Autism And Object Attachment - Are Fixations Unhealthy?

Autism And Object Attachment, are these fixations on objects unhealthy? Hi indie people, in today's video I talk about object attachment that autistic people have on inanimate objects. I talk about what object attachment is, how autistic people can become fixated on objects. But also talking about if these object attachments in adults are healthy?
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[@IndieAndy]

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[@angeloffish]

I find it hard dealing with something being damaged. I think it affects me more if someone else has done it. So I’m a bit protective around my things.

[@IndieAndy]

Aww I'm really weay about people having my stuff honestly.

[@navisshadow2271]

I work at a place where we have a bunch of random stuff. So there was this strange looking cat figurine that I grew a strong random attachment to it. Some kid wanted him so when they checked out, the kid threw it at the plexiglass and I felt a great amount of pain when the figurine hit the glass and landed on the floor. It felt like my heart just completely broke.

[@calamity0.o]

My husband learned not to give my galaxy n3dsxl to our butterfinger child after he broke dad's cartridge slot..caught him in the act of handoff! I don't even want hubs sweaty grubby dead skin hands on my gaming mouse, he cruds it up. His beard hair sideburns already tore up my wireless headphones he borrowed without asking cuz he needed it for his game after the first pair I let him have stopped working because he is too rough and doesn't treat any object with care or respect!

[@pinkiepie1]

I'm autistic and I've always been very attached to objects throughout my life, mainly stuffed toys. The weirdest one was a pencil sharpener. My main comfort often get damged as she goes everywhere with me and is often squished into a pocket or small bag (she's not pocket sized) but luckily I am very good at sewing and can repair her when needed (she also get's "upgrades" like new hair when the old wool is to damaged or dirty)

[@beelzebubbles6031]

In primary school I remember crying so much every time I snapped my own pencils, kinda makes sense now because of my autism diagnosis

[@thecatmangaming5503]

God, I feel this so much! Especially with plushies... though I also blame this partially on Toy Story 2 lol But I definitely notice my ND friends and I have a tendency to comfort items, and I honestly think it's quite wholesome and harmless. We've even had literal teddy bears picnics with them

[@relentlessrhythm2774]

Same! The song Jessie sings is emotional.

[@yasminea.4681]

Almost 19 and I still have a body pillow. I talk to my home screen that has my two favorite anime characters on them, I feel very attached to them, and to my pillow. So much so that I feel as if losing these things will be analogous to losing actual fragments of myself

[@ibdora05]

I haven't been diagnosed (I think I have Autism & ADHD) but I'm 15 and I've had kept my stuffed animals since I was a kid. Tuff Ruff, Freddy and Fred- and I have a snowman naked Snowball/Snowy. I have an obsession with book collecting. I love books- the smell of them, how they look and feel- I like biting them sometimes too. 😅

[@PhenHarrison]

The beanie baby called “Runner” from 2003. To me, his name is “Weasel” and I remember the day I got him. Been my pet and friend since 2003.

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh that is awesome!

[@twinkiefluff8868]

This was an instant like, I am EXTREMELY attached to my plushies, I have that same Pikachu build-a-bear! Not only do I give them names and sleep with them at night, but I also have a lot of plushies with scents! Hugging something soft that smells like honey is my happy place :D Thanks for making this video! I really like Larry and Henry, they look well loved! It was reassuring to see an older autistic person also attached to stuffed animals, and hearing that it was common!

[@IndieAndy]

Aww wow thank you so much! Yeah it's something I've had planned to talk about for awhile but I wasn't sure if I felt comfortable talking about it. But it shouldn't be such a weird way to talk about you know. But it's also great how you are comfortable with yourself so it definitely helps me for sure talking about this. Also I would LOVE to have a plushie with a scent someday 😍

[@twinkiefluff8868]

IndieAndy I’m so glad you got out of your comfort zone to talk about this subject, it’s something that we shouldn’t be ashamed of!! I highly recommend looking around for scented plushies, they’re the best!! I’d recommend looking online, but I totally understand the risk of your new plush arriving in the mail, only for the scent to not be what you thought! There are also places that sell fabric scent pouches that you can put into your own plushies, but you do have to do a little bit of stuffie surgery which isn’t always for the faint at heart, haha. Anyways, thanks for doing what you do!! Your videos are fantastic, I love how organized and relaxing your videos are! Keep up the awesome work :)

[@IndieAndy]

Aww yeah I'm glad too as I think a few people have taken something positive away from what I've talked about which is awesome in my eyes! Ooh yeah don't fancy being a stuff toy surgeon for sure but I'm definitely going to have a look around! Ooh well thank you so much ☺️

[@DiaborMagics]

Sorry it's a year old, but plushies with scents? I didn't even know that was a thing. Now I need some.

