Weighted pillows provide an answer to an important question: what if you could hug your way to sleep? By combining deep pressure stimulation (DPS) and the distracting effects of a stress ball, weighted pillows can help ease stress for a quieter mind and that contented feeling we get when we're happily resting. But how exactly does any of this work?
Deep pressure stimulation and stress balls both play on your sense of touch to create a content, grounding sensation. I spoke to Mikey Goldman, sleep expert and CEO of weighted pillow company Quiet Mind, to discover exactly what DPS is, and how it translates to a pillow.
