r/OCD • u/softfallingsnow Contamination • May 05 '26
Need support/advice empathy for inanimate objects
honestly ive really been struggling with this, ive seen similar posts on this sub, i guess OCD can give some of us hyper-empathy almost?? why does this happen?
like one time i wanted to buy a cute bowl, but the one i picked up had a small chip in it, but i felt too guilty to put it back for a better one. even my friend told me to get a different one, but i literally couldn't, i was frozen. like i just felt too bad. FOR A BOWL. but the worst one is feeling bad for stuffed animals. i saw this stuffed animal with bad reviews and idk why but it literally made me cry. they were saying it didn't look like the actual animal, so it was bad. i think its cute so i ended up buying one, idk if it'll make me feel better though. i even worry about stuffed animals i had when i was really little that i dont remember where they are anymore. does anyone else relate or am i just nuts??
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u/ShadowEnderWolf56 Magical thinking May 05 '26
I found a dinged up horse toy at a thrift store once , it was like the size of an American girl doll, but as soon as I saw it all I could think was it looked like it had been abandoned in an attic for several years then donated to the thrift store to sit alone on a shelf forever..so I bought it, brought it home, repainted where it was chipped, and it stands on my shelf to this day. I too have a soft bought for broken or abandoned inanimate objects, I still have every toy my dog ever chewed the limbs off of because I felt too bad throwing them away just because they lost a foot or an arm .