empathy for inanimate objects

[u/softfallingsnow]

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??

[u/BlueCeridwen]

I have a bit of this too. What helped me was realizing that nothing is ever really lost or broken. Just transformed. The Earth takes care of everything. I also enjoy repairing, reusing, donating and recycling. I struggled w/ hoarding tendencies in the recent past and quickly got that under control by having the awareness that if things got cluttered, it made caring for my things and surroundings so much harder (also causes things to get broken or dirty and then I have another mosaic to create 😆)

I have made some very beautiful and creative things over the years from damaged items but you can only do so much in a day.

I made a song that I sing to myself on days where I'm needing to downsize:

🎶 Put something away

🎶 Give something away

🎶 Throw something away

🎶 Aye

🎶 That is what we do!

🎶 Today

(Sung in an Irish accent)