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Do Weighted Blankets Help With Anxiety and Insomnia? 加重毛毯有助于缓解焦虑和失眠? ANXIETY AND insomnia often spend the night together, causing many of us to toss and turn while our minds gets stuck on some worry or another. We've all suffered the occasional sleepless night before an important exam or big date. But some struggle with both anxiety and insomnia regularly. "Chronic stress often goes hand in hand with difficulty sleeping," says Sarah Silverman, a clinical psychologist, behavioral sleep medicine specialist and director of the Cognitive Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program at Montefiore Medical Center. 焦虑和失眠通常相伴而生，导致很多人在担忧的同时辗转反侧。重要考试或约会的前一夜，我们都会偶尔失眠。但焦虑和失眠患者，却经常睡不着。“慢性压力常常与失眠密切相关，”萨拉·西尔维曼（Sarah Silverman）说道，她是临床心理学家、行为睡眠医学专家，以及蒙特菲奥里医学中心认知行为睡眠医学项目的主任。 A growing number of those people are trying a new "treatment" to alleviate both the worry and the wakefulness: weighted blankets. These special blankets are filled with pellets or small plastic balls to increase their weight, from just a couple of pounds up to about 20 pounds. According to Harvard Health, using extra weight to calm someone has been practiced a long time, especially among children with autism or behavioral problems. Weighted blankets may add a feeling of safety and security, just as swaddling helps a newborn baby. And there is some evidence that, among these specific groups, weighted blankets do help. | 
