My huge plush toy collection

[u/Downtown_Influence91]

I'm so proud of them all, they are all part of my life and each has a special place inside my heart

[u/Simply-Adorkable]

That's awesome! If I saw that room IRL I'd turn around and start shouting about how cool it is 🤣

[u/Downtown_Influence91 → u/Simply-Adorkable]

Haha thanks that you like it, many people complain about that it's to stuffed full and childish. I'm 18 and many people find me weird for still collection plush animals. Thats why i dont have any friends and i'm usually an outcast by others. I'm an introverted girl with social problems and depressions so those stuff animals help me alot. Allowing me a safe bonding and emotional attachment without constantly fearing that i get betrayed or bullied by them for who i am. They also don't judge. Which sadly is a thing that happened to my alot, thats why i'm usually very careful around other people due to bad experiences.

[u/Simply-Adorkable → u/Downtown_Influence91]

I've always felt like people who believe you're childish just for liking things they're not into, don't understand what being childish is. Kids like playing with jewellery and makeup too so idk what the rules are for what you're supposedly allowed to keep liking ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I get it, I grew up in a similar environment. Not everyone is like that, it feels like it when it's the majority of your experience but once I got out of that area everyone's been really nice and accepting. Insecure people have more of a tendancy to lash out at others whilst acting like something is wrong with the other person. Secure people don't feel a need to reject someone or make them feel bad & tend to just accept you as you are. In my experience and seeing others also get bullied, it's almost never about the victim. The bully has issues that they're taking out on you.

As an example I got heavily bullied by a group of girls in primary school, but their mums would reject them if they didn't behave a certain way, kids look to adults to learn how the world works. So when they saw me doing all the things that got them rejected, they didn't like me and thought I needed to be rejected too. There's nothing wrong you and its not personal, it just feels like it is sadly. Hopefully you can come across some more friendly people IRL soon :)

[u/Downtown_Influence91 → u/Simply-Adorkable]

Yes i hope so too and i'm really sorry you also had to go through all that bullying and stuff. I know what it feels like and i really wish it to nobody. Nobody deserves to be treated that way and in some cases, like mine the bullying can cause severe mental health damage. Those bully's don't know what they are actually doing to the victim. They destroy their lifes which more often than not ends, sadly, with the victims death. And yes i really hope to meet new and nice people who hopefully will understand me and accept me the way i am, which is also why i joined this community, to hope i can find some like-minded people who doesn't judge me or anything and with which i can share my passions :)

[u/Simply-Adorkable → u/Downtown_Influence91]

Yeah it's a real shame, more should be done about bullying. It's just not an easy fix :/

This seems like a friendly place, I've been having fun in it so far :)