I still sleep with my childhood pillow.

Hello everybody im here to tell you a story and also ask for help.I think i got my pillow at the age of 5 i think.I had it for 9 years it had holes it was practically a rag.So i am a rower i went to preparations and i couldnt bring my pillow cause the other kids would probably laugh at me so i left it at home.When i came back it was gone , it was ok for one night and tomorow i asked my mom where is it she said that SHE THREW IT!It was my biggest nightmare and it happened i broke down crying i cant control it.My mom gave me a same one but never used bought from the same store 9 years ago I am currently depressed and crying all the time its so hard without it i cant stop thinking about it.Please help when i was a kid i used to talk to it but now i hope its soul got into my new one but i dont feel like it , i am trying to learn to love the new one , and reffer to it same as the old one it would be nice to talk to some of you who also have a pillow from childhood.And this is a lesson everybody NEVER LOSE IT i know what it feels like

its totally normal ! I have this pillow since i was a baby and until now , i still need to hug it to sleep and i even bring it to every single country i go to ( i hug it even on the airplane ) . and i almost cried when my mom lied to me saying that the pillow was left in the hotel . so its perfectly normal !!

Perfectly normal, even if the pillow is ratty and falling apart. Sometimes, it's just a security thing to know you have it, even in the closet or drawer. I'd like to find my old childhood teddy bear..Brown, fairly plain but I loved it, just to have in my house. Not necessarily sleep with it, just know I have it.

This makes me sad:( .I used to have a childhood blanket and pillow too but my mom got rid of them.(The blanket first when i was like 6 and the pillow at 8,still tryna get rid of childhood toy). If you still have it DEFEND it with honor(for all the fallen toys that never made it).
:'(

I do too!! It's normal!! I also sleep with my puppy stuff animal(:

Me to!!!! :D

Yeah it's normal my ma just turned 40 and finally got rid of her childhood pillow. Said she needed something to remember of her not so great childhood. It was like a small piece of foam now she's makin some fricken cash.

That is soo normal I still sleep with my baby stuff

I think our society really shouldn't be so quick to suggest it's best for kids to stop relying on a comfort item. I mean, yes once your past little kid years, it is a bit much to be carrying around a comfort item.

I think it would help many people if their parents said, that the child could keep it but as they get older have it only as a bedroom or bedtime sort of thing. Who knows, perhaps not encouraging a child to get rid of their comfort item, might prevent mental issues in the future.

I still sleep with stuffed animals, I find the giant stuffed animals meant for baby's cribs or playrooms are really comfy, and you can feel them holding you, where smaller stuffed toys not so much. Also there's this company called BeePosh, that sells stuffed animals with really unique fabric on them.

I also want to mention, if having a comfort item is so strange, why is Build-A-Bear so popular then?

Awww!!! So normal! I still sleep with all 102 teddies piled on top of me! Don't let it go! It'ss keep you happy your whole life!

jokess.

nothing compared to mine but its totally normal!!!!

That's nothing! :D Your totally fine. :)

Completely normal! At least I think so. Maybe it's because I'm the same way. :D Eighteen, moved out, and still have my childhood pillow that passes for a rag. My mom wants to take it and wash it/put a new cover on it but I'll never let her.

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