅
Polygamy and polypillowy goes hand in hand.
None, I sleep on my elbow.
Smart. Cost effective.
One
I can’t deal with more than one.
People like you are inherently Satanic.
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
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.
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.
I would use only one if I could find one I like that is thick enough. For a while I put two in one pillow case but the result was too oval in side profile.
That’s the only correct answer.
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.
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.
Just the 1 for me. I’ve got a Simba memory foam cube pillow. It’s expensive at £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.
2
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 it’s customizable to whatever thickness works best for you. Get a good pillow and use 1. Don’t use more.
https://www.eightsleep.com/blog/how-many-pillows-do-you-really-need/
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
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?
Paper thin pillows are the best pillows. I will shiv anyone who tries to lay a hand on mine!
One, anything else is pure decadence (unless you have a neck issue or something).
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!
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.
One, and zero when sleeping on my stomach.
