In childhood, you most likely slept with a soft toy or a fluffy blanket that you liked. But if you have reached the age of majority and still pressing the teddy bear from childhood, it turns out that you are not alone. According to a survey conducted by Build-A-Bear Workshop, 40% of adults admit that since childhood is sleeping with a soft toy or blanket. But isn't an adult to sleep with a plush animal - is it great? Here is what experts say.
Soft toy can provide adults feeling comfort and safety during extreme stress
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How soft toys help to sleep
Doctors call soft toys, blankets and the like "transitional objects". This is what little children fall asleep to feel safe, especially when they are away from their parents or guardians. Soft toys also help children go from dependence to independence, hence the name. By installing communication with the object, children learn to contact him to help them cope with their alarms. "Over time, the child learns that he can hug with a plush animal and feel comfortable, which helps to sleep," says Cavita Kuvita Jagu, a psychiatrist and a registered social worker from Toronto. In the end, the child will begin to associate a plush toy with a dream.
According to Jagu, as for children, a soft toy can provide an adult feeling of comfort and safety during extreme stress. "Many people as growing learning to rely on some form of complacency to cope with stress," she says. "An example of this can be a soft toy."
When sleep with plush animals becomes a problem
Good news: Experts say that embracing with their favorite plush dog every night is normal, even if you do not sleep anymore in the children's bed. "There is nothing unusual about this," said Stanley Goldstein's children's clinical psychologist. He notes that adults also have fears, "and everything that helps us withstand these fears is not harmful." However, if your attachment to a soft toy affects your work or relationship, this is usually a sign of a deeper problem that needs to be solved. For example, are you adding support to your teddy bear, and not to your husband? It can signal that your partner does not provide comfort that should be in a relationship, "says Catherine, Doctor of Philosophy.
Parting is heavy, even if they are associated with parting with an inanimate subject
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How to let go of your plush toy
Parting is heavy, even if they are associated with parting with an inanimate subject. Before you decide to "dismiss" your fluffy friend, appreciate your relationship with plush animals and that it will mean for you if you stop sleeping with him, "sucks Jagu. Then admit your feelings and what will happen when you release. Will you be more nervous? Will you feel the loss? "Try to understand what factors are," says Jagu. 'Find a way to reconcile with this choice and find completion in this process. " Help sleep can soothing music, spraying essential oils on a pillow and meditation.