It took me a while to write this out because life has not been the best, but here we are. I wanted to share my comfort items, and explain them the best I can.
I have multiple mental issues, depression, anxiety, ADHD, insomnia, and PTSD. Sometimes I can just ride through my waves of depression anxiety, go through the panic attacks and mental breakdowns. Other times life is not so easy.
Comfort items are some item, such as dolls, blankets, etc, that provides comfort for a person. It helps give security and safety to a person. The reason why it is used or what it is varies from person to person but it is essentially the same thing. It is a comfort to pain and stress that makes you feel better.
My comfort item, well my favorite one, is a green dinosaur named "Dino" which is fluffy and smells like lavender. He doesn't heal everything but just holding Dino or him being in my lap makes everything feel better. He means good things in my head, he is connected to some terrific times in my life. And then there is my shark that I named Mister White. It may be a bit childish to some people, but it's not. Health professionals use them for traumatic events, with and without children. And if something helps without making anything worse, why would you care about what other people use? It's just another coping mechanism that people can use. It helps to have something you can hug tight when you feel like everything is going wrong. Now I won't speak extensively on what they are because I am not all-knowing and do not want to say something wrong. I am not a mental health professional, I speak solely from my experiences and what I know. So if I say anything wrong, leave a respectful comment to tell me so.
Now that I kinda explained that, I am just gonna talk about my comfort items more in-depth.
Dino, as stated before, is my fluffy green dinosaur stuffed animal. He smells like lavender and is weighted too. He can be put in the microwave to heat it, but I don't have one. So that was just a plus that I will eventually be able to use. He reminds me of a lot of good events, such as when I finally figured out that they/them pronouns were for me. This was in August 2019, so it's been a while. On top of that, he is just cute and I love him. You cannot look at him and tell me he is not at least kinda cute. The tufts on the top of his head are fun to play with when you are panicking or just bored out of your mind. He is a nice little companion who I love.
Mister White is a pretty big shark stuffed animal that I can really just hug. I got it from IKEA and it was the BLÅHAJ. (I had to look that up) It is newer, I believe I got it during Quarantine. The concept of time during Quarantine is confusing, it feels like it's been years. But it has not hit a year in total yet though almost there. (Surprise I actually got it a week before my birthday in 2020, thank you dates on Google Photos. Which is the one on the left) Anyway, I got Mister White just because I love stuffed animals in general. Though he became something that gave me comfort where I could just hug him and it is soft and nice. Another small plus is I can mess with his teeth and flip them back and forth. At this point, you can probably tell I like things that I can mess with.
This is just something I wanted to talk about. I cannot wait to talk about hyperfixations and other mental health topics, in my experience. I am not a professional, and I do not claim to be. So keep that in mind. I only speak from my knowledge and experience. If I misspoke at all, then leave a respectful comment telling me about it so I can learn more and fix my errors.
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