It’s a stuffed seal and the upper body portion of the seal of about the same width of a pillow. However it’s not as long and high. I’ve slept with the seal for years but I also have a lot of back pains espically when I try to lay down, I really don’t like pillows anymore and I can’t hold them in my sleep like I can my seal, it just feels weird and makes it hard for me to sleep. Would the stuffed animal really be the problem or could it be the mattress or just me?