00:00 I'm a grown adult, and yes, I sleep with this.

00:02 There's a stigma around using comfort tools,

00:04 especially for men.

00:05 If you're an adult, you're supposed to just deal

00:07 with your pain in silence, power straight through it,

00:10 hide in the fact that you're overwhelmed

00:11 and really just flat out struggling.

00:13 And I did that for so long,

00:14 I didn't even realize how tense my body was all the time.

00:17 Like, I'd just be like laying there,

00:18 but my brain is just racing and I'm just feeling wired.

00:21 Then I got an ad for one of these from Pulse of Potential

00:23 talking about how it's okay to be overwhelmed,

00:25 so I figured, why not try it?

00:27 I was surprised at how well it actually works.

00:29 The weight of it feels like an actual hug,

00:31 and I just got like an immediate sense of relief.

00:33 Definitely not a magic trick.

00:35 It does not solve your real world problems,

00:37 but it does help my body calm down

00:39 when I feel like I'm stuck in overdrive.

00:40 Taking care of your mental health is not childish.

00:43 Suffering in silence is what actually hurts people.

00:45 I just wish I'd stop worrying

00:47 about what it looks like sooner.

00:48 If you want a weighted hugging toy to make you feel better,

00:50 then you should just get one.