A therapeutic device designed to apply pressure to the body of a hypersensitive person (usually someone on the autism spectrum) in order to calm them by providing grounding sensory stimulation.
2011, Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing, Volume 3, Number 4, October 2011, [https://books.google.com/books?id=CY9eTTxbjAkC&pg=PT228&dq=%22hug+box%22 unnumbered page]:
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(slang) An environment that validates or reinforces a narrow set of beliefs by relying on false positivity and excluding any form of criticism.
: She [Temple Grandin] couldn't stand to be touched but was starved for affection and the safety of being contained. This need led to her clever device, the “hug box” which compressed her sides like the cattle chute it was modeled after.
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(transitive, slang, derogatory, offensive) To insert into a hugbox; to insert into an environment that validates or reinforces a narrow set of beliefs by relying on false positivity and excluding any form of criticism.
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