## Tight Shoes: Question about r!Animorphs Chapter 20

* Author: u/daytodave  *an altruistic conversion of calories to hedons**
* URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/7vt6m2/tight_shoes_question_about_ranimorphs_chapter_20/
* Score: 6

* Created: 2018-02-07T03:21:21

### Post:

I was wondering if the trick described in Chapter 20 of Animorphs: The Reckoning, where a character is feeling disoriented and overwhelmed, and another character ties his shoelaces super tight to relieve the excess mental energy, is a real thing; and if so where I can find some anecdotes and/or data about it?

[I tried searching for this and found nothing.]

Thank you!

### Comments:

> **u/infomaton** [+4]  (an hour later)
> 
> A quick search revealed this: https://wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=157546.
> 
> More generally, this kind of tactile feedback is commonly soothing to people with autism.

>> **u/Chosen_Pun** [+2]  *The Chosen Ones* (3 hours later)
>> 
>> I personally wear fingerless gloves with adjustable straps for exactly this reason.

> **u/sharikak54** [+2]  (3 hours later)
> 
> After I read that chapter, I went to the pet store and saw a jacket-like thing for nervous dogs, saying something about how pressure from the jacket helps them calm down.

>> **u/daytodave** [+1]  *an altruistic conversion of calories to hedons* (4 hours later)
>> 
>> I've seen those before before, under the brand name Thunder Jackets, and I have a 30lb weighted blanket which is *amazing*. [Incredibly minor spoiler](#s " Garret")'s trick was so simple and effective I was shocked I hadn't heard about it before.

>>> **u/sharikak54** [+2]  (4 hours later)
>>> 
>>> Right?!  Life-changing (albeit in a minor way).

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