Reverting to child like behaviours. - Page 2

misskitty112 · 22-12-2010, 10:53 PM

Oh my gosh! you guys have the cutest stuffed animals. I'll have to take pictures of mine. I do have a picture of one...

This is Booberry. he's my ghost, and I pretty much carried him around all day today, and talked to him in the car.
It's been a stressful day.

lynx · 23-12-2010, 12:39 AM

I cry like a baby when I'm stressed. I make approximately the same weeping, cutting sound. I flap my arms like a baby would. I can laugh like a baby. I can get excited like a baby.

After a stressful day I pretty much turn into a baby.

weepingangel · 24-12-2010, 06:21 PM

:) hello Booberry!

@lynx: big hugs. Does it bother you when you're like that? Like sometimes i hardly even notice my behaviour or i'm totally okay and with it. But at other times my behaviour bothers me and i feel like a bit of a freak.

Hope everyone's okay. Happy Christmas to you all. i know this can be a difficult time.

And thankyou all again for all your support. It really is very good to know i'm not alone with this.

Katiee · 24-12-2010, 08:37 PM

Yeah, I think I know where you're coming from.
I have my childish thingy, like blanket & a dummy (I know :P)
It's comforting, makes me feel like I'm having the childhood & the simple life, I never had. ): I know it's linked to the Neglect && depression I've suffered.

weepingangel · 24-12-2010, 11:10 PM

@Katiee: i'm sorry you didn't have a good childhood. i can definitely understand why that would lead to childish behaviours now even thought that's not the case for me. i had a good childhood. Not perfect but then nobody's is. As far as i know this behaviour has just come from my depression and anxiety. Hugs to you.

lynx · 25-12-2010, 11:05 AM

Sometimes I need to go into a different room to do what I do :-P But no, it's a coping mechanism and a way better one than cutting or scratching. I work with people though (I'm a cashier) so I should mind my behaviour.

Stage Star · 25-12-2010, 10:43 PM

I have a stuffed hippo (simply named 'hippo') who I just can't bear to spend a night without. I also like to make myself as small as possible when I'm in bed because it makes me feel younger. When I'm feeling extra vulnerable I crave physical contact of any kind and sometimes wish that I was shorter, so I could revert back to the child-like way of hugging an adult... when you're small enough to fit on their laps and it makes you feel safer. Nowadays I mostly tower over them all.

So yeah, I certainly act more childish when I'm feeling lower. All my confidence as an adult goes out the window, and I just want to detach myself from the pressures of adult life I guess.

weepingangel · 27-12-2010, 10:59 PM

i think i might take Othniel [my triceratops] with me next time i see Jean [my mental health care coordinator]. She won't be nice about it. And will probably go out of her way to make me feel bad. But i should be used to that by now. Just thought it might be a good idea. For her to see that.

i'm getting worse. i can feel it. Coping less and less.

misskitty112 · 28-12-2010, 07:10 PM

I've been debating bringing one of my stuffed animals to my appointments. I just... don't want this coping mechanism to be totally trashed. I love my stuffed animals, and I don't think I could bear for them to be trashed.

weepingangel · 02-01-2011, 11:05 PM

Yeah i'm worried about that too. But i think it would help to explain more what's going on in my head. Things are geting worse and i'm desperate to dow anything that mkihght helgooop

hidingme · 03-01-2011, 01:24 AM

i haz a my teddy bare i seep wif evri nite him nam is mikey bare. and i haz 2 tinee stuffies we carri in purs an i haz a lil purpl teddy i cari wif us plases somtims wen i can hids him him name is twinkl berri.
=)
Sarah

Papillon · 03-01-2011, 02:38 AM

I do pretty much everything elise elend said, and my boyfriend bought me a bracelet that has a lil teddy charm on it, hes called pookie and when I get stressed or unsure i rub the charm, at night i sleep with my teddy and when im with my bf i like to be touching or cuddling him, cos he makes me feel safe, hes the first person to do that, and he has also bought me the teddies i sleep with and help me through stressful times.I still get scared a lot but its easier to cope when i have my teddies.
oh and rupert (the teddy i sleep with) is also the background on my phone.

offlineforever · 03-01-2011, 03:19 AM

i'm 23 and I have 2 cuddly toys, i have to sleep with at least one of them, this has only happened since i was Sexually assaulted in 2009.

One of them is called Sally-Anne and she is a scarecrow (hand knitted) she lives at home when i'm at uni (she keeps my bed safe)

The other is caled Bertrude and is a purple gender confused monkey (i once hallucinated when i had the flu that a purple gender confused monkey called bertrude had told me to kill everyone, then i found a purple monkey in a shop and had to have her). I've left her at uni over christmas and feel a bit lost without her!

I've noticed that i can act childish at times too.

TheColdOne · 03-01-2011, 01:17 PM

I love my stuffed animals , I took mine to hospital with me and most of the patients all had their own which was comforting for me. I took mine to ward round so I wouldn't freak out. I have two toy ducks Dom and Dave and a tiger Wilson. I would take them out with me but people would stare.

weepingangel · 04-01-2011, 12:40 AM

Seeing my GP tomorrow so i'm going to tell her about this and about what my mental health care coordinator said.

misskitty112 · 04-01-2011, 10:40 AM

I hope it goes well <3

TheColdOne · 04-01-2011, 11:08 AM

I should talk to mine more but all I do is push him away (care coordinator)

long road · 05-01-2011, 09:50 PM

i have a similar relationship with my soft toy ducky.
A friend gave him to me last year, it was just when i was starting medication for my depression. So i get you feeling closer to your dinosaur Othniel cos you got him when things were bad. I have over cuddly toys who i love but hes the one for supporting me thorugh sadness. My mum says she can tell how bad a day im having by how much of the day i spend with ducky. I talk to him, he dances, he came on holiday with me, he's met my good friends He's a life line to feeling safe. and very good for hugging.
Im almost 18 and i take a duck almost everywhere and you know what. what wrong with that? nothing but somne peoples response.

Just wanted to say i understand
Jen x

ps. cuddly toys are good in apppointments i take ducky with me sometimes, he help me distract and my hands and to concentrate.

yarrowforyou · 09-01-2011, 01:11 PM

Thought it was just me although I can't relate to the whole wanting to be close to everyone thing- I just push them away.

Papillon · 09-01-2011, 08:44 PM

i know that feeling, other than my bf i have pretty much cut contact (either i stopped talking to them or i did something and they stopped talking to me) with everyone in my life. im trying to fix that now but it takes a lot and im still unstable after stopping and then restarting my meds. i find cuddly toys easier cos i have no fear of them rejecting me or hurting me, which i have with most living things.x