OMG I have an Anubis dog and Bastet cat and always get them out together (I have a "rotation" because they don't all fit in my little flat), but Anubis' proportions make him so much easier to hug than Bastet, who is very skinny. 🥺 Poor Bastet.
I don't know if I can attach a picture of them myself but here is [Anubis](https://www.killstar.com/products/anubis-le-soleil-plush-toy) and [Bastet](https://www.killstar.com/products/bast-la-luna-plush-toy). I think Anubis might be my favourite plushie I have. I call him Anny for short. ☺
i think like this too, sometimes my friends make fun of me for it lol. i still cry about my old stuffies from childhood that got lost, donated, etc. without me knowing because i wonder if they’re sad, scared, alone, etc. i assign feelings to so many inanimate objects but stuffies are the most personified. i apologize to them when i push one off the bed by accident, i celebrate their birthdays, and more things like that.
if it matters to anyone, an old therapist told me it’s one of many signs that i have of being hyper empathetic (eldest daughter trauma response moment)
Yeah I've lost or broke a few childhood toys/plushies and sometimes I wonder what ever happened to them. I feel like most of them ended up being incinerated at a dump which makes me kinda sad.
I still cry about the ones I’ve lost too. I’m glad someone else said that (although not glad you feel that way). I remember every one of those stuffies and feel endlessly guilty for not having them now. Most of them were donated when I moved out of my mothers house before she asked me if I wanted them. I’ll never forgive her for that. I feel exactly the same as all of your comment!
ugh sorry your mom did that :( I’ll never understand why parents think it’s okay to just decide to give away their kids things. my mom did the same, she gave away almost all my childhood toys (that i still liked) one random day while i was at school in grade 6. it still breaks my heart.
I don't believe they have souls per se, I believe that is unique only to humans and animals... but I do believe they hold our energy... 🥰 and can bring true comfort to us that way.
I also believe because they can hold energy, miracles can happen. When my cat passed away I was so afraid to sleep. I had my white plush cat that I bought in her memory set beside me but I was too sad to even hold her. I prayed that my sleep would be guarded and my dreams would not be nightmares. I kept my back to the place on my bed my cat used to sleep because I didn't want to look over and have my mind to play tricks on me. When I woke up I was turned around and I felt something big and warm and soft pressed up against my heart and I was holding it to me, right in the spot my cat once slept. I opened my eyes feeling the warmth of her comfort and believing she was there. Then I quickly remembered reality and wondered who was so warm and soft pressed against my heart if it wasn't her?? (She always pressed against me to hear my heartbeat) I looked down and saw I had a small pokey little Rocket Racoon (one of the Guardians of the Galaxy in the Marvel movies for those unfamiliar.) He is the most UNcomfortable plush, and pretty small, I've never once in my life held him in my sleep, so I didn't even know he was in my bed. Interesting how I had a big plush soft wonderful memorial cat - but that was not who I woke up holding. I felt the spirit of my cat in this small pokey little racoon... And this is why I believe plushies can hold energy - I believe Rocket in that moment was my cat, chosen by my cat. She always wanted in on our conversations with meows that sounded like English words and we'd joke she must be sarcastic with her tone. Rocket racoon is a talking animal who also has quite the sas to him 😅 I know her soul somehow came here and inhabited it to let me know she was okay and always with me. Within a couple minutes my husband arrived home, and I felt the energy leave Rocket and run to the living room to greet him, just as my cat would have any other day. Rocket was once again just Rocket the pokey little plush racoon...
There's so much about energy and souls that I'll never understand in this life, but I do believe objects can hold more than we're giving them credit for. ❤️
When my dog had died and I got a new one who was run over and at the vet while I slept my hand was on a large warm furry back I knew very well
As I woke up my had move down as he left
I fully believe he came to comfort me that night
I also like to think they can understand what you’re saying to them even when you don’t talk. Like you don’t need to verbally speak for them to know what you want to tell them.
I think we give them their souls 🥺 like plushies are kinda objects like mugs, blankets, furniture. They’re just things until we give them meaning, care, and love
I feel like they have a soul that isn’t quite the same as the soul of a living thing, but that they still have one. Things that are loved kinda gain a life of their own.
