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TL;DR: These are the reasons 1) Various studies have indicated that sleeping with a weighted blanket can trigger an uptick in the brain’s production of serot
by xchip 9y ago
TL;DR:
These are the reasons
1) Various studies have indicated that sleeping with a weighted blanket can trigger an uptick in the brain’s production of serotonin
2)The other element that might explain our need for blankets is what Hoagland refers to as “pure conditioning.”
- strawcomb 9y ago> a weighted blanket can trigger an uptick in the brain’s production of serotonin Surely that could be a result of conditioning.
- astura 9y agoWell anti-anxiety compression vests work for cats and dogs and there's some very preliminary evidence that deep pressure touch improves subjective relaxation https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3688151/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3688151/ This is actually the first time I've ever heard of weighed blankets. As someone with severe anxiety that's helped with a hard squeeze, I'm very interested in getting one, I just wish I could try one first.
- strawcomb 9y ago> work for cats and dogs That could still be conditioning. > deep pressure touch improves subjective relaxation That could still be conditioning. I'm not saying it definitely is conditioning, but I don't see enough evidence to rule it out. For example, these animals could associate the pressure with the warmth and comfort of being the in the womb. So in a way they've been conditioned by being in the womb. Maybe animals grown in a 'test tube' wouldn't give the same results.