Perhpas it is your posture, or how you are sitting.
Could you be slouching?

Would a small cushion behind your back help?

BTW I suspect it is more safe for the headrest to be very close to, if not touching, your head.

Can you get used to this?
Do you have a big hairdo that it messes up?
I'm having trouble visualizing how this could be a problem.

Need fewer troops to support.
Drive a hybrid.
Best tank 71.65 MPG.

Before this car I spent two years learning hypermiling on my 2004 HCH1.