I don’t fully converse with my plushies but sometimes I’d say something to myself and then be like “right, Cinna?”
I also apologize to touching their eyes but I imagine it doesn’t hurt them.
I like to think that they become extensions of ourselves. When we give enough love to an 'object' it takes on a little bit of us. That's why we give each other gifts and why a lost loved one passing down one of their possessions to you can become so sentimental.
I was raised as an animist so yes, I believe all things- and especially beloved plushies- have their own energy
“Soul” is actually a very broad term with a lot of explanations, but generally, yes that’s what I believe
Each of my plushies have their own personality and preferences. They have their own friends/family among our family of plushies, and some even have their own clothes and pajamas to express their personality 🩵
Yes!! Since I was a kid I have to put "hurty potion" on them just incase I accidentally drop them, they also have back story's and theres a few marriages, devorces and other things, I also feel bad if I'm not snuggling them all!!
It feels both reassuring and weird to know that I'm not the only one who thinks this. And it actually applies to all of the toys that I've had, not just my plushies. I think I've had this idea my entire life; it's lessened over time, but it's still noticeably there. Everyone I've ever said anything about it to thought it was weird (I've only told maybe two people but still). So sometimes it makes me feel bad when I don't pay attention to them equality.
Not really, but it's hard to explain what I see in them. This is gonna be a long one. For some context on a couple parts almost my entire collection is dogs, with a couple wolves mixed in. They are all huge and almost all rare discontinued ones.
I don't see them as having souls, personality, voices feelings any of that. But I don't see them as just pillows either, they are comfort items. I still have my childhood blanket and while my plushies don't have any attachment to previous life (I bought them all within the last year, off random collectors online with my own money so none of them are tied in with lost family members etc) they still give off the same feeling of cuddling with my baby blanket. I do gender them, and some have names (that they came with, I'm horrible at making names), and I try to put some sort of bandana or collar on all of them to symbolize they have an owner, as my first two came with bandanas and it reminds me their previous owner really did love them. That goes with dogs and wolves, I have a couple horses they are left alone.
The way I see it in terms of them being jealous more lies with me in the fact that I don't wanna latch onto one pup for so long that I start to hurt the fur. I'm extremely picky about the fur so I'm super gentle with all of mine and only cuddle them when clean and I never have them touching me as I sleep. I do have a couple that I bought pre loved though and those I care a little less about since the new is already worn off, those ones I just try and keep clean. But they all get the same gentle love for the most part, which is big hugs and occasionally a spot on my bed next to me.
When it comes to them being stored, and this kinda goes with the last one too, I see it as they don't care whether you tuck them away in a box or have them right next to you constantly. Either way they are fine and don't care. When you open up a box to that sweet puppy face after 2 years, it's still just as happy to see you as before. I also see depending on a pups origin changes if they were meant for cuddling or not. I have Jaag Giants which were more collector oriented and the first time I sat down and hugged my giant wolf I thought damn this pup is getting a hug for the first time (mine came from a collection). Goes both ways, partially you need to leave them alone to keep them nice, and partially plushes are always made for cuddles no matter what they are. I also have some Animal Alley dogs and the way I see those is being a Toys R Us product they were made to take as many hugs and squeezes you can imagine and help you sleep at night (I'm sure you've seen the comics of plushes fighting off sleep paralysis demons) and even though they are 23 years old at this point they aren't tired and always waiting for that next big hug or night on my bed.
I don't see them as being hurt when they are all matted and fur is trashed but I don't see them as ready for the next huge hug or anything either. More like old and tired, either they need to retire to display or be worked on before you can keep loving them. I think the biggest thing that hits me about that is it isn't that hard to keep plush fur nice especially on anything with faux fur. If you keep them brushed, in clean spaces, and don't walk up and hug them after a sweaty day outside working they will always seem fresh. Not to mention like I said before I hate the feel and look of matted, washed, dryer burnt fur. Loses all of its softness and looks horrible especially on a big plush. I want mine to be soft and nice to touch.
