Thanks Grammies for the reminder about washing my pillow. I found it has helped quite a bit.
I wonder if it might be nerve damage or damage of some kind anyways. For a few years I would notice that I kept waking with my ear folded over. Couldn’t figure why. I laughed it off for the most part but it hurt somewhat of course to sleep that way. It was always the same ear (left) that I now have this problem. Coincidence?? I wonder!