This could be common knowledge but I thought I might share anyway.
If you’re a side sleeper and has had good experiences with weighted blankets you might like u shaped pillows. They’re often called pregnancy pillows or maternity pillows because they were made to support pregnant bodies, but having slept with one I think a lot of people who struggle with anxiety could benefit from one.
They feel like a big, soft hug essentially. While I personally don’t like sleeping all night with one I love it for naps. The pressure against the back is especially nice, and it keeps me from rolling over on my back with cause me to snore.
Just wanted to put it out there in case you hadn’t heard about them.
Look into these!!!!!!
I don’t use an actual “body” pillow myself, because I started side sleeping with a pillow when I was a teenager. I’m used to sleeping with a pillow compressed down into a nice thick tube, and using my blankets to achieve the slight separation my legs like.
Since getting my weighted blanket, I mostly actually sleep on my back, with the weight folded up a bit to be denser on my chest.
With my hug pillow tucked into whatever side I feel like, elevating one arm and giving a nice slight pressure on the side.
Sometimes, I grab extra pillows (my bed has half a dozen, all with specific uses) and do a sort of half-side, my back to the comforter covered blankets, my chest and legs pressured by the weighted blanket, and one arm under my hug pillow tucking it close and yes it’s 360 degree pressure I can shift!
Anyway….
If you don’t want to develop your own pillow system out of nothing, go get a body pillow.
And if my “cocoon” sounds awesome but difficult, go get a u-shaped body pillow!!!
