A rising number of Chinese teenagers and young adults are using baby pacifiers, which are normally used to comfort infants, as a coping mechanism for the stresses of modern life in a unique attempt to cope with stress, anxiety, and sleep deprivation.
Previously limited to nurseries, plastic pacifiers have discovered an unexpected new market: stressed-out working people and students who are juggling work and school demands, financial strains, and the fast-paced urban lifestyle.
Products under this peculiar trend, which was initially observed on Chinese e-commerce sites, range in price from 10 to 500 yuan (about $1.40 to $70 USD). They are frequently marketed as stress-reduction or sleep aids, capitalizing on the growing number of juvenile mental health issues.
