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Re:Weighted blankets might ease insomnia and anxiety by theworld572 on Thursday September 05, 2019 @05:19AM (#20885120)
Weird this is getting downvoted. Its true for my own experience - my life is much better since I've stopped with all the sleep gadgets and panicking when I get less than 8 hours sleep in a night.

Its also a view backed up by professionals: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jun/17/why-sle...

And there are books written on this too: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1456492543/

Re:Weighted blankets might ease insomnia and anxiety by DenisM on Thursday September 05, 2019 @11:39AM (#20887785)
“The best way to move around with a broken leg is to ditch the cast and the crutches and the scooters, and just walk normally. It worked for me!”.

This is what you sound like.

Also, you have likely mixed up the cause and the effect - you started sleeping better for whatever reason and as a result lost interest in sleep gadgets.

Re:Weighted blankets might ease insomnia and anxiety by jplayer01 on Thursday September 05, 2019 @02:25PM (#20889447)
> Weird this is getting downvoted

It's because there are legitimately people who have problems falling asleep that are not tied to obsessing about sleep gadgets. How can you be so unbelievably callous and dismissive of people's problems?

I've spent months barely getting 4-5 hours of sleep because I can't shut off my brain and how oppressive life is/can be. I don't see what any of that has to do with tracking sleep or buying a weighed blanket or whatever else. Mainly because I didn't try any of it - but if I do buy a weighted blanket and it helps me fall asleep ... what exactly do you have against that blanket helping me?

Re:Weighted blankets might ease insomnia and anxiety by theworld572 on Monday September 09, 2019 @07:33AM (#20917155)
The pearl-clutching is strong in this post.