[@twinkiefluff8868]

@@DiaborMagics No sorry needed! I definitely recommend finding ways to have your plushies scented, there are lots of custom online shops that let you choose your own scents too!

[@dorkafricska6102]

I barely had own belongings as growing up, so I grew to be really attached to anything I have and now as an adult I collect lots of things, mostly toys that I always wanted to have.

[@rambow-zebra3885]

I didn't even know object attachment was a thing. Thanks for making this.

[@IndieAndy]

Aww yeah it can be for some. Glad I could teach you something new ☺️

[@kirjom2505]

3:22 so true :D when I was a kid, I gave my toys their names, personalities and backstories. Also there are times when I really get fixated into something: toys, postcards, small statues etc.

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh it is just the way to go I feel. Don't know why I do it but it's just fulfilling. 👍

[@asdwithdanield868]

very cool hearing an adult w/ ASD articulate the fixation so well. I just see it unfold w/ my 11 year old. At the moment - it's an Iron Maiden cd collection. But the though of him being able to explain it to me one day is exciting! Nice job Andy.

[@IndieAndy]

Aww wow I seen Iron Maiden live in 2011... Really good stuff! Ooh when I was reading your comment friend, I was thinking that sometimes there's no need for words. Think if someone has an attachment, it's clear and also the excitement/enjoyment they get from this stuff is clear as well for everyone to enjoy 👍 Maybe he'll be able to explain it himself some day but as long as his happy then that's the main thing 👍 Hope you are well!

[@snaketooth0943]

I'm autistic and have quite a few things from my childhood I'm attached to as well as my devices and glasses.

[@IndieAndy]

Aww that's cool! What kind of devices? I'm really attached to my phone personally. It's literally always on me... Which is not always a good thing but hey that's just my thing ☺️👍

[@angeloffish]

I still have my tamagotchi pet. I remember having it when we went on a holiday. I don’t want to get rid of it.

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh that's cool! I never got into Tamagotchi myself but can understand why people get attached to them.

[@RedBanana_]

I have this stuffed toy dog called Prince, I remember once I lost it at my nana and grandad’s house and I had to wait *MONTHS* to visit them again and so, me being the annoying, obsessive, autistic girl I am, I had a meltdown because as a young child you don’t think “oh, I’ll get it next time I visit” I was scared that I would never see him ever again and I needed him to sleep so, I didn’t sleep for *DAYS*

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh yeah of course, but even as an adult for me if I lose something. It's like the end of the world til I find it. Not trying to be dramatic here, I just feel so worried about not finding what I had lost ☺️

[@RedBanana_]

IndieAndy random question: Is it just all autistic people find it really hard to sleep because according to my mum I didn’t sleep until I was like 6 and even then I didn’t sleep well.

[@gauntlettolife833]

Totally agree with this video!!! My Family attempt to tolerate this about me. Recently one "tidied up" 😵😵😵 It was soooo dreadful, it sent me into a panic & I had to employ all my strength to not blast off at them..... I feel quite judged for my attachments by my Family do it was really reassuring to hear this video IndieAndie! I LOVE your content 👌 keep going with such a brilliant channel 🌄

[@IndieAndy]

Yeah it's such a nice thing to have that attachment though 🤗 Aww well I'm just glad you enjoyed the video 👍

