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1y ago

Anon buys a weighted blanket

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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.
- 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 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

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