It depends! Pressure can feel comforting to me depending on the context; I love when my cat is laying on me, or cuddling up with my partner. But when it comes to sleeping, I don't really like pressure on me, just feels too restrictive.
It’s actually much more comfortable for two people in one bed to have separate blankets. :) might be worth trying two twin blankets. Then your partner could have what they prefer and you could have weighted.
My wife and I started sleeping with separate blankets a while ago. I like to sleep with 2 heavy comforters even in the summer but my wife gets hot while she sleeps. A lot of the times we end up sharing a single blanket by morning but I don't think I could fall asleep like that.
Also I just realized while typing this that I do like weight on my body!
I feel like mine has been bothering my back lately, might be a change in activity level though. I do find the weight comforting and think it helps me sleep deeper.
I like having extra blankets on the bed, but I can't stand weighted blankets. I tried my friends weighted blanket and I was like, get my out of this thing! It was too heavy, felt like I was being smothered.
I have a problem sleeping without something heavier on me. Which sucks in the summer. I’ve wished forever to be able to sleep with at the least a sheet, but it’s not enough.
I mean weighted vests do exist in real life but are usually aimed a kids, like so many autism things tend to. Actually just looked it up weighted vests seem to be sold for "training" as well.
Yep, the training is called rucking. I had a friend who used one while hiking, its cool cuz it has a bunch of small metal plates that you can put on and take off to adjust the weight so you can work your way up
I tried a weighted blanket once and never stopped. I had to travel for work and told myself it was silly to bring it, but then had a hard time sleeping without it. I added makeshift weight to my bedding - all the hotel towels, extra blanket, fake couch rug thing, and vowed I'd just travel with heavy luggage from now on.
I've tried a weighted blanket that my friend has for anxiety - and it was too much for me, I almost throughout the year just have the cover without the duvet itself, just so I have some kind of cover.
It doesn't also help that I sweat abnormally so I have to be careful to end up into a puddle in my sleep
Depends on my level of stress. For high stress levels I like weighted blankets, for moderate stress levels I imagine a dog could be great (I'm not allowed to keep one in my flat), for low stress level a standard double blanket is nice.
Yes! I love feeling pressure on my body - ironically not at all from a partner. I love winter because I get to sleep with two heavy blankets, my cat is especially cuddly and she sleeps on me all night, and I get to wear layers of baggy, comfortable clothing at home. I dread the summer time because that all goes away.
I know what you mean. As a child my dad would ask me to lay down on his back because it felt good, sometimes we'd end up falling asleep like that. Fast forward a decade or two and when this memory came through asked some SO's to lay on my back and it was great.
It depends. I have a weighted blanket that I really like, but it comes with some drawbacks. Since it's so heavy, repositioning it is extra effort that wakes me up. It's also a pain to change the sheets on the bed. Still, I think the benefit of being under the outweigh the drawbacks.
However, I definitely do not like feeling restricted. So, if the pressure is restricting, like someone death hugging me and not letting me move, I'm not going to like that at all. I need to have the option to get out of it immediately, even if I don't need to get out of it immediately.