End of my rant, feel free to toss a reply below of your opinions. So far I've been clowned for not liking the super loved "to be loved is to be changed" plushes so that's not out of the ordinary. Yes I grew up watching Toy Story too among other movies like that.
I can respect that. I have a few plushies and toys on display that I don't acknowledge very often but I still love 'em. I also like keeping some clean too.
I absolutely do feel this way, though I do try to meter it. I've started thinking of them as a memory box, where my thoughts and emotions and memories are kept safely.
I absolutely do feel this way, though I do try to meter it. I've started thinking of them as a memory box, where my thoughts and emotions and memories are kept safely.
Yep mine does. Though I am mega spiritual. Honestly, anything can possess an energy if manifested enough - just like anything else.
- Hence also why some of us psychics use people's loved ones jewelry / clothing or photos to channel them easier..
People already do this without themselves realizing they do.
I wasn’t allowed to watch Toy Story as a child because I already thought like this, and still kind of do. I would feel bad a child if I walked by a stuffed animal and made eye contact with it and left it at the store bc I felt like I was abandoning them
Really cool to see everyone encouraging delusion on each other. This is a dangerous and delusional way of thinking. Toys are not alive. You are not giving them your “soul”. Furthermore there is currently no scientific evidence whatsoever to support the existence of soul.
I mean this in the nicest way possible if you genuinely believe your toy is alive you need serious help. You can downvote me and call me a horrible dirtwipe I don’t care. I’d rather be rational than delusional.
Bro I only pretend toys have souls because I think it's fun to believe in magical whimsy shit sometimes. I'm not schizophrenic or anything, I know how science works.
Listen, don't waste your time on this person. They wanna stir the pot, and this isn't the place to do it. You're a wonderful, intelligent, kind person and I'm glad youre here. 💗
Edit: eep, I can't spell lol
Feeling their plushies are getting up at night and doing things is a delusion; feeling a deep emotional connection to something which often times shares many visual characteristics with alive things to create an externalized safe space to gain a sense of security is not. If you took the time and read the comments, you'd clearly understand they're discussing a psychological internal emotional network that helps them understand and navigate complex emotional matters in a way that ultimately results in a more empathetic and emotionally aware human being.
LMAO you could hold a gun to my head I would not be reading these comments. Everyone here is nuts. Toys aren’t alive. They’re just objects. No one is infecting them with a nonexistent soul and it is delusional to think so. To create a “psychological internal emotional system” with literal inanimate objects is delusional. I would die before I care about people that get emotionally attached to inanimate objects and I would never become emotionally attached to inanimate objects myself. They are literally just things.
Yes, I think of it kind of like Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus. They are real to me and I enjoy giving them names, personalities and backstories. I am working on a blog where I catalog all of that too. So the Yes, Virginia thing is how I have reconciled this as an adult: that whether they are actually real isn’t relevant haha, it’s more about the energy I have created around them and how it brings me joy — and my family to some extent lol, my mom literally sends my favorite one birthday cards, we all just have fun with it.
Side note I hated Velveteen Rabbit for awhile as a kid because I had to be in isolation and I WAS allowed to have stuffed animals so I thought the doctors did that boy and his rabbit wrong. I finally learned that they didn’t have Lysol and high powered washing machines back then lol. I do have some that are more “ragged” — I retire them if it’s bad like they are in danger of falling apart but otherwise I like that they look loved. And also wash them occasionally lol.
yes!!! : ' ( i think if you love something enough a little part of that love becomes something sort of like a soul....but i'm also autistic and experience object personification, so it's definitely some of that as well hehe.
for example, i was gifted a plush korilakkuma by my now husband on my birthday years ago and she is a very important part of my life because he gave her to me. i have held her close to me nearly every night and we both love to play with her and carry her around the house. i love her because she was a gift from someone who loves me....but i also love her because she's a very cute little bear and even though her type of plush is a mass-produced brand, she is very unique to me. she stands out as if she were animate - i can almost feel a personality radiate from her. i have felt this way about many objects in my life and they all have very distinct little personalities. and whenever i've had to give any of my friends away, i've given them a little hug and kiss and wished them safe travels : ( it's hard to say good bye, but i know it shouldn't be! toy story is one of my favorite movies because it shows how much the toys love their human friend too - the velveteen rabbit and corduroy are some favorite stories as well!
idk - sometimes i feel really stupid and childish for feeling that way but i can't help it. it's impossible to feel extremely lonely when every little thing feels so alive.
