Anti stress toys: 8 calming gadgets for the nerves

From a (as of December 2022) Swiss Life shows that 61 percent of German workers find the stress level high in their job. The insurance and financial consultancy company carried out a representative study in cooperation with the opinion research institute YouGov. 2276 people took part (online). The results were already recorded in 2019, but it can be assumed that the pressure to perform in many households at the beginning of Corona pandemic and the resulting mobile office has increased. In order to reduce stress or to better master stressful situations, there are handy gadgets for home use. We present a few of them at this point.

Do you quickly become nervous in stressful situations? Then this cube could be a welcome distraction for you – or more precisely your fingers. It consists of six pages that were designed differently. You can press and turn things on it, click and roll or move. This is intended to reduce stress.

To lower the stress level, it is particularly beneficial if you concentrate on something else. For example, this toy collection, consisting of twelve different gadgets that squeezed and pulled apart, turned and pressed together. That should have a calming effect on the body.

As you can already see from the name, this anti-stress toy consists of magnetic balls. Creating, creative structures arise that should not only promote their spatial thinking, but also help with stress reduction. And by the way, the Magnetic Balls also have a practical benefit because they stick to refrigerators and pin boards, magnetic boards and whiteboards.

If the stress level increases noticeably, it is time to reconcile again. For example, on this squishies doll made of environmentally friendly PU foam, which you can press as you please. The special thing about the anti-stress toy is that it resumes its original form after each bruising. If you need an even bigger test object, you can use this oversized let off steam.

This coloring book for adults rightly bears its title: “Keep your face, I paint”. There are various swear words that you can paint with with appropriate felt or colored pencils. Painting should help to calm down again and to solve yourself from all the stress, but also other problems.

There is hardly a living being that exudes more serenity than a sloth. And since tea is known to calm the nerves, this anti-stress cup combines both components in one product. If the pressure is particularly high, this mug should remind you to take a deep breath from time to time. In this sense: ooommm.

This Fidget Cube was also specially developed to reduce stress and reduce fears. This is to be made possible by twelve pages with different structures (from environmentally friendly ABS plastic), which you can click and turn, roll and snip, among other things. This should better relax.

It is not without reason that this doll says: “If you have stress, box me”. In fact, the toy should help you to reduce stress and anger or aggression – by simply giving it one. And so that the doll called Max can withstand your blow, she has special suction canteen.