Weighted Blankets and Anxiety: How Kendall Jenner Uses Hers for Calm and Better Sleep
Kendall Jenner has been open about her struggle with anxiety for years, and the model has pointed to one bedtime tool she keeps coming back to: a weighted blanket. Here is what to know about the blanket she recommends, what experts say about how it works and how Jenner builds her nightly wind-down around managing anxiety.
What Weighted Blanket Does Kendall Jenner Use for Anxiety?
Jenner has recommended the Baloo Living 15-pound weighted blanket, which she featured in a 2021 Poosh holiday gift guide as one of her favorite tools for relaxing at home.
“I love a weighted blanket. It helps with anxiety and feeling calm,” Jenner wrote in the guide. “Curling up with one and watching a movie is my favorite — like a good cuddle.”
How Do Weighted Blankets Help With Anxiety?
Weighted blankets appear to help with anxiety by lowering the body’s stress hormone and triggering the release of mood-related neurotransmitters, according to Dr. Adam Perlman, director of integrative health and wellbeing at Mayo Clinic Florida, who did not treat Jenner.
Perlman told Mayo Clinic that research backs up what many users describe anecdotally. Trials “have shown that people who use weighted blankets do report better sleep. They report less stress and anxiety, and there’s even one small study where they reported less pain,” he said.
The mechanism, Perlman explained, comes down to body chemistry. Using a weighted blanket is linked to “a decrease of cortisol, which is sort of our stress hormone, and an increase of serotonin and dopamine — two neurotransmitters that really affect our mood,” he said.
The sensation of being weighed down also seems to mimic the calming effect of physical touch. “What is it about the blankets that give this, perhaps, simulation of a hug or an actual hug that leads to our feeling more relaxed, and maybe better able to sleep?” Perlman said. “Again, that comes likely through the physiologic response in the body.”
That hug-like sensation is exactly what Jenner described when she recommended the Baloo blanket — calling curling up with one “like a good cuddle.” Experts note that weighted blankets are not a replacement for treatment, but for people who struggle with racing thoughts or trouble falling asleep, they can be a useful addition to a calming bedtime routine.
What Is Kendall Jenner’s Nighttime Routine for Anxiety?
Kendall Jenner’s nighttime routine centers on slowing down at least an hour before bed with tea, reading, journaling and a short meditation to settle her anxiety, she told Vogue in August 2022.
She has been candid about why those steps matter. “I have struggled with anxiety for years and it can have good and bad days,” Jenner said. “If I need to wind down, I really make a point to take 15 minutes to meditate to settle my anxiety so I can get a good night’s rest.”
Her bedside table reflects the same approach. Jenner keeps a Takeya insulated canteen water bottle within reach, a Rose Mint Teeth Whitening Pen and a MAD et LEN candle in the black champaka scent, which she said “fills the air with a comforting, warm aroma.” She also tries to put her phone down before lights out. “I’m trying to get better about keeping my phone near my bed at night. I usually try to avoid looking at my phone at least an hour before heading to bed,” she said.
Consistency is part of the strategy too. “During the week and when I’m at home, I usually go to bed around the same time,” Jenner said. “When I travel, it’s much harder to live by that bedtime, but I try. I find it keeps me consistent.” Mornings are mostly alarm-driven, with early wake-ups for work or to ride her horse. Jenner has also been seen on her family’s reality show using sound-path practice as another tool to manage her anxiety.
When Did Kendall Jenner First Experience Anxiety Symptoms?
Jenner has said her anxiety symptoms started when she was young, around 8 to 10 years old, in a May 2021 conversation with psychologist Dr. Ramani Durvasula for Vogue’s “Open Minded” series.
The symptoms intensified as her career took off. “I think being overworked and being in the situation that I’m in now is kind of what set it out of control in a way,” she said. “I’ve had times where I feel like I need to be rushed to the hospital because I think my heart’s failing and I can’t breathe and I need someone to help me. Sometimes I think I’m dying.”
Jenner has been careful to acknowledge her circumstances while talking about anxiety publicly. “I’ll never sit here and say that I’m not fortunate. I know I live a very privileged, amazing lifestyle. I’m a very blessed girl,” she said, before adding, “I’m still a human being at the end of the day.”
She previously opened up about the toll in a 2018 conversation with Cara Delevingne for Harper’s Bazaar. “I have such debilitating anxiety because of everything going on that I literally wake up in the middle of the night with full-on panic attacks,” Jenner said at the time. “Where do I even start? Everything is so horrible, it’s hard to name one thing. I just think that the world needs so much love.”
She also pointed to the online environment as a daily strain. “You go online and you see everyone saying the worst things to each other, and it’s hard to stay positive,” Jenner said. “It’s hard not to get eaten alive by all the negativity.” Tools like her weighted blanket, meditation and an early phone curfew are part of how she manages it now.
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This story was originally published May 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM.
