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The author of this stories deals with anxiety and it makes it very hard for her to sleep, until she found the weighted blanket. Melissa has tried many different things to help put her to sleep and be less anxious but the weighted blanket is the only one that has worked so far. A weighted blanket is just like any other blanket, but it has pellets sewn inside of it and they range from 10 to 30 pounds. May of these blankets made with recycled materials and the beads on the inside is almost always recycled glass. The heaviness of the blanket is said to have a calming affect, said Randi J. Hagerman, medical director of the UC Davis MIND Institute. While these weighted blankets do come with a steep price, it has been shown to drop anxiety levels for people who can’t sleep.

This article was written in the first person point of view which is the first article that I have written about like that. I thought it was interesting how the author described her own experience and how she could really relate to someone with anxiety who may be reading this. One thing that was hard about the article was that there wasn’t a whole lot of evidence that actually supported her opinion, that’s just what she thought. I think this article has relevance because I know there are a lot more people that ae speaking out about mental illnesses. I know my brother has anxiety and he sleeps with a weighted blanket so I thought it would be cool to see into someone else’s experience with a weighted blanket.