answer:Give it air flow. They have for 15” and lower laptop cooling plates, which usually just have dual fans, I have a 17” so that isn’t an option, but they’re typically 20$ and seem to do a fair job. I just put Arctic Silver 5 on my CPU the other morning, and my core runs about 5 degrees cooler, which is awesome. In the end, a cushion isn’t helping it. The rear should always be lifted as to minimize dust, minimize surface to surface temperatures, and maximize airflow. Also, depending on how long you’ve had it, check for dust between the fan and the CPU heatsink. Unfortunately for the world, you can’t simple just shine a light into it, it doesn’t work; dust doesn’t reflect well so it’ll seem as if nothing is there, you have to take apart your laptop and clean it out yourself, unless you’re lucky like my friend and have a little door you have to open, and unscrew the heatsink with 4 screws and it just pops out and is simple to clean out. If you have a mac, I can’t help you, they’re well known for burning people (literally; especially macbook pros)