i joined this subreddit to ask a silly question- as somebody who struggles a lot to accept affection and feels totally incapable of being loved or wanted, i also feel this for stuffed animals. i had a stuffed dog as a kid and i didn't take it with me after my parents' divorce because i felt this aversion, like it was upset with me. and while i'm totally into the idea of "healing the inner child" and all that, i can't bring myself to indulge in something like that solely due to the feeling that i don't deserve it. i'm anxious at the idea of keeping stuffed animals because something tells me they're going to think i'm a stupid annoying burden. i see people on tiktok taking comfort in childish things and as neat as i think it is, i'm the kind of person who likes to have as few things as possible and exist as little as possible and never indulge in material things. and i was just curious as to if anybody else has such a silly aversion to stuffed animals.