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weighted blanket? and idea for a cheap one

raspberrypie

my therapist suggested one. i was dubious. before i even looked online (and saw they can cost $200!!!!) i looked around my house and came up with a super old, heavy sleeping bag (musty and smelly, but i'm a guy so it's fine), and old blue 'moving mats.' movers use them to move things, to protect the objects, like, say  a piano mover..... i tried all that, just covering myself, and nearly suffocated and died from the weight... ok, it was only 15lbs or so. so next night i try just the old sleeping bag, 7 lbs. felt good! i felt safer. 

anyone else? i'm going to continue trying this experiment, as long as it feels good. and of course, cost? zero.

happy and healthy december all....

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  • ty all.... yeah,,, i'm cheap and practical (practical so much that it's totally impractical, lol). i guess i'm wondering if those are spectrum traits..... i mean, like less concerned with style or fancy things...???? but i am also never quite sure about how things feel and affect me, so the zero cost blankie lets me test it out... now i'm unsure about it, and used it half the night last night...  we'll see.

    happy december... we're in stay at home here.

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  • ty all.... yeah,,, i'm cheap and practical (practical so much that it's totally impractical, lol). i guess i'm wondering if those are spectrum traits..... i mean, like less concerned with style or fancy things...???? but i am also never quite sure about how things feel and affect me, so the zero cost blankie lets me test it out... now i'm unsure about it, and used it half the night last night...  we'll see.

    happy december... we're in stay at home here.

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  • in reply to raspberrypie

    I'm doing a similar experiment - suffering from some serious health problems so having great difficulty with sleep - I have 4 beds right now - a king-size upstairs, a single downstairs, the sofa in the living room with a thick duvet on it to be more comfortable and now, a double airbed to build a 3-dimensional pillow and cushion nest/fort with a load of pillows to act as movement-limiters.    That's been successful so I had a new bed base delivered yesterday and the new mattress arrives in a couple of days to do it properly.     The airbed can be such a let-down.  Smiley.   My wife seems to chase me around the house at night - she's usually found in the single bed next to my airbed - like a little dormitory in the front room.  Smiley

  • in reply to raspberrypie

    yep i fix things to keep them working  my other half hates my fixes but they work !