#comfort items
but imagine wrapping your poor, sick, scared whumpee in a warm, fluffy towel straight from the dryer
Submitted by @womenofwonder - thanks!
The badass/stoic whumpee is given a stuffed animal by a small child while they’re recovering. Bonus points if they grow to genuinely like the stuffed animal having never had one during their childhood
Don’t mock teens and adults, who have comfort items, like plushies, blankets, pillows etc. If you don’t have anxiety, depression, other mental illness or some mental disability, like Autism Spectrum Disorder or ADHD, or if you’re not constantly stressed or nervous, you don’t know what it feels like to live in constant mental fear and feel no one understands you. You don’t know what it feels like to have a panic or anxiety attack or meltdown so bad you scream and cry. These things are called ‘comfort items’ for a reason: they bring us instant comfort when we feel stressed and anxious. Plushies and dolls already brought me comfort as a kid when other kids bullied and were mean. For years I have felt stressed and anxious. I thought returning to childhood might help. What harm does it bring to you if an adult or a teen carries around a plushie in a public place?