[@connorrousseau9972]

this video made me feel better, i have asd, low functioning/ level 2.5 whatever terms they use these days, ive been realyl attached to stuffed animals, stuffed animal keychains, they cover my backpack, lol, i even like things that arent meant for my age but for kids and or babies, never undertood it have always had a fixate on it, i thougth i was crazy and weird and something wasnt right, but it makes me happy i feel better, i had this bear since age 15 he was a big soft bear, weird make as it was made wrong arms longer then body but cute, named him charlie brown, he wnet every where with me, huged when i cried and slept and everything, lost him at age 20, i tend to collect stuffed animals even to the point if i find one on side of roads or lodt in the trees or any where lost i call it a rescue and i take htem home wash them and give them love, to me in my mind toy story is real, i cant explaine it. for years i wondered if me liking baby stuff and toys and sippy cups was cuz i didnt have a childhood but even grown up i need these itams, so thank u for putting some light on this and making my day. love ur lamas by the way, i just recured a little cute pink pig from the train tracks, lol

[@IndieAndy]

Aww that's cool! I mean I just think if it helps you then it shouldn't matter what other people think!

[@callie5968]

i found an itty bitty boo dog just outside my house in the rain on my way to school when i was 16. looked like a child had him for a while because all his fluffy fur was cut off. this was when gcses were going on so it was stressful at that time and i didn’t have a friend in that school year so i had no one to study with at school. i put him in my backpack and by the time i got home, he’d soaked my pocket of my backpack. put him in my washing machine without my mum knowing and was surprised i was only washing my blanket which i also put in there and made me add other things in the washing machine. i was embarrassed to tell her! watched the washing machine spin and waiting impatiently for the cycle to finish and then quickly dried him for his first night with me in bed. still not diagnosed yet. 🥺

[@ItsPascaltheOtter]

Ughhh, totally the same way with CD's. Or just physical media in general. I always thought collections of those always looked really cool.

[@angeloffish]

Mae Aronhalt love my collections.

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh I think it's really cool! What kinds of physical media do you mean by the way? Posters and stuff?

[@Lillyluvsanime]

I have multiple reasons for wanting to keep my disc collection. A.) I like having the physical collection of films/shows that I can go grab from the shelf, pop open, watch and be able to look at and touch them B.)streaming services don't give access to bonus features. C.) When I move out, if I can't afford streaming services, or can't afford internet, I'll still have access to my movies and some TV shows that I have box-sets of.

[@musingsofmessa]

I'm not medically diagnosed as autistic (maybe self-diagnosed?), but I've always been emotionally attached to plushies since I was a child. I lost my childhood plush (bunny with a bowtie) and blue cloud blanket somewhere along the way growing up. Now that I'm an adult, I'm adopting plushie rabbits. Rabbits are my favorite animal. Among the five plush rabbits I have (so far) is an Asexuality bunny that I named Ace. I got him after realizing I'm asexual. :3

[@LindEco_99]

I'm mostly attached to this random rock I've found near my dentist's building, when I was 8 years old. Now I'm 22 and it's still next to my bed and I take it to all of my vacations, trips etc. Her name is Chloé and back then I really treated her like a pet. I used to bathe her, make her her own tiny beds, take her with me everywhere I go and so on. I'd rather throw out my iPad than throwing out Chloé. (Excuse my bad English, I'm from Germany)

[@ragdollrose2687]

I relate to this. I've always attached meaning to very ordinary objects like a hair tie I've found while traveling or a rock a child gave me when I was a camp counsellor. It has a bit of story around it, but it's not sentimental in itself because I have more meaningful memories from those events that are not at all related to the objects. I struggle a lot, especially, to get rid of objects given to me from loved ones even if I don't find any use for the objects. Sometimes, they even become irritating to have cause I only want object that have a purpose in my life (either sentimental meaning or practical use) and there's that pile of whatever that I can't get rid of because it's a thing someone gave me for no reason. A good trick I have is to take a picture of the thing before deciding to get rid of it as a replacement of the idea of that object. It makes it easier to detach from it if I know I can look at the picture to remind me I had it once. Also, those Llamas are freaking adorable 😍

[@Hobgoblin_housewife]

Completely off topic… but your eyes are so beautiful 🥺

[@angeloffish]

I have CDs and DVDs 💿📀 . Got a CD player too. They are starting selling them again. I still prefer watching and listening to things in this way, because I know the transaction in getting them has finished.

