You need to find the right pillow. This is important for good quality sleep. For instance I know that i need a thin pillow if I am on a soft bed but a thicker pillow if I am on a firm bed.
Get one of those pillows where you can remove or add stuffing - Be your own Walter White.
I can’t handle that kind of pressure
But one folded over is just right.
Me in every hotel
And wake up in the morning with a headache and can’t move your neck.
Same. Hotel pillows are too thick for the head/neck. There should be 2 different pillows, a thick and firm one for hugging, and a thinner and softer one for the head.
And a big long one for spooning…
Called a bolster. Or go full weeb and get a waifu pillow…
If full weeb is a dakimakura what level of weeb is the dakimakura with legs and and a Fleshlight pocket?
Neck support pillows entered the chat …
I can recommend water pillows.
There are better pillows out there, friend
Right? My one pillow is just on the verge of almost too much, but I like few pillows and my neck is fucked up.
I’m all ears for recommendations. I’ve wasted money on pillows that were great for one night and then started causing problems. =(
Thanks!
i bought a buckwheat pillow a couple months ago and it led directly to the issue in the meme. BEWARE!
You can take some buckwheat out if it’s too much! I love my buckwheat because I can shape it to my head/neck
Personally I love the memory foam, harder pillow from IKEA I got for £15. It’s so comfortable that other pillows feel like shit compared to it. It’s not for everyone though
I got one for myself and feel like I had more neck problems than before using it
Lol that’s what I use! They’re great!
No way me too! I always had OPs problem until I bought it. I resent going away without it because it’s that good.
Love that you have a meme for this exact thing
I got some memory foam pillows from IKEA for like 32e piece for me and wife couple years ago. Still going good, wouldn’t want anything else
mjolkkloca ergonomic pillow
I’ve got some generic memory foam pillow, best pillow ever.
I went and tried the Purple Harmony pillow when there was a similar thread on Reddit ~1 year ago. It was fantastic! I wanted it sooo bad, but it was just too expensive. I did find out later that Purple runs sales a few times a year. Think the best was around Christmas and it was damn near 50% off. So, I’ve had it since Christmas and been very happy.
I’ve got a purple harmony pillow (medium size) and it’s okay. I feel like it’s too high for back sleeping and not high enough for side sleeping. And due to the nature of it it’s nearly impossible to try to mold to the shape I need. I’m thinking of getting a Coop tbh
I used to be a 2 pillow guy but I’ve moved down to one. I’m using a Nectar pillow now. It’s pricey but so far so good.
Use https://www.sleeplikethedead.com/ to look up what works best for you. I went with latex pillows ten years ago and they’re still going strong, though starting to smell like latex recently. Probably time to replace them …
I tried Tempur. Slumbar worked for me as a side sleeper. They have the knee pillow too but it just ends up popping out. I just use the duvet.
I’m on the buckwheat train. Tried different pillows and ended up with buckwheat. The pillow allows you to mold the shape to an extent which makes it extremely flexible. They also come in different sizes and good pillow sellers will either overstuff them or give you a bag with extra stuffing. You can open the pillow up (via zipper usually) to remove and add more buckwheat for even more customization. It’s just extremely flexible overall.
Jumping on the buckwheat train. I was terrible at pushing all my pillows into the bedhead and waking up with a bent neck before picking up one of these. Another benefit is they don’t get uncomfortably warm. It’s really nice that I can wriggle to flatten it out for back sleeping, or fluff it up to the perfect height for side sleeping.
I’ve been thinking of getting one, are there any downsides you’ve noticed? Like how noisy is it cause I’m a restless light sleeper
Tough call, it makes most noise when you fluff it and a bit if you move about on it.
I use small pillows, sort of like the end pillow on a sofa, about the size of a shoebox maybe. It’s all the support I really need and it’s small enough to be able to shift it around easily into whatever shape or position you need. Give that a shot.
I got a buckwheat pillow and I’m never going back. It’s perfect.
