Around the age of six I developed a pecking order for my stuffed animals about which I liked the best, therefore which could sleep closest to me. Then I developed tremendous guilt about playing favorites because I thought they'd be hurt if I left anyone out. I got them all into a rotation of who got to sleep closest each night. It was very complex and a lot of work. That guilt continued even as I got older and when I stopped sleeping with them and put them away I acted terribly sad and apologetic so they wouldn't feel bad.
A childhood belief about toys
others believed things like this
- When my daughter was small she developed tonsillitis but she told everyone she had "tongues and lighters"— Jeannie Bee
- I used to believe that all my stuffed animals would come to life at night.— Carrie
- I used to believe that my stuffed animals would come alive at night to protect me.— Julie
- when I was about 7 I thought that aliens hid under my bed. I wouldn'd sleep in my bed for a whole year!— *Rachel*
- when i was small, i thought if i don't sleep then morning wouldn't come..— lily
- I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la