It turns out that there are many reasons for such a ban. It is noteworthy that among them there are quite reasonable ones: not all of them can be called superstitions.
77July 22 2020
Everything related to sleep, folk omens and beliefs are interpreted to the smallest detail. Who knows, suddenly it is not in vain that it is believed that you cannot sleep with your head to the window or your feet to the door. Still, the accumulated human experience often gives sensible interpretations and warnings. So about pillows for sleeping, our ancestors had a whole list of prohibitions. We have collected the reasons why the experience of generations advises against sleeping on two pillows.
1. To a lonely person
Why? Otherwise, it will greatly slow down his search for a soul mate, without which both a family cannot be created, and children cannot be given birth. After all, if, already falling asleep, you see one pillow in front of your eyes, then you clearly realize your loneliness, and if there are two, subconsciously you can decide that you already have someone. But there is no one – this second pillow is for you alone.
2. To a married man
Why? These are situations when your husband or wife has gone on a business trip. In such cases, it was advised to hide the second pillow in the closet – until the arrival of the loved one. Otherwise, as they were assured, there is a risk of succumbing to temptation and cheating on him or her. After all, you will not invite a neighbor for carnal pleasures into the bedroom, where there is no second pillow for him!
3. Baby
Why? It was believed that he would grow up to be an insecure person, often rushing from one opinion to another. But in fact, a baby should not sleep on two, even on one pillow. Pediatricians believe that this is an extra risk factor for the health and even the life of the baby – it is best for him to sleep on his back with a diaper folded in four under his head.
4. To an elderly person
Why? It was believed that he would fall into depression and at the end of his days he would be disappointed in his life. But it seems to us that older people fall into depression more often from loneliness, when both children and grandchildren forget about it. And an extra pillow on the bed only reminds you of how lonely a person is.
If you are used to sleeping on two pillows and are not ready to change your lifestyle, then instead of two small pillows, you can easily find one large one. And in this case, the pillowcases will have to be washed in half, so there is a plus here too! And experts say that such a decision would be much more sensible.
Neurologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences
“You can’t sleep on two pillows. You will fail sooner or later. Moreover, we fail not once, but slowly. Slow crawling causes tension in the neck muscles that lasts as long as we sleep. Therefore, in the morning we will get up tired, with a pain in the neck and with an incipient migraine. In addition, restless lonely people, as a rule, sleep on two pillows. If they were not sleeping alone, then when throwing back and forth on the bed, they would immediately get their elbows to the side of their partner and calmly fall asleep on their own pillow. “