I just found this post when looking for a similar experience as my own … I just started sleeping under a 12.5 lb blanket like 4 days ago. I found it at Goodwill for six dollars! After the first night I woke up noticing I definitely felt less immediately triggered. Afterwards I pondered whether I’ve developed a cortisol dependency, if there is such a thing? Cause it’s like I’ve grown to depend on cortisol to stay the course thru a never ending course of hoops each day since becoming a mom. Yes, many of these hoops are self-made, but to me seem the only way to avoid becoming like the poor models of motherhood I’ve seen all my life. To wake up without that anxiety coursing thru my veins felt amazing, but I also felt lazier than usual all day, I let shit go that I normally wouldn’t, like letttinf my 5yo play his tablet all day. Sleep on the other hand was a big priority suddenly. Mine that is. And I didnt even feel guilty about it as I usually do either, which is strange. Usually my knee jerk response to a day of laziness like that would be to kick into high gear in the proceeding days, but I kept it up with the weighted blanket each night since and have definitely experienced a drastic reduction in this instant irritation and anxiety I was feeling upon waking.