According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Anxiety affects nearly 40 Million people or nearly 20% of the American population. Of these though, only around a third of the affected population ever seek treatment for their mental illness despite often visiting the doctor’s office around four times as often as the general population. […]

So you’ve finally got your weighted blanket and have had it around the house for a few weeks. It’s provided a great benefit to you in terms of sleep quality and may have even helped settled you down from the edge of an anxiety attack or two. Unfortunately, life has happened in the meantime and […]

Weighted Blankets have been rising in popularity in recent years, especially since the first Kickstarter for commercially made weighted blanket reached viral status some time ago. But many people are wondering: Is this just another pseudo-medical fad like essential oils, healing crystals of homeopathy? Here, we take a look at some of the evidence and […]

Weighted Blankets are quickly becoming a great non-medication based therapeutic tool for people dealing with anxiety, depression, autism, and PTSD alongside good old insomnia. But, you’ve looked around and maybe found that some producers of weighted blankets seem to be asking for a lot of money, and want to give making the blanket a go […]

Over the past decade, both practitioners and patients have been looking into weighted blankets as a means of mitigating the symptoms of multiple disorders, ranging from Anxiety and Insomnia to Autism. But what are weighted blankets, how do they work, and what do you need to know before buying one? Here, we’ll answer all of […]

We get it. Making the decision to buy a weighted blanket can be a big one, and there’s sure to be some questions that need to be answered before clicking that buy button. So let’s take a look at some of the most frequently asked questions regarding weighted blankets. What is a Weighted Blanket? While […]