Do not use a blow dryer while sleeping.

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Don't do it.

There are multiple ways to interpret this.

I think what it means is "don't fall asleep with your blow dryer on", but who knows?

There are good ways to be awakened by a 'hot blow' and bad ways.

I once saw a show about a young who had an addiction to leaving a hair dryer on all the time because it brought a fond childhood memory of her sister, and she suffered burns or started fires because of it.

Of course I should be deeply, ashamed of myself for watching a garbage show that exploits the mental problems of other people. Even if they make me feel a little better about myself because I'm not eating the stuffing out of cushions. But that's just it. Humans are never really happy until they find out there's someone out there that's worse than they are. Or think they're worse, anyway.

With the cold weather that we see in some parts I suppose someone could have the temptation to try to warm a small room with one. They are not designed to stay on for very long. It would probably burn up if you tried.

Some people may have tried to warm their bed at night with a blow dryer. That may be where the "do not use while sleeping" warning comes from in blow dryer manuals.

I am both an autist and a blow dryer addict, for whatever reason and I suspect it comes from childhood when i would visit my grandmother in Ohio during Christmas and would sleep on the floor vents. I tend to gravitate to and crave this in times of high stress and sensory overload. For whatever reason, it resets my brain and is how i self soothe. Unlike others here, i hate the cold. Im always cold. I have continued this behavior throughout my life, in-spite of having harmed myself with burns, from rolling over on it while asleep, I've had others wake me to my blow dryer shooting sparks and coming apart, i was chastised and punished as a teen for doing it.
For me, this statement is addressing those of us who truly suffer from addiction to blow dryers and intentionally sleep with them. Most of my life, i just thought of it as a weird quirk. If you simply google, “blow dryer addiction,” you will discover, not only is this a legitimate thing, there are a whole bunch of us. What determines if its a true addiction, is if you continue the behavior even though it’s extremely dangerous, causes you problems and or brings about negative consequences. A healthy well adjusted adult would not engage in behavior that caused them such problems.
I am 43 now with no desire to stop this behavior.
A hopeless autist blow dryer addicts 2 cents.

hmm...aiming the blow dryer inside the blsnkets , what a idea to warm up the blankets or inside a sleeping bag..?
used to sleep next to a wall heater...on the floor where the gas flame could be seen through the vents .And they would hest up the floor around the base of the heater. And I would curl up ,watching the flames . And fall asleep..Usually after everyone else in the house had fallen asleep.

"Never had I ever owned a blow dryer."

Hmmm...

"Never had I ever used a room heater."

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