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh yeah like there is something about CDs especially with the booklets you get too... Love at the little booklets in CDs cases 👍

[@angeloffish]

And to my knowledge, the digital versions don’t have the special features and extras that the DVDs have. They are a must for me for some films, as I have started watching them more, and the commentaries that come with them.

[@IndieAndy]

Awww that is very cool! Can I just ask, do you not find hearing the commentary on films as it doesn't match up with the visuals?? I tried watching one (think it was lord of the rings) & I just couldn't get into it personally.

[@angeloffish]

Sometimes they can go a bit off topic and why they are talking about isn’t what’s on screen. But I have found out things about certain films and shows that I would not have known about otherwise. The behind the scenes stuff is good and may be better to watch if commentaries are not what you can watch.

[@angeloffish]

I have started to let some things go over time. But I have to do it. I don’t like anyone doing it, because I don’t know what they have done.

[@erincannon1805]

I'm 15 and still have a baby blanket for security and it helps with my anxiety and I have it with me all the time and I have autism

[@LauraSommer]

I’m almost 59 and still have a feather pillow and scrapbook

[@CorVids1031]

I’m really fixated on Halloween children books. I collect Halloween things in general, and Halloween was always my favorite part of the year as a kid. So now I’ve got this huge library. And I’m pretty selective. I don’t just grab Any Halloween children’s books. I don’t know why but certain ones just really speak to me. Also last week I ordered a plush sea slug and now he goes everywhere with me.

[@IndieAndy]

Aww that's cool! Halloween can be fun in a way mainly for the stories more than anything else. 🧟

[@jetrocket5133]

I have an extreme attachment to a few plushies of mine and I always have been attached to different items over the years. When I was younger I had a medium pink tennis ball that o took with me everywhere just a little ball with my name on it and it meant everything to me the feeling the smell the lines all of it. Now I have a little beanie baby arctic fox who I take with me everywhere mostly discretely but I want to learn to unmask I think having comfort items is a good thing and a safe thing it should be normalised and not made fun of in public spaces

[@RogerLambert-s5f]

I'm autistic, and I'm in love with my female bunny body pillow, named Daisy. Humans can give you misery and woe, but inanimate objects can't break your heart. I'm looking forward to the day when Daisy and I get married.❤🐇

[@outdrsgrl]

Thank you for making this video.. I haven't been diagnosed, but my therapist believes I might have autism, too. This video was also an instant like for me, as I've always loved my stuffies since I was a kid. Even now, as an adult woman who should be well past the age of being attached to them, I find them very comforting, especially as I live alone. My stuffies. . Woodstock, Nemo, Dory, and the many others that sleep right by me comfort me. In fact, I've been known to have some in my tote bag (instead of a purse), because it's comforting knowing they're there with me at work. I don't bring them out or anything. . just feels more reassuring.

[@creativecompanion]

Yes, little toys make me feel really happy and safe. Tiny things I can carry in my pockets that other people don't know I have that I can hold in my hand and focus on to feel safe again.

[@kaikkikatosi8138]

I have autism, i have lots of plush toys and idk if this is weird, but i sometimes set them out and like act scenes out with them. It relieves stress and strengthens my imagination. Btw, i am not a little kid. I'm 15

[@Jess-bc7oc]

I'm 42 and do that with my housemates. We have a few plush toys and drawings of characters we created. I didn't even know I was on the spectrum until recently. How doesn't everyone do this? So much fun and way more imaginative than just watching TV.

[@kaikkikatosi8138]

@@Jess-bc7oc i dont know its fun honestly but my mum doesent understand it

[@angeloffish]

I’ve started getting calendars 📆. Mine are Angel ones. I have been keeping them though. They are not sentimental, just they are something to do with Angels and I like them.

[@leonmott8419]

As a fellow autistic I have fixations on stuffed animals specifically. I have more than a bookshelf of stuffed animals but I’m also fixated on cats so most of my plushies are cats.

[@angeloffish]

I’ve still got (somewhere) the paper I wrote on when I wrote things down and it became a poem.

[@tinishiresfan]

I'm obsessed with an old cardigan that use to be my friends. It's means so much to me.

