"Hugging Factor" Cuddling helps you to get sleep faster and is perfect for helping children, teens and adults to soothe their anxiety. For anyone who often wakes up sore, hugging pillows might be the answer.
Hugging a pillow can offer similar benefits for both children and adults. Embracing the pillow offers that same sense of safety, familiarity, and emotional support. Hugging a pillow during sleep as an adult is a physical reminder of the warmth and comfort experienced in childhood.
Yes, there are a few possible psychological explanations for hugging pillows in one's sleep. One possibility is that it is a form of self-soothing or comfort-seeking behavior, which may be related to feelings of anxiety or stress.
Another reason that’s psychological and physiological for pillow-hugging: Ventral pressure — that is, gentle, sustained pressure along the front side of the body — stimulates the release of Oxytocin, which leads to feelings of safety, relaxation, and well-being — that’s why it’s often referred to as the “cuddle hormone” or the “bonding hormone.”
That’s the same hormone that babies release when they’re held safely, and that adults release when they’re being held or cuddled safely as well. (It’s also released in adults after physical intimacy, apparently to help with the couple bonding.)