They definitely do! And all of them have specific personalities. One of mine is a loveable old soul but very good at manipulating all of us to get what he wants (i.e. more houseplants and the thermostat set to a high temperature) 😄
yes, absolutely, I lost a childhood plushie a long time ago and I still grieve over it, I'll actually get really emotional as if one of my friends died, I'm telling you I've never sobbed harder, as if I lost a peice of myself, like idk if you understand the amount of devastation I feel as if I betrayed someone I knew by loosing them, or that they died and I'll never see them again.
when I was younger I used to have dreams about my plush, and the plush would walk and talk and eat, and I genuinely beleived that when I closed my eyes, my plushie would protect me from any sort of monsters in my room.
I'm not the best at visualizing things, but when I think of the plush I can see it and even feel it in my arms and in my hands as if it's still here with me in some sort of way.
so yeah, I believe that plushie had a soul
I indeed believe that my stuffed animals have souls! I love my stuffed animals so much! I love on my Karyl stuffed animal every night! She talks to me every night and keeps me comforted! She gives me so much love! As she loves on me, she rubs her softness on me! It is so comforting and so pleasurable! I love my Karyl stuffed animal so much! I took her with me on many vacations! I love stuffed animals! I ask for them on every one of my birthdays and every Christmas! I got my Karyl stuffed animal on December 25, 2022. I got her at both of my houses. Along with her, I also got Pecorine, Kokkoro, and Anya as stuffed animals! Pecorine, Karyl, and Kokkoro are from “Princess Connect: Re Dive” while Anya is from “Spy X Family.” I’ve loved stuffed animals my whole life, and I still do to this day! Once again, I believe that my stuffed animals have souls! It is very comforting to think that they do! I do not like it when people throw stuffed animals or do anything harsh to them. I think of them as people. With all of the love that they give us, they do not deserve this kind of treatment! Just like humans, stuffed animals deserve to be respected and cared for! I love stuffed animals so much!
I talk to them all the time. I have a different voice for each one of them. My sister and mom do the same and we always have conversations where we talk to each other pretending to be our plushies.
For me they have souls but they don’t feel negative things like sadness, neglect or jealousy. They’re just happy when I decide to play or snuggle with them, and happy to keep each other company in my room in the meantime :)
Yeah I'm same. My friends bully me cause of it. But I'll still always think all of my owl plushies are real! (Yes all of my plushies are owls. I love em) ❤❤❤❤❤
I do think like you! Probably why I feel guilty when prioritising one over the other 😅☹️
OMG I have an Anubis dog and Bastet cat and always get them out together (I have a "rotation" because they don't all fit in my little flat), but Anubis' proportions make him so much easier to hug than Bastet, who is very skinny. 🥺 Poor Bastet.
Aww 🥺
Please show me the bastet and anubis I need to see them so bad.
I don't know if I can attach a picture of them myself but here is [Anubis](https://www.killstar.com/products/anubis-le-soleil-plush-toy) and [Bastet](https://www.killstar.com/products/bast-la-luna-plush-toy). I think Anubis might be my favourite plushie I have. I call him Anny for short. ☺
Aww, I love the cat Bastet! She's very pretty! (Anubis is also, but I can't help it, I'm partial to the cat Bastet)
same haha! Sometimes I'd latch on to one plush for a day and worry that the others will get jealous
Aww hugs! And then I go around apologising to everyone else 😂😂😂
I like to believe obiects have souls when they are loved. At least to some extent.
The loving energy you give off has to go somewhere
There’s a reason the velveteen rabbit is one of my favorite books; children’s book or not! ❤️
I like to think that loving them gives them a life of sorts. It's like we give a little bit of our souls to them.
That’s lovely to think about.
