# Nice lady at the laundromat **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [May 17, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/nice-lady-at-the-laundromat/5500 "2026-05-17T22:58:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![77nick77](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/77nick77/32/147_2.png) [@77nick77](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/77nick77)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/nice-lady-at-the-laundromat/5500/1 "2026-05-17T22:58:33Z")
I got up at 6:30 am to go to the laundromat to wash and dry my weighted blanket because I needed to get it ready to donate to GoodWill. When I got to the laundromat there was no attendant there to help me and I couldn’t figure out how to work the washer. People were walking past looking at me and a woman walked by and smiled at me so I asked her if she could help me. She showed me which washer to use and how to load a card with funds to start the washer and she helped me with other stuff. It was really good of her, I feel put down by most strangers so it was nice for a change to get a perfect stranger be nice to me. I offered to buy her a Coke but she just laughed and said that’s OK. So I finished washing the blanket and then went and got gas, then went to McDonalds to kill time then stopped by GoodWill to donate the blanket. I feel like I accomplished some things. Cooked some chicken legs in my instant pot for lunch, now just taking it easy. ---
**Author:** ![Schizbro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/schizbro/32/16560_2.png) [@Schizbro](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Schizbro)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/nice-lady-at-the-laundromat/5500/2 "2026-05-17T23:02:30Z")
My sister had a weighted blanket that was so heavy it was hard to breathe under it ---
**Author:** ![sweetpotatopie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/sweetpotatopie/32/8234_2.png) [@sweetpotatopie](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/sweetpotatopie)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/nice-lady-at-the-laundromat/5500/3 "2026-05-17T23:02:30Z")
I don’t think you can wash weighted blankets. The beads inside can’t get wet or dried. At least mine are that way. ---
**Author:** ![77nick77](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/77nick77/32/147_2.png) [@77nick77](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/77nick77)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/nice-lady-at-the-laundromat/5500/4 "2026-05-17T23:04:39Z")
No, I know some aren’t washable but mine had a tag on it that said wash on cold and gentle cycle and air dry, it was fine. ---
**Author:** ![77nick77](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/77nick77/32/147_2.png) [@77nick77](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/77nick77)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/nice-lady-at-the-laundromat/5500/5 "2026-05-17T23:07:40Z")
I slept under a normal comforter last night without my weighted blanket and it felt weird. First time I didn’t sleep under one in two and half years, and it made me anxious, I guess I really got used to it. ---
**Author:** ![sweetpotatopie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/sweetpotatopie/32/8234_2.png) [@sweetpotatopie](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/sweetpotatopie)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/nice-lady-at-the-laundromat/5500/6 "2026-05-17T23:10:14Z")
Wow I need one of those washable ones. Mines sort of worn out but I really like it. ---
**Author:** ![77nick77](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/77nick77/32/147_2.png) [@77nick77](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/77nick77)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/nice-lady-at-the-laundromat/5500/7 "2026-05-17T23:13:17Z")
> [@Schizbro](#): > > My sister had a weighted blanket that was so heavy it was hard to breathe under it You should get one that is 10% of your weight. If you’re 300 lbs or more it’s going to be pretty heavy. I had a 30 lb blanket but I lost weight recently so I bought a 20 lb blanket and donated the old one to GoodWill. ---
**Author:** ![77nick77](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/77nick77/32/147_2.png) [@77nick77](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/77nick77)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/nice-lady-at-the-laundromat/5500/8 "2026-05-17T23:15:10Z")
> [@sweetpotatopie](#): > > Mines sort of worn out but I really like it. If you get a duvet for it for $20 or $30 it will stay clean longer. ---
**Author:** ![Schizbro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/schizbro/32/16560_2.png) [@Schizbro](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Schizbro)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/nice-lady-at-the-laundromat/5500/9 "2026-05-17T23:16:57Z")
Ok. I just tried it one time, it must have been 30 lbs or more then. I thought I would suffocate ---
**Author:** ![77nick77](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/77nick77/32/147_2.png) [@77nick77](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/77nick77)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/nice-lady-at-the-laundromat/5500/10 "2026-05-17T23:18:34Z")
> [@Schizbro](#): > > I thought I would suffocate I felt like that at first but I got used to it and then slept good under it. ---
**Author:** ![Wave](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/wave/32/14465_2.png) [@Wave](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Wave)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2026, 11:24pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/nice-lady-at-the-laundromat/5500/11 "2026-05-17T23:24:01Z")
It just shows you that there are good people out there