Sorry for the bizarre title.
Lots of us who are autistic here should be familiar with weighted blankets. They are our friends during anxiety attacks, moments of panic.
But there are some of us who find comfort not only in pressurized cloth, but affection, and for that, some of us have created... Something to the equivalent effect of an imaginary friend; a tulpa, one may call them. Mine for example is, well, you're all quite familiar with her; the fish
Primarily seen taking the form of a flowy sea dragon, her image has brought me much relief over the years. My therapist, Pepper, also supplies an immersion-based series of inductions featuring Aloe herself, which she sometimes puts her own spins on.
One characteristic of Aloe is that when she and her visitor (read: you) are not traveling somewhere or doing some sort of relaxation based activity, she likes to coil around you, allowing your arms to be free (she doesn't like any suggestions of restraint) and maybe, chat with you, or primarily, take you down in an induction of some sort. Her body is supposed to feel really soft like a cross between chenille and a kitten's fur, and she lets you pet her and just overall chill out with her.
I like to simulate this while i listen to blooftube or something by stacking three of my normal blankets under my weighted one, it's really comfortable and helps me zone in on the induction better.
What can I say, tactile comfort is the best.
Lots of us who are autistic here should be familiar with weighted blankets. They are our friends during anxiety attacks, moments of panic.
But there are some of us who find comfort not only in pressurized cloth, but affection, and for that, some of us have created... Something to the equivalent effect of an imaginary friend; a tulpa, one may call them. Mine for example is, well, you're all quite familiar with her; the fish
Primarily seen taking the form of a flowy sea dragon, her image has brought me much relief over the years. My therapist, Pepper, also supplies an immersion-based series of inductions featuring Aloe herself, which she sometimes puts her own spins on.One characteristic of Aloe is that when she and her visitor (read: you) are not traveling somewhere or doing some sort of relaxation based activity, she likes to coil around you, allowing your arms to be free (she doesn't like any suggestions of restraint) and maybe, chat with you, or primarily, take you down in an induction of some sort. Her body is supposed to feel really soft like a cross between chenille and a kitten's fur, and she lets you pet her and just overall chill out with her.
I like to simulate this while i listen to blooftube or something by stacking three of my normal blankets under my weighted one, it's really comfortable and helps me zone in on the induction better.
What can I say, tactile comfort is the best.