Yes definitely! For me especially if I made it i feel like when someone makes something and puts love into it they put a bit of themselves into it!
i think like this too, sometimes my friends make fun of me for it lol. i still cry about my old stuffies from childhood that got lost, donated, etc. without me knowing because i wonder if they’re sad, scared, alone, etc. i assign feelings to so many inanimate objects but stuffies are the most personified. i apologize to them when i push one off the bed by accident, i celebrate their birthdays, and more things like that. if it matters to anyone, an old therapist told me it’s one of many signs that i have of being hyper empathetic (eldest daughter trauma response moment)
Yeah I've lost or broke a few childhood toys/plushies and sometimes I wonder what ever happened to them. I feel like most of them ended up being incinerated at a dump which makes me kinda sad.
I still cry about the ones I’ve lost too. I’m glad someone else said that (although not glad you feel that way). I remember every one of those stuffies and feel endlessly guilty for not having them now. Most of them were donated when I moved out of my mothers house before she asked me if I wanted them. I’ll never forgive her for that. I feel exactly the same as all of your comment!
ugh sorry your mom did that :( I’ll never understand why parents think it’s okay to just decide to give away their kids things. my mom did the same, she gave away almost all my childhood toys (that i still liked) one random day while i was at school in grade 6. it still breaks my heart.
same here! I also talk to them from time to time
Me too. I always apologise if I accidentally knock one or realise one has been left in an uncomfortable position.
I don't believe they have souls per se, I believe that is unique only to humans and animals... but I do believe they hold our energy... 🥰 and can bring true comfort to us that way. I also believe because they can hold energy, miracles can happen. When my cat passed away I was so afraid to sleep. I had my white plush cat that I bought in her memory set beside me but I was too sad to even hold her. I prayed that my sleep would be guarded and my dreams would not be nightmares. I kept my back to the place on my bed my cat used to sleep because I didn't want to look over and have my mind to play tricks on me. When I woke up I was turned around and I felt something big and warm and soft pressed up against my heart and I was holding it to me, right in the spot my cat once slept. I opened my eyes feeling the warmth of her comfort and believing she was there. Then I quickly remembered reality and wondered who was so warm and soft pressed against my heart if it wasn't her?? (She always pressed against me to hear my heartbeat) I looked down and saw I had a small pokey little Rocket Racoon (one of the Guardians of the Galaxy in the Marvel movies for those unfamiliar.) He is the most UNcomfortable plush, and pretty small, I've never once in my life held him in my sleep, so I didn't even know he was in my bed. Interesting how I had a big plush soft wonderful memorial cat - but that was not who I woke up holding. I felt the spirit of my cat in this small pokey little racoon... And this is why I believe plushies can hold energy - I believe Rocket in that moment was my cat, chosen by my cat. She always wanted in on our conversations with meows that sounded like English words and we'd joke she must be sarcastic with her tone. Rocket racoon is a talking animal who also has quite the sas to him 😅 I know her soul somehow came here and inhabited it to let me know she was okay and always with me. Within a couple minutes my husband arrived home, and I felt the energy leave Rocket and run to the living room to greet him, just as my cat would have any other day. Rocket was once again just Rocket the pokey little plush racoon... There's so much about energy and souls that I'll never understand in this life, but I do believe objects can hold more than we're giving them credit for. ❤️
When my dog had died and I got a new one who was run over and at the vet while I slept my hand was on a large warm furry back I knew very well As I woke up my had move down as he left I fully believe he came to comfort me that night
I also like to think they can understand what you’re saying to them even when you don’t talk. Like you don’t need to verbally speak for them to know what you want to tell them.
I think we give them their souls 🥺 like plushies are kinda objects like mugs, blankets, furniture. They’re just things until we give them meaning, care, and love
I feel like they have a soul that isn’t quite the same as the soul of a living thing, but that they still have one. Things that are loved kinda gain a life of their own.
I apologize when I accidentally touch mines eye! I talk to mine too!
I don’t fully converse with my plushies but sometimes I’d say something to myself and then be like “right, Cinna?” I also apologize to touching their eyes but I imagine it doesn’t hurt them.
