Your Childhood Comfort Object

[Canadamus Prime]

I blanket my god-mother made for me when I was born and a blue plush dinosaur that I got for my sixth birthday.

Edit: I still have both lurking around somewhere.

 

[Jedoro]

Sounds like something I'd at least keep around from my childhood, but anything from those years that we still have is in storage. I guess I didn't have anything, I would just find somewhere quiet and retreat into my mind. Wasn't easy since I shared a room with my brother, but I remember just laying in bed in the dark when I could. I still have the same mattress, if that means anything.

 

[The Mehster]

It was a leopard print rag I called 'The Soft.'
I also had a beanie baby I called 'Softcat.'

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

Nothing special, just a stuffed bunny in striped pajamas. I slept with it every night until I was about 7 or so I think.

 

[Lizardon]

I left home to start University this year as well. I'm also finding that my dogs are what I miss the most.

There is a big bear that I still have that is probably the closest I have to a comfort object. My grandmother made it for my mum, who gave it to me when I was born. It's sitting on top of my closet right now.

Spoiler: Here's a picture of it

 

[Death Wolf113]

mine is a book series that first got me into reading so I go back and reread them every once in a while.

 

[ShowbizFTW]

My old Pikachu plushy, I use to take it with me wherever I go as a kid, but now I lost it when I move to my new house.

 

[Mr Thin]

I have a white teddy with a red scarf. I named him Teddles.

I've had him since he was bigger than me, and his nose fell off recently. I'm still waiting for it to be sewn back on.

 

[Astoria]

When I was born my dad brought me a pink teddy and I still have it now and think I'll always have it. I always had it with me when I was younger and it was a good source of comfort.

 

[AdeptaSororitas]

An adorable little White Seal stuffed animal >/< Adeptas can have soft sides... 'specially for seals.

 

[Particulate]

For some it is a blanket. Others, a stuffed animal. Others yet, an action figure. Perhaps a basketball. We all had some sort of object that we turned to for comfort from the dark and the monsters when we were afraid or had had a bad dream.

Here, i propose we discuss this in a very broad manner. If the discussion follows any direction, from a parenting aspect, to a psychological point, to a simply nostalgic thread discussing our beloved and former comforters.

To begin, I'll tell of mine. Shortly before I was born, my parents bought a dog. She was a very energetic and loyal dog, of the beagle breed. She was pure-bred, raised on a farm. Her name was Rosie. From my earliest memories I can remember her always being a warm and soft body. She was always available for affection, and reciprocated wholeheartedly. It was the purest form of love I know, that between a boy and his dog. Rosie past away over 5 years now, and we have two new dogs. In them, I can find the same reassurance, the same love.

My childhood comfort "object" was my first best friend: my ever-loving dog. Now, facing 4 years of university, what i regret leaving behind the most.. Is not my family, not my accumulated items, not my friends, but my dogs.

I formed a strong bond those years ago. What was yours? Does it remain today?

A single 2ftx2ftx square of silk. Not a blanket, just the piece of fabric

and now I'm a tailor. Go figure.

 

[thereverend7]

I got a pikachu "doll" that would move its ears, mouth, and its cheeks would light up and say things like, you know. its name, or half it's name. in different variations. you know, like a pokemon.

but to this day, that was my all time favorite toy. i would come home from school and spend hours with it, it was a good escape for me i suppose. it broke down after years of use- my mom bought me a new one but by then i was a little old for it.

both of them sit on the top of my old bunk bead in my old room to this day. i will never throw either of them out.

 

[ajofflight]

For me, it was a little blue stuffed bear, given to me when I was only 3 months old. It had a little plastic ball inside its body, with tiny plastic beads inside that would make a lot of noise when it was rattled. The bear was named "noisy" (because I was an incredibly creative child), and I definitely slept with it longer than most people would consider "normal" for a boy. Still, I eventually outgrew it, and it was been sitting in the closet in my Mother's house for the last eight or so years. I'm not sure why I clung to it so tightly as a child, though with my parents divorce, and following that, my Father's "outing", I suppose that was a lot of emotional and mental turmoil for a young lad.

Still, I haven't touched it in years (which, for some reason, I feel guilty about), but I suppose I'll pass it on to my (theoretical) children some day.

 

[Urahara]

When I was a kid I had a pig-shaped pillow that my mum bought back from one of her business trips. I used to hate it when she worked away so it was nice to have something that reminded me of her close to me. That, and a scruffy stuffed yellow dog that I've had as long as I can remember.

These days, it's a baseball. If ever the world's getting me down I just go into the garden and play some catch by my self.

 

[StormShaun]

A cuddly little bean-bad dog called Star, my best friend until year 8. *sigh* I am glad I have a best friend now.

 

[teebeeohh]

i had a green stuffed dragon, i got it when i was two and at that point it was about as big as me.

 

[Voulan]

I never had anything, in particular.

Apparently I was a sad, lonely child then, compared to everyone else.

 

[SonicKaos]

A teddy bear that was given to me near birth. It was white, and it's name was.... white bear. Now it's grey because it's so old, and it sits somewhere in the basement packed away with some other stuffed animals. Man I kept it for a long while though.

 

[ZodiacMaster101]

My teddy bear and my white snow colored blanket, both were given to me by my parents as a baby.