[@purpleamy645]

I LOVE the 2 pence machines!! I am from Australia and I’ve been to England twice. Those games are really addicted

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh do you guys not have them over there??? Aww I feel sorry for you guys 😭 They are kind of attractive honestly!

[@dragoniraflameblade]

Plushies, my old game consoles, rocks, art supplies, and books (esp those that I've finished and manga) are my attachments. Recently I've been trying to channel the attachment towards practical things (like collect bowties), but plushies have ALWAYS been an attachment for me. I've even used tiny ones for stimming.

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh that's awesome! Yeah plushies are the best I mean I've got a 🐼 one which I use to stim... Literally it's so useful and awesome! ☺️

[@dragoniraflameblade]

@@IndieAndy Thanks! I love the odd plushes I feel people won't buy, lol. Cute and ugly ones, you know.

[@IndieAndy]

Aww yeah I hear you! ☺️

[@aspiewithattitude3213]

I still have my CDs and DVDs, these days I just don't have the time to watch the DVDs or listen to my CDs. I have them on my bookshelf as you walk through the door instead. Object attachments is what I have too. The Lego, the succulent plants and other ornaments. I even have deer skulls that I've collected from the pine forest.

[@angeloffish]

Aspie With Attitude I have my DVDS 📀 and CDs 💿. I prefer having them that way.

[@angeloffish]

Aspie With Attitude what DVDs do you have?

[@IndieAndy]

Aww that's cool dude!

[@BlueIris92]

I still have quite a lot of DVDs and CDs too. Mostly my favourite movies and my favourite artists, but I just can't let those go. Same with books. I just hate the thought of an e-reader, I need to have real, actual books!

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh yeah I've got a kindle but to me it's not as satisfying. I mean I don't really read books but I like seeing my progress I guess 😂

[@BlueIris92]

@@IndieAndy I just love the smell and the feel of books, especially old ones 😄

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh new things always smell lush!!!

[@BlueIris92]

@@IndieAndy With books I prefer old ones, they smell way nicer! New books smell weird 😅

[@angeloffish]

Blue Iris I like having actual books 📖. I only have 1 story one. The rest are information ones. I have lots of CDs 💿 and DVDs 📀 too.

[@angeloffish]

I’ve started collecting coins now 🙂. Even got a special book for Christmas to hold some.

[@IndieAndy]

Aww that's awesome ☺️

[@angeloffish]

I mostly have 50ps. But I have some £2 coins too.

[@XwickedXtwistX]

I’ve always been described as having attachment issues because yeah..I get really attached to random things but it’s mostly toys

[@fiknight7174]

ive had a baby blanket ever since i was born (16 years), shes the most important thing in my life aside from a few friends and family :) she calms me down and i care for her immensely

[@DVDandFilmBloke]

Pretty much me in a nutshell, I hate having to get rid of stuff and I often end up feeling really guilty when I do. One of the stupid things I keep hold of for no real reason is the first 2 star wars films on VHS which I got at a car show around a year or 2 ago, they were the unaltered versions and they (technically are the only versions of those particular films I have since I refuse to buy the Blu Ray set since I only want the original versions and not the mucked around with versions. I still have a video recorder so I can watch them but I can't since they don't work at all, (they were only around 50p each) I was dead gutted and yet I still kept hold of them. This also applies when I upgrade some films from DVD to Blu Ray, even though the DVD version is poor by comparison I still feel guilty about having to get rid of it. This applies to a lot of other things (even to an extent packaging for some items but not to a ridiculous sense like keeping packaging for food or empty bottles). I initially thought I had developed some kind of hoarder mentality but that is no longer the case at all since I'm on the spectrum. Cheers mate.

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh yeah I was the same about my VHS tapes of Star Wars (I love Star Wars, always have since I was a kid). I have to say I hated it when George Lucas messed around with the original saga with the CGI... It kind of tinted it for me personally. But anyways yeah I guess it's hard to adjust to somethings and get use to them.

[@DVDandFilmBloke]

@@IndieAndy Same here.

[@Gshkent]

I relate SO hard!

[@goodra999]

this is true for me cause i live with a partner with autism and he thinks me collecting stuff i like in junk (