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.
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.
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.
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
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
They work. But get one size larger than you think, they don’t mold like normal blankets.
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
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.
You can look up parents’ experience raising autistic children and not wonder that.
