I’ve been going through a bit of an anxiety spike lately and I’ve been noticing all these random thoughts/worries popping up.

Most recently I’ve noticed that I worry about causing pain to things that don’t even feel it. Like, I have quite a few houseplants and brought a new one home from the nursery yesterday. A leaf had somehow fallen off on the drive home and I can’t even bring myself to throw it away because it just feels so bad to toss away a living thing. Even though it’s a leaf that already fell off the plant 🤦🏻‍♀️

Another one of my vining plants started somehow growing into a crack in my wall and i tried to gently remove it but couldn’t, and ended up having to break off the tip of that vine. I literally apologized to the plant profusely (as if it was a human baby whose head I bonked accidentally, or my cat when I step on her tail). I felt so bad about breaking it! I was all worried about whether or not I caused it pain and just felt really sorry and sad.

I know it’s completely irrational, like they’re just plants, and I’m going to have to prune them at some point too.

Idk, I guess I’m just venting and asking if anyone has felt this way? I feel the same with stuffed animals (even as an adult) where I feel bad when they’re boxed up, on the floor, upside down, whatever. Idk why I always have to feel like they have feelings.