Objects can carry a sense of personality and feeling that is hard to switch off. Damaging, discarding or leaving one out may bring real guilt, even while you know it isn't alive.
- apologising to a stuffed animal after it falls off the bed
- rotating which mug you use so none of them feels neglected
- keeping a broken ornament because throwing it away feels disloyal
- placing a toy upright before leaving the room so it doesn't look sad
Looks vs reality
The same Experience can look very different from the outside than it feels on the inside.
Just being silly and childish.
Genuinely feeling a pang of guilt or sadness for the object.
It's just a thing, it doesn't have feelings.
My brain automatically assigned it a consciousness and I can't just turn that off.
Getting way too sentimental about old clutter.
Letting go of this object feels like a betrayal of a memory or a friend.
What a cute, harmless personality quirk!
This is a deep and consistent part of how I relate to the world, and it feels very real.
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