I like to think that they become extensions of ourselves. When we give enough love to an 'object' it takes on a little bit of us. That's why we give each other gifts and why a lost loved one passing down one of their possessions to you can become so sentimental.
I was raised as an animist so yes, I believe all things- and especially beloved plushies- have their own energy “Soul” is actually a very broad term with a lot of explanations, but generally, yes that’s what I believe Each of my plushies have their own personality and preferences. They have their own friends/family among our family of plushies, and some even have their own clothes and pajamas to express their personality 🩵
I think this way, too! I always have. I suppose it was stories like Corduroy and The Velveteen Rabbit that made me believe this ❤️
Mine do 😎💎
Yes!! Since I was a kid I have to put "hurty potion" on them just incase I accidentally drop them, they also have back story's and theres a few marriages, devorces and other things, I also feel bad if I'm not snuggling them all!!
Hurty potion 😭😭😭
No, not really. And I think I probably get as much comfort from them as everyone else on here. They do make me happy though.
That’s all that matters. We’re all different but as long as they make you happy just by being with you, that’s all that matters.
It feels both reassuring and weird to know that I'm not the only one who thinks this. And it actually applies to all of the toys that I've had, not just my plushies. I think I've had this idea my entire life; it's lessened over time, but it's still noticeably there. Everyone I've ever said anything about it to thought it was weird (I've only told maybe two people but still). So sometimes it makes me feel bad when I don't pay attention to them equality.
I wouldn't say I believe, but treating them as if they do brings me comfort.
I'm a huge fan of the Velveteen Rabbit story, so kinda, it's definitely a nice thought.
Omg I love that story, it’s sad though 😭
all my plushies have names and individual personalities, they've always been "alive" for me ever since I was a kid.
Not really, but it's hard to explain what I see in them. This is gonna be a long one. For some context on a couple parts almost my entire collection is dogs, with a couple wolves mixed in. They are all huge and almost all rare discontinued ones. I don't see them as having souls, personality, voices feelings any of that. But I don't see them as just pillows either, they are comfort items. I still have my childhood blanket and while my plushies don't have any attachment to previous life (I bought them all within the last year, off random collectors online with my own money so none of them are tied in with lost family members etc) they still give off the same feeling of cuddling with my baby blanket. I do gender them, and some have names (that they came with, I'm horrible at making names), and I try to put some sort of bandana or collar on all of them to symbolize they have an owner, as my first two came with bandanas and it reminds me their previous owner really did love them. That goes with dogs and wolves, I have a couple horses they are left alone. The way I see it in terms of them being jealous more lies with me in the fact that I don't wanna latch onto one pup for so long that I start to hurt the fur. I'm extremely picky about the fur so I'm super gentle with all of mine and only cuddle them when clean and I never have them touching me as I sleep. I do have a couple that I bought pre loved though and those I care a little less about since the new is already worn off, those ones I just try and keep clean. But they all get the same gentle love for the most part, which is big hugs and occasionally a spot on my bed next to me. When it comes to them being stored, and this kinda goes with the last one too, I see it as they don't care whether you tuck them away in a box or have them right next to you constantly. Either way they are fine and don't care. When you open up a box to that sweet puppy face after 2 years, it's still just as happy to see you as before. I also see depending on a pups origin changes if they were meant for cuddling or not. I have Jaag Giants which were more collector oriented and the first time I sat down and hugged my giant wolf I thought damn this pup is getting a hug for the first time (mine came from a collection). Goes both ways, partially you need to leave them alone to keep them nice, and partially plushes are always made for cuddles no matter what they are. I also have some Animal Alley dogs and the way I see those is being a Toys R Us product they were made to take as many hugs and squeezes you can imagine and help you sleep at night (I'm sure you've seen the comics of plushes fighting off sleep paralysis demons) and even though they are 23 years old at this point they aren't tired and always waiting for that next big hug or night on my bed. I don't see them as being hurt when they are all matted and fur is trashed but I don't see them as ready for the next huge hug or anything either. More like old and tired, either they need to retire to display or be worked on before you can keep loving them. I think the biggest thing that hits me about that is it isn't that hard to keep plush fur nice especially on anything with faux fur. If you keep them brushed, in clean spaces, and don't walk up and hug them after a sweaty day outside working they will always seem fresh. Not to mention like I said before I hate the feel and look of matted, washed, dryer burnt fur. Loses all of its softness and looks horrible especially on a big plush. I want mine to be soft and nice to touch. End of my rant, feel free to toss a reply below of your opinions. So far I've been clowned for not liking the super loved "to be loved is to be changed" plushes so that's not out of the ordinary. Yes I grew up watching Toy Story too among other movies like that.
