PILLOWS, Soft or Hard? Which one you prefer?

Some how, I always prefer the hard pillow. I never used to like the soft pillow, and when ever I used to get a soft pillow, I found it hard to sleep. In fact even when I stay in hotels, where they invariably keep a soft pillow, I ask for a hard pillow or else ask one more soft pillow and put it on top of the other and go to sleep.

pillows.. something a must for my head! If I don't have one, I use my hand.. and sleep on my tummy instead!! Anyone take away my pillow is equivalent to taking away my sleep.. In order for me to have some sound sleep, the pillow height must be there.. usually a soft pillow on top of a hard one.. to make up the perfect height I want. In addition, if I am in those hotels that serve me super soft feathers pillow, I sure squeeze it and double layer it till I get the height I wanted.. My mum say I am a fussy bug, and even my friends.. but who cares, I need my pillows in order for me to have my sleep! would you rather take my fussy-ness of pillows or lack of sleep and get cranky? that's the question I asked them..

I have a hard one on the bottom and then a softer one on the top. I cant sleep on a hard one as I just cant get comfortable and with a soft one there just isnt any support and I kind of sink down and I dont know I just dont like it. lol So give me one that is right in the middle and I would be happy!

i like using soft pillows. i do not often use pillows under my head when lying down on my bed. i prefer not have a pillow. i just use pillow for something i can hug or just to feel comfy when i hold it in my arms. anwyays, i don't like having pillow under my head just because it hurts my back of my head and my neck. i prefer not to also so i can have a good body posture. cause i think that too much pillow under our head will in a way alter our proper body posture and will cause curvature in our neck when walking. anyways, so to be sure i will not have bad posture i tried not to use any pillow under my head. i got used to it already and so i am contented not having to have a pillow. but it is important that the bed is a little soft but not too soft that my head will push down the bed and that will in a way give kind of discomfort. sometimes when i don't feel comfortable without anything under my head i will just use a a blanket. just a blanket folded on one side and so it will not cause any discomfort in my head and will make my head feel comfortable being in a soft pad.

Hey Iriene, *hugs* Long time yeah. .Wow! This is an interesting discussion. I had no idea about the hard pillow that the Chinese used. I was talking to my dad now and he was telling me that his grandma used wood pillow. I guess the concept is the same. It feels so strange to me, but then it was supposedly common in those times. I like to sleep having 2 pillows under my head. I keep a slightly harder pillow below and a soft one at the top. That suites me well.

oddly, i never use pillows....... it started when i was little, an idiot told me that if i use pillows i would be dumb, and I was scared to be dumb...... i never used pillows then..... but i gotten used to that through the years and now I am almsot 31 years old, i feel uncomfortable using pillows....

The big fat and soft ones are my faorite always.I use plenty of them in my bed.

The pillow that I have been sleeping on is half soft and hard - medium. I don't think I prefer completely soft or hard pillow... the one that I have been sleeping on giving me big sore neck though... so I don't know what kinds of pillow really fits me...

We do have a porcelain pillow, but not for sleeping. It has been a piece of art sitting in the cupboard. I am very careful in selecting the pillows. If too soft, I will feel dizzy in the morning, and if too hard, my neck cannot bear it. I take care the pillows are dry and covers frequently washed.

Hello Iriene. I do as you did at the hotel. I sleep on two firm pillows with a very soft one placed on top of those. That combination, for me, adds support and comfort both. It helps me sleep much better. Karen

Hello iriene! For me, I don't like pillow which is too soft or too hard. holiday Inn in Melaka has such a good AMENITIES? I never know it until I read this discussion. Guess what ? Just now I blog hopping and saw a blog post about a hotel in taiwan, sorry forgot about the name. It is a theme hotel room which is all and all the things in the room is Hello kitty! From the pillow to bed sheets, tooth paste shampoo all in hello kitty labels! Few years back, I went to Korea and forgot which part of one city there, is so famous about the special pillow. We got the chance to try out the special pillow in the hotel. The pillow is so special because it is stuff with husks of the rice, if i am not mistaken. We had buy some of the pillow back to our country. My hubs likes to sleep on that pillow but I don't like it, it is too hard for me.

I prefer soft pillow over the hard one..I never know take note that the hotel pillow have the label on pillow. I normally find all pillows on the bed are the same feel. My current pillow for the head is not too soft and not too hard. I have another pillow to hug on when I'm sleep instead of bolster. The hugging pillow is way more soft then the head pillow cause I have been hugging it for a very very long time from when it is still hard till it get soften now. I think the cotton inside already mash and tie badly. But I still love the pillow very much. Last time when my arm were terribly numb, I came across the advice from my sinseh, he said that actually not sleeping on a pillow is the best. True enough, I followed his advise (only put a towel at the neck area behind to support the gap of the head and neck), without sleeping on the pillow my problem got corrected.

I can't sleep with hard pillow.My head just feel uncomfortable with such a pillow design. I prefer to have soft pillow ,can have a nice sleep at night and I also need a bolster when I sleep. That's my habit.

Me is sleep on soft pillow ,me can not accept sleep hard pillow.If me sleep hard pillow me can not sleep and also will body pain.Soft pillow is more good and nice to sleep than can give we got very nice dreams.Last time my girl in hospital walau the bed and pillow very hard ,me sleep one night after that body pain and also sick .Very very can not sleep pillow hard.

Hello! I love the soft pillows that you can kinda fold up that might be filled with feathers, but those cost so much . The kind they have in a good hotel ;) I was given some because my fiance his mom works in a richer one and those pillows are like heaven and really is sleeping on clouds. I heard of the harder pillows over in Japan because the Geishas dont wanna mess up there hair.

I love soft,fluffy large pillows.It feels very comfortable.

Hello Iriene, It's so nice to go and sleep right now. My pillow is fluffy. I love soft pillows. It has got to be soft and fluffy. I dont use a 'dutch wife' but I use a 'dutch husband'? LOL.. It is a bolster alrite but I dont like calling it a 'dutch wife' as I am a woman! I definitely cant sleep on those old fashion porcelain pillow...

Hi Iriene88, I remembered when I was a little boy my grandfather used to sleep on the cuboid hard porcelain pillow. On a hot night it was good feeling as the porcelain felt cool to sleep on.What wonderful feeling! On a personal side, I prefer to sleep on a hard pillow and a hard mattress too without any bolster. But I don't mind using a bolster, anyhow.

I don't care whether it's soft or hard. When i was young i didn't have the habit of having any pillows . So i can even sleep without pillows. But i've noticed that a lot of people just cann't sleep at all if there are no pillows around them . Some even hugs the pillows tightly when they are asleep. My son is half a year old now. Peopel here say that we shouldn't give any pillow for him in order to keep his head to be growing round insted of flat in the future.

I have both firm pillows against the head board and the soft pillow in the front as an accent or throw pillow... I love my soft pillows. Interesting topic.