I had a buckwheat pillow but the zipper broke six months in.
It’s not fun cleaning up all the little shells at three in the morning.
Yeah that would be horrible
You should learn how to fluff your pillow
Your body posture also plays a part and if you have horrible posture that can contribute to pain
Side sleeper here. I put one thin one between my legs so they are parallel and the joints don’t press against each other. I have a thick “hugger” so my top arm doesn’t just hang unsupported and pull on my back muscles all night. The problem is my lower arm gets pressed on all night or I have to find the magic position for it that is comfortable.
Back sleeping means I have to get the neck just right but then I usually snore and I get wacked by my wife.
I have the posture of an ice age caveman huddled for warmth.
The thinner the pillow, the better. Fuck hotels
I have the purple pillow. It’s great! Both sides are “the cold side” and, if needed, you could kill a man with it!
My wife has one of these. I don’t like the weird texture it has and often refer to it as her “space waffle” pillow, which gets a laugh out of her.
I got used to the texture pretty quick, and it’s well worth it. I even got a purple mattress, which is just as great
I’m definitely not paid by Purple, haha
Honestly, I’ve been having trouble with this lately so even if you were I’m desperate for solutions.
They didn’t tell me as a kid that side sleeping would be a problem.
Wool filled pillow that you can add/remove filling from.
https://www.holylamborganics.com/collections/natural-pillows
I’ll shill for the above company, have had the wooly down for 9+ years, added more to it once a couple years ago.
I sleep every-which-way. Some days stock still on my back like the dead, other days on my front sprawled out, and other days on my side. I’ve got pretty broad shoulders and the purple pillow (the flat one, not the poofy one) and medium-firm mattress combo does wonders for me. On my side I sink just enough into the mattress to lay my head flat, and on my back/front works just the same. Not sure how well it would work for you, and Purple is a bit pricey, but I highly recommend them. Just make sure you try them out at one of their locations, first. The grid is easy to get used to (I got used to it in a few days, and now I never notice it), so try to ignore the texture, just go by overall feel
So… Do you just use the pillow case? 🤔 That would be quite thin.
My mom uses like ten thousand pillows to sleep and I just cannot. I need a thin pillow, so I like ones that are already “broken in”. How do side sleepers manage to sleep with thick pillows and not hurt their necks?
I bring a couple of pillows from home whenever I can. Doesn’t work for flights, of course, but on shorter trips it’s a godsend.
I use one of those bags with a pump to shrink my pillow to a tiny size for travel. Fits great in the luggage then.
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Two is just right for sleeping on the side if the bottom pillow is super firm and the top pillow is super not firm.
Where my no pillow gang at? You have an arm! Use it
My pillow is so thin my wife is like “well just put a towel in the pillowcase”
Wait are you being for real? That can’t be good for your neck. I’ve fallen asleep like that 1 time when i got way too high on the zaza and i had the worst neck pain ever.
I find sleeping on my recliner actually feels the best because my head is kept aligned with my spine better. I’ve read that in the old days (like 1700s and such) they slept sitting almost upright.
Haven’t used a pillow in five years. Your spine is meant to be straight at night, so no pillow is the way to go. It is also helpful if you have breathing issues.
Try that when you’re old. Side sleeping leads to extreme neck pain /stiffness the next day because your neck isn’t straight when sleeping without a pillow.
That’s wild man. I sleep on my belly with one leg hiked up to my chest and a pillow that’s big enough for my head and for me to hug and wrap around. Sure it’s also bad for you but man do i get some insane sleep and dreams from it
We’re meant to die by Polio and Smallpox at age 12 but we don’t follow that living standard, now don’t we?
I take it you sleep on your back or stomach then? I think for people like me who sleep on their side, my neck hurts just from the idea of not using a pillow.
Yeah, way better for my neck
I sleep on my back without a pillow.
But I still have a pillow so I can look at my phone.
Seems more like a meme than a shit post
