Medical alert ID bracelets. Whichever I get, there is always a problem - the first type pinched the hairs on my arms as it was a metal stretchy watchband style, and it always swiveled around so the ID plate was under my wrist and I kept having to adjust it and be aware of it and it annoyed me. So I tried tightening it by one bead and it was too tight. Then the second kind was a nylon type band with a clasp on it, which was fine when I was cold but too tight when I was hot, and couldn't be adjusted. Plus the plate was tiny and soft plastic so it damaged easily and hard to see. Then I got another kind which was a titanium cuff bracelet and the engraving was just engraved, not laser engraved, so almost impossible to read. I filled it in with a sharpie which was ok for a while until that started rubbing off, and then the medical symbol fell off altogether. I tried superglueing it back on and it just fell off again.
I have a new one which is a silicone band, but those standard sizes NEVER fit me properly, being either too loose and annoyingly flopping around my wrist and getting stuck up my forearm, or so tight so my hand almost drops off.
All the bands I research online aren't right either.
I intend to design my own, and make it EXACTLY the way I want it. Looking for supplies tomorrow - I'm thinking try making one out of a watch band with a fabric plate overlaid with plastic (which is handy as I can have more information about shutdown on the underside) fully adjustable, or making some DIY adjustable ones out of silicone baking sheets - how to emboss or otherwise mark them is trickier, as sharpies may "bleed" especially when worn a lot.
If successful in this custom venture, I intend to offer some custom made for free on WP for anyone who wears one!
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Alexithymia - 147 points.
Low-Verbal.