My councellor is lovely with my bears, I have 3 of varying sizes, Charlie the largest is my favourite although I make clothes for all of them. In councelling if I ever start to clam up or don't know what to say she uses them for distraction. Chrissy the middle one is often in my bag, so I can hide her under a jumper or in my bag, I feel safer with them around to comfort me
I do this too; I have lots of childlike behaivours. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing though, because I cope with lots of different things pretty well, and if having some childlike behaivours helps, I feel like that's ok. I've never brought it up with a therapist though, because I was too embarrassed. My last therapist used to talk to me a lot about 'self-soothing' and ask me to think of ways I could self-soothe, but I was never brave enough to actually tell her. I have a special toy bunny I sleep with, although to be honest, I usually sleep with around three cuddly toys, and my room is full of cuddly animals. I have a dinosaur collection like some of you guys! Three of them: Clementine the triceratops, Clemency the brontosaurus and Cicero the baby triceratops. I love dinosaurs. I also (much more embarrasingly) have a baby blanket I like to hold when I'm stressed or tired or worried, and I sometimes take it with me if I have to go somewhere I find difficult (like I used to take it to uni hidden in the bottom of my back). I also (more childish and embarrassing of all) suck my thumb. I didn't do it when I was a little kid--I started when I was 12 after I was r*ped--but now I can't stop. It's the most comforting thing for me: calms me down way better than any of the distress tolerance skills I learnt when I was doing DBT!
Rosy - I suck my thumb too, I never did as a child - most often when I've been stressed and calmed down to a place where I feel safe and comfortable, the only person that see's my do it is my counsellor when I can't seem to help it (and she doesn't mention it)
i noticed myself doing this alot.. ill talk to my boyfriend like im 10 , i crave the attention , i want to be babied ,
and also , i sucked my thumb all my life until i was 14. i got braces , had them off when i was 16.. when i started to date my bf ,i started back up ,
it just comforts me,, and i also have a teddy haha
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.
booberry?. that made me smile so wide!!, thats too cute! love it
I do this too; I have lots of childlike behaivours. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing though, because I cope with lots of different things pretty well, and if having some childlike behaivours helps, I feel like that's ok. I've never brought it up with a therapist though, because I was too embarrassed. My last therapist used to talk to me a lot about 'self-soothing' and ask me to think of ways I could self-soothe, but I was never brave enough to actually tell her. I have a special toy bunny I sleep with, although to be honest, I usually sleep with around three cuddly toys, and my room is full of cuddly animals. I have a dinosaur collection like some of you guys! Three of them: Clementine the triceratops, Clemency the brontosaurus and Cicero the baby triceratops. I love dinosaurs. I also (much more embarrasingly) have a baby blanket I like to hold when I'm stressed or tired or worried, and I sometimes take it with me if I have to go somewhere I find difficult (like I used to take it to uni hidden in the bottom of my back). I also (more childish and embarrassing of all) suck my thumb. I didn't do it when I was a little kid--I started when I was 12 after I was r*ped--but now I can't stop. It's the most comforting thing for me: calms me down way better than any of the distress tolerance skills I learnt when I was doing DBT!
im glad i aint the only one who sucks her thumb lol
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
And i am definitely taking Othniel with me. [He was very pleased to hear that others of you have dinosaur friends! :) [@Rosy]] i don't care, she'll probably be rude about him but i need him and i should be able to be open and honest with her.
Oh and i suck my thumb too sometimes. i sucked my thumb constantly all my childhood until i was about 11 and my orthodontist said i had to stop. i still do sometimes, it's very comforting.
“The good things don’t always soften the bad, but vice-versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant.”
“Nobody important? Blimey, that’s amazing. Do you know, in nine hundred years of time and space I’ve never met anyone who wasn’t important before.”
“If it’s time to go, remember what you’re leaving. Remember the best. My friends have always been the best of me.”