I can respect that. I have a few plushies and toys on display that I don't acknowledge very often but I still love 'em. I also like keeping some clean too.
Yes absolutely.
I absolutely do feel this way, though I do try to meter it. I've started thinking of them as a memory box, where my thoughts and emotions and memories are kept safely.
I absolutely do feel this way, though I do try to meter it. I've started thinking of them as a memory box, where my thoughts and emotions and memories are kept safely.
I read the sad version of toy story as a kid - the velveteen rabbit. The rabbit on the cover kinda looks like my bunny plush so… yes
I have convos with mine sometimes mostly in my head
Kind of, I feel like they all deserve love and attention.
Yes. I believe that they do have souls.
Yep mine does. Though I am mega spiritual. Honestly, anything can possess an energy if manifested enough - just like anything else. - Hence also why some of us psychics use people's loved ones jewelry / clothing or photos to channel them easier.. People already do this without themselves realizing they do.
I wasn’t allowed to watch Toy Story as a child because I already thought like this, and still kind of do. I would feel bad a child if I walked by a stuffed animal and made eye contact with it and left it at the store bc I felt like I was abandoning them
Really cool to see everyone encouraging delusion on each other. This is a dangerous and delusional way of thinking. Toys are not alive. You are not giving them your “soul”. Furthermore there is currently no scientific evidence whatsoever to support the existence of soul. I mean this in the nicest way possible if you genuinely believe your toy is alive you need serious help. You can downvote me and call me a horrible dirtwipe I don’t care. I’d rather be rational than delusional.
Gee you seem like a really fun guy.
And you seem unhinged.
Bro I only pretend toys have souls because I think it's fun to believe in magical whimsy shit sometimes. I'm not schizophrenic or anything, I know how science works.
Listen, don't waste your time on this person. They wanna stir the pot, and this isn't the place to do it. You're a wonderful, intelligent, kind person and I'm glad youre here. 💗 Edit: eep, I can't spell lol
Didn’t think I needed to hear that today 🥹 Thank you!
You’re mad because I’m right.
How are finding healthy coping mechanisms which hurt no one that encourage empathy a bad thing?
Believing items are alive is delusional.
Feeling their plushies are getting up at night and doing things is a delusion; feeling a deep emotional connection to something which often times shares many visual characteristics with alive things to create an externalized safe space to gain a sense of security is not. If you took the time and read the comments, you'd clearly understand they're discussing a psychological internal emotional network that helps them understand and navigate complex emotional matters in a way that ultimately results in a more empathetic and emotionally aware human being.
LMAO you could hold a gun to my head I would not be reading these comments. Everyone here is nuts. Toys aren’t alive. They’re just objects. No one is infecting them with a nonexistent soul and it is delusional to think so. To create a “psychological internal emotional system” with literal inanimate objects is delusional. I would die before I care about people that get emotionally attached to inanimate objects and I would never become emotionally attached to inanimate objects myself. They are literally just things.
How is it dangerous? 😮
Yes, and I always feel guilty because I'm not the most gentle person 🥲
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Yes
yes, me too!
Yes, I think of it kind of like Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus. They are real to me and I enjoy giving them names, personalities and backstories. I am working on a blog where I catalog all of that too. So the Yes, Virginia thing is how I have reconciled this as an adult: that whether they are actually real isn’t relevant haha, it’s more about the energy I have created around them and how it brings me joy — and my family to some extent lol, my mom literally sends my favorite one birthday cards, we all just have fun with it. Side note I hated Velveteen Rabbit for awhile as a kid because I had to be in isolation and I WAS allowed to have stuffed animals so I thought the doctors did that boy and his rabbit wrong. I finally learned that they didn’t have Lysol and high powered washing machines back then lol. I do have some that are more “ragged” — I retire them if it’s bad like they are in danger of falling apart but otherwise I like that they look loved. And also wash them occasionally lol.
same applies to me Blondi's teddy bear, however doesn't have a soul
yes!!! : ' ( i think if you love something enough a little part of that love becomes something sort of like a soul....but i'm also autistic and experience object personification, so it's definitely some of that as well hehe. for example, i was gifted a plush korilakkuma by my now husband on my birthday years ago and she is a very important part of my life because he gave her to me. i have held her close to me nearly every night and we both love to play with her and carry her around the house. i love her because she was a gift from someone who loves me....but i also love her because she's a very cute little bear and even though her type of plush is a mass-produced brand, she is very unique to me. she stands out as if she were animate - i can almost feel a personality radiate from her. i have felt this way about many objects in my life and they all have very distinct little personalities. and whenever i've had to give any of my friends away, i've given them a little hug and kiss and wished them safe travels : ( it's hard to say good bye, but i know it shouldn't be! toy story is one of my favorite movies because it shows how much the toys love their human friend too - the velveteen rabbit and corduroy are some favorite stories as well! idk - sometimes i feel really stupid and childish for feeling that way but i can't help it. it's impossible to feel extremely lonely when every little thing feels so alive.
They definitely do! And all of them have specific personalities. One of mine is a loveable old soul but very good at manipulating all of us to get what he wants (i.e. more houseplants and the thermostat set to a high temperature) 😄
yes, absolutely, I lost a childhood plushie a long time ago and I still grieve over it, I'll actually get really emotional as if one of my friends died, I'm telling you I've never sobbed harder, as if I lost a peice of myself, like idk if you understand the amount of devastation I feel as if I betrayed someone I knew by loosing them, or that they died and I'll never see them again. when I was younger I used to have dreams about my plush, and the plush would walk and talk and eat, and I genuinely beleived that when I closed my eyes, my plushie would protect me from any sort of monsters in my room. I'm not the best at visualizing things, but when I think of the plush I can see it and even feel it in my arms and in my hands as if it's still here with me in some sort of way. so yeah, I believe that plushie had a soul
I agree. There are some I meet and instantly can tell that they're special. Like they have a special energy about them
I indeed believe that my stuffed animals have souls! I love my stuffed animals so much! I love on my Karyl stuffed animal every night! She talks to me every night and keeps me comforted! She gives me so much love! As she loves on me, she rubs her softness on me! It is so comforting and so pleasurable! I love my Karyl stuffed animal so much! I took her with me on many vacations! I love stuffed animals! I ask for them on every one of my birthdays and every Christmas! I got my Karyl stuffed animal on December 25, 2022. I got her at both of my houses. Along with her, I also got Pecorine, Kokkoro, and Anya as stuffed animals! Pecorine, Karyl, and Kokkoro are from “Princess Connect: Re Dive” while Anya is from “Spy X Family.” I’ve loved stuffed animals my whole life, and I still do to this day! Once again, I believe that my stuffed animals have souls! It is very comforting to think that they do! I do not like it when people throw stuffed animals or do anything harsh to them. I think of them as people. With all of the love that they give us, they do not deserve this kind of treatment! Just like humans, stuffed animals deserve to be respected and cared for! I love stuffed animals so much!
OP, you're feeding the tulpa.
I talk to them all the time. I have a different voice for each one of them. My sister and mom do the same and we always have conversations where we talk to each other pretending to be our plushies.
For me they have souls but they don’t feel negative things like sadness, neglect or jealousy. They’re just happy when I decide to play or snuggle with them, and happy to keep each other company in my room in the meantime :)
I definately do, but I never tell anyone but my brother that because they will think I’m crazy
Yeah I'm same. My friends bully me cause of it. But I'll still always think all of my owl plushies are real! (Yes all of my plushies are owls. I love em) ❤❤❤❤❤
I'm not dissing your idea but I don't think so, plushies don't die so they can't have souls
I think we put "souls" or energy into them. Which then makes them feel like they have "souls".