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Recently discovered that "weighted blankets" are a thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted_blanket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted_blanket
by amelius 5mo ago
Recently discovered that "weighted blankets" are a thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted_blanket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted_blanket
- voidUpdate 5mo agoWeighted blankets are lovely if you have a neurodivergence that likes being enclosed (like me). But they are even more unbearable in hot weather
- isoprophlex 5mo agoI consider the weighted blanket to be a very dangerous invention. Dangerous to my planning, that is. If I try take a quick 20 minute nap under it, I always sleep for 2 hours minimum. It's like an off switch for my brain. Extremely comfy.
- lippihom 5mo agoI love weighted blankets but have to be careful that they're not "too" heavy. I used to have sleep paralysis relatively often as a kid and a too heavy weighted blanket often re-triggers this, which is obviously terrifying.
- julian_sark 5mo agoI took mine extra heavy, I love it. If not for comforting my neuro divergeny, I also love it for staying put and not dropping off of the side, or foot, of the bed and falling on the floor. Only caveat is getting it into the sheet covers. That is hard work lol, quite the workout. Considering skipping that part and just putting it on top of a light bedsheet. I add a warm, thick blanket on top of the weighted one if needed, e.g. in winter. It's important to stack it that way. Putting the weighted one on top keeps everything put, but the compression on the warm blanket negates the temperature isolation and it gets cold quick.