It’s a weighted blanket. Soft bits of extra material have been sewn
into the fabric, making it noticeably heavier than even a heavy blanket.

I’d read that a weighted blanket works like a hug — the weight makes
it feel like something is pressing down on you as you nestle under the
blanket, and the body’s response is to relax.

That sounds like pureed organic hippie horseshit, right?

Well, that’s why I hesitated so long before buying one. After thinking about it for several years, though, I bought this weighted blanket not long ago.

Now I’m sleeping perhaps an additional hour on an average night. I
used to lie awake in bed, reading a chapter or two of a book before
falling asleep; now I read a paragraph or two. When I wake up to pee in
the middle of the night, getting back to sleep is easier than it was.
I’m sleeping longer, deeper, and later too, if the alarm clock isn’t set
to go off.

If the seams ever rip I imagine the filling might make a mess, but so
far there are no loose threads. Whatever’s inside the blanket, weighing
it down, doesn’t smell or feel weird. You’ll definitely notice the
blanket’s extra weight — it’s a bit of work, pulling it on or off of
you, and when the package arrived I nearly wrenched my back lifting it
onto the table to open it.

But this blanket is warm and comfy and heavy, and it truly does hug me to sleep every night. No more counting sheep, and no more pills. itsdougholland.com ← PREVIOUS          NEXT →