A weighted blanket is awesome to help if you have a stiff neck or shoulders and it also helps to make you fall asleep quickly. (I will put the blanket all on my neck  shoulders while I lay on my stomach  it greatly reduces any tension I have!) The only negative I might add is you can really see  feel the beads that are the weight of the blanket. But thats really not a big deal to 
me. The blanket is very soft  I really like so far.