I feel like I used to have a satisfactory layout for years but haven’t since found a consistently comfortable arrangement. I like to have a fairly thick pillow or two under my head to accommodate my bad shoulder, a pillow between my thighs to avoid chafed skin, and a pillow for hugging - also mostly for my shoulder.

The head ones tend to get distorted really quickly and it’s really difficult to find a good hugging pillow.

  • floopus@lemmy.ml
    3·
    2 months ago

    2 pillows stacked on each other most nights. Sometimes I just have the one. Very rarely I will have none because for some reason that is whats needed to sleep

  • Anna@lemmy.ml
    3·
    2 months ago

    I tried several pillows made of different materials different brands and everything else. But after all that I concluded the most comfortable I was when I used no pillows.

    The big pillow is lying to you. You don’t need a pillow for comfortable sleep \s

  • Oberyn@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    1️⃣ long one of memory foam pellets . Very particular about pillow stuffing material , must hold it’s shape so can comfortably rest head on it without sinking . Gone thru some bad long pillows before

  • ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth
    3·
    2 months ago

    I am sleep on my belly but slightly to the side, I have firm memory foam pillows that isn’t too high for my head. The second pillow is between my legs with one going under and the other over to support the leg on the side I am facing. I used to hug a third pillow but currently hug plushies.

  • Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 months ago

    3 pillows, one in the middle that’s lower and 2 on the sides to keep my giant head from shifting too much to one side so my neck isn’t put under pressure.

  • communism@lemmy.ml
    5·
    2 months ago

    One hard pillow as I sleep on my side and need the neck support. And then one bean bag tube type thing to rest my wrist on so that my arm doesn’t have to be entirely horizontal—more comfortable that way.

    I just use the duvet to go between my thighs/knees.

  • serenissi@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    mostly no setup. 1-2 pillows scattered on bed if not on floor, I use them according to hugging needs at that point.

  • unbanshee@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    Buckwheat pillow. Nice and firm, cool, and malleable.

    I punch out a divot for my head so it has kind of a neck roll when I sleep on my back, or if I’m reading on my side, I punch a divot for my ear so it’s not squished against my head.

    Had it for like 15 years, I miss it whenever we visit my in-laws in another city.

    • toynbee@lemmy.worldOP
      5·
      2 months ago

      I tried a buckwheat pillow but found it better for sitting on than for resting my head. Can you not take yours with you to the other city?

      edit: s/that/than/

  • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I have two pillows on top of each other, one stuffed with raw wool, and one made from layers of wool and cotton batting. Which one is on top depends on the season.

  • monovergent@lemmy.ml
    1·
    2 months ago

    Just an ordinary rectangular pillow. Contrast with European square pillows, which are way too big. It’s served me well for the past 20+ years (yes, the same pillow) as a side sleeper.

    • toynbee@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 months ago

      My oldest pillow is about fifteen years old and was one of my first purchases in my own home - it’s the one I now use to avoid skin chafing. Back then it was for my head.

      I didn’t know European pillows were different, though I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.

      edit: s/about/avoid/

  • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Three pillows. One thicker one leaned up against the headboard at a very slight angle, almost vertical. Then two thinner pillows, first one at what would be a 45 degree angle overlapping the thick pillow, then the final one overlapping that one.

    Only way I have been able to find comfort in pillows in the last 5 years or so