Doesnt really say anything - there have been plenty of products that were designed for specific people that ended up being adopted by others because it just was a better product for them as well
Like how Coca Cola was originay created for people with a morphine addiction. Unless morphine addiction became a lot more widespread recently while I wasnt looking.
So you’re saying if I love Cola, I should try morphine then, right?
yes, but also if you don’t love Cola.
Lol. Get rid of your morphine addiction, switch to harmless cocaine. Cocaine, it’s slightly less addictive.
I don’t like cola all that much and I’m not on morphine, so you might be onto something…
It’s just not the same without all the cocaine.
Weighted blankets are used for a number of health reasons.
People who have a lot of stress or struggle falling asleep at night benefit from them as well.
Hmm… now I kind of wanna buy one.
They’re actually magical. Turns your body off.
I used to take prescribed melatonin supplements and getting a weighted blanket to make myself feel all snuggly and cozy I was out like a light, like falling asleep even faster. I got off the melatonin cus I was able to fall asleep with the blanket and now I have one less med im the carefully balanced system that is my meds in my body
Whether it was placebo or conveniently timed of not needing meds or actually working I love my blanket
Don’t fall for big blanket’s obvious ad tactics.
One friend said that he would occasionally forget it’s weighted when trying to move it, then completely wrench his arm out as he attempts to make the bed
I find it weird in that I barely notice the weight when using it, but it somehow magically gets heavier whenever I have to move it by hand / make the bed / etc.
They work. But get one size larger than you think, they don’t mold like normal blankets.
I got a 25lb one and it keeps me from moving so much.
Don’t let that blanket decide who you are.
let me do it. I am the arbiter of autism. everyone has to ask me
That’s the same thing my psychologist told me! I’ve asked her like 3-5 times if she’s sure I’m autistic, and she has confirmed every time. I don’t know though. What if I’m not autistic? Here are my relevant characteristics:
- I use a weighted blanket
- Sometimes my skin burns, and I have to shake about to feel better
- I’m nearly always playing a drum beat in my head
- A psychologist that specializes in autism assessments and treatment has confirmed it 3-5 times
- My psychologist friends that have known me for 7 years are certain I’m autistic
- I’m 100% autistic
What do you think?
Don’t worry, it could be something else (maybe worse) wrong with your brain that isn’t autism :D
(I haven’t tried one due to cost, heat, probably added difficulty w/cleaning, and cost again for the ones that might not have those other issues)
They’re great, the whole point is they give you extra weight of a comforter without additional heat. Cleaning is easy, you just take the cover off like a duvet and wash them.
without additional heat
Lies! Maybe it’s just me, but I overheated under my weighted blanket and had to fight my way out of it.
I got one that is double sided. One side keeps heat in a lot more. So I can switch it up depending on the season and temperature. It’s lovely.
I just use a sheet most of the time (even now in the winter) because I overheat easily (I don’t really sweat).
I’m broke so even the bottom price of $35 seems expensive, anything marketed as “cooling” or just large-weave (?) is considerably more expensive. Large-weave seems like it’d be cooler, but that is coverless so that was my thinking.
I chalk it to the curbside effect and just keep on in denial land
I got to try out a friends and wanted one ever since but can’t afford one :( Most comforotable blanket ever.
Yoooo, weighted blankets are the bomb, but changing the sheets is a workout.
Makes me wonder if autistic people just weren’t hugged/snuggled enough as kids.
Very old school hypothesis that has not stood up to scrutiny. a.k.a “Refrigerator Mother” hypothesis
Academic sexism is cool to get rid of
As a teacher, I’ve come to the realization that almost everyone wasn’t hugged enough as a kid.
It breaks my heart every time I realize I’m the first person in a kid’s life that believed in them or told them that they were smart.
No but 4chan users weren’t
You can look up parents’ experience raising autistic children and not wonder that.
Idk, but it will help your cold symptoms. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614559284
