Kids love to sleep with their teddy bears right? Not me, really. It took me time to realize that ”sleeping with your teddy bear” meant ”hugging your teddy bear” when sleeping. I just put my teddy bear next to me, but never touched it when sleeping. I tried it many times, to sleep while hugging a teddy bear, but it never worked. I felt uneasy and weird. I disliked it with great passion.

But I have always loved my all stuffed toys and animals, but I don’t really like touching them. Sometimes, rarely, I do touch my stuffed animals, but I only press them against my cheek and I like the softness. But everything else is no no. Like hugging it or just holding it feels...horrible.

My stuffed animals are really important to me and I still love to buy new ones. It feels weird to love something I can’t stand to touch.

Am I alone?