Should I Invest in a Weighted Blanket for Anxiety?

About a year ago (so, last Christmas), I was gifted a weighted blanket. I’d often been interested in weighted blankets and their many (purported) health benefits, and I had lots of questions; for one, I asked "Does this actually work?”

Let me answer your common questions on weighted blankets (and link my favorites!) below—

Do weighted blankets work?

In short— yes. I love my weighted blanket, and there is something truly comforting about the feeling of the weighted blanket pressing down on you while you relax. Science says weighted blankets work to calm us by inducing the kinds of hormones we feel when we give or receive a big hug (or some other form of human contact), and by shifting our autonomic nervous system into “rest” mode, easing our anxiety, calming a rapid heart rate, and more.

In my experience, this largely seems true. When I’m feeling anxious I often reach for my weighted blanket these days, and I take deep breaths, feel the warmth and pressure on my body in order to “ground” myself, and viola— after a matter of moments I do feel better.

My favorite weighted blanket is the YnM weighted blanket, as it comes in a variety of colors (mine is a simple gray to match my couch, meaning I can keep it out any time without having to “lug” it out only when I need it), and stands at a cost effective price, coming in at under $100.

Have you tried a weighted blanket? Which brands are your favorites? Let’s discuss,

Xoxo, MM.