I play with my stuffed toy?

Question

Is it normal ? I mean I'm 16 now and I still talk to my stuffed toys and sometimes even worst, I play with them :(

Answer 1

Such a neat question when I should be going to bed! ABSOLUTELY NORMAL. I talk to my plants all the time, & OF COURSE to my cat, & even to the birds who fly near my window, & compliment pretty flowers--what the heck! I have some ADORABLE stuffed "toys" I talk to. I even say "excuse me!" when I bump into a chair or something. I was absolutely delighted when I read (Alice Hoffman, I think) about someone that did the same. Communication isn't just human to human! (Truth be told, my plants talk to me, too). Some people will define this as the "child" in you. Hey, & playing with them is further interaction. You just keep that wonderful sense of "child" & you'll be very happy. GOOD FOR YOU. Healthy & normal; wish there were more like you. (Oh shoot, now I'm going to look at the answers & suspect some people will suggest you were "deprived" of love, need therapy or other nonsence. (Well intended, of course!) Go for it, sweetie, & don't let anyone criticise you! (You do know there's energy in inanimate objects, don't you?)

Answer 2

Don't worry about if it is normal....No one person is the same. We all grow out of phases when it is time. I had the same question a couple of years back. You cant make yourself grow out of it. If it really bothers you...try to think about why your stuffed toys mean so much to you? Were they given to you by someone who has died? or from someone special? If so, then that may be the reason why you are so attached to them. Otherwise, if you dont have a big problem with them....keep on playing with them...You may eventually grow out of it...and if you dont....you will get used to it....Good luck on whatever you decide.

Answer 3

I am 33 and cuddled up with my Boyd's baby bear last Friday night. No you are not too old. You are as young as you fee lin your heart. I do most of my talking with my cats and dogs however, they seem more conversational that teddy bears.

Some times we just need quiet comfort that we cannot get from people. Our stuffies love us, don't judge us, don't lecture us and are always there for a warm fuzzily hug.

Answer 4

A man with eight PhDs - he was proud of his achievement - met a monk. The monk asked him, "Why have you been so foolish in life?" The man said: "But I have eight PhDs!"

"I have understood you; it is foolish to spend the best part of life reading instead of enjoying the birds, stars and the moon", said the monk.

"You may have knowledge but not clarity; you may know a lot and yet understand nothing".

What does one have to understand about life?

You have many centres: Intellectual centre, an emotional centre and a body centre. In each centre, there is a mechanical and magnetic part. The mechanical part acts like a machine while the magnetic part acts with ore awareness.

You have to transform yourself. Your mechanical movements and thinking have to change. Your mechanical emotions like jea- lousy and hatred have to be overcome. You can do this by bringing in more awareness.

Then a complete being will emerge. When you increase awareness, even poison can turn into medicine; and with no awareness, medicine can become poison.

Why are we so mechanical?

A king dreamt that he was a beggar. His guru, in his dreams, told him the truth that he was a king and not a beggar. Now was he to argue with his guru or just wake up?

The question of "why" cannot be answered. When did time begin? You cannot answer such a question. Which came first, egg or hen? There is a logical fallacy in the very question. Realise that we are mechanical. Bring in more awareness and see the life-transformation.

Even inert objects have life. Treat any object with loving awareness and it will guide you mysteriously. Your intuition and purity have to increase to receive this message. When you bathe, lovingly talk to water.

In a relationship, is it not necessary to judge? >>

In a relationship, is it not necessary to judge?

Keep yourself relaxed. Increase your awareness and love. Not to judge should not be a conclusion. Don't make it a demand or compulsion. Let there be a choice. There is a difference between "should' and "choice'.

"Should' creates stress; it limits you to only one option. Choose not to judge. It is not a demand but a wise choice.

The danger of judgment is that you stop seeing the object of judgment and you are more in your judgment.

In life, you have to make judgments, but don't be a victim of your judgments. Suppose a thief enters your house, you have to judge him but then, be open to the possibility that he could change.

Suppose you meet him after 10 years, see if he has changed or not. Do you still judge from the memory that he has been a thief? If you do not have this awareness, you will not see the change in a person even if he has changed.

What should one be really aware of?

Negative emotions poison. Like avoiding poisonous food, avoid negative emotions. Don't identify with them. Don't participate in them. Choose to create a new will, not be driven by negative emotions.

They deplete your energy. They keep you asleep. They are harmful and heavy. They make your life complicated. For example somebody's success should not be your failure. We define our failure by somebody's success.

We feel jealous seeing someone successful. Jealousy is a great poison.

Compete with your potential. Even if you compete with others, enjoy it. See beauty all around. Do not define your success and failure by someone's success and failure.

Answer 5

Speaking with inanimate objects, as you describe, is actually a sign of great intelligence. It demonstrates higher order imagination. I have pretend discussions with whatever I want. What the fun is there to life if you can't talk to the trees?

Answer 6

I'm 19 and still fiddle around and have fun with my old toys when I come across them. One of my favorites is my old G.I. Joe truck with 8 plastic missile launchers ^^. Nothing to worry about, as long as you have fun and enjoy yourself dont worry about how it may seem.

Answer 7

Hey...I'm 50 and still do it. I talk to my stuffed animals, my REAL animals, my plants, the neighborhood squirrels. Lizards and geckos around my house. If you like to talk to things, do it...sometimes it helps to reason things out...

Answer 8

i dont do that but my friend thats 16 does every morning. i think its weird but thats cuz i never played with toys when i was little

Answer 9

don't worry. it's not abnormal just because it's less common among older people. my friend's husband built a room just to house his collection of action figures - toys which he hasn't taken out of the box! :) do things that make you happy.

Answer 10

This is normal,I talk to my plants before I got to sleep every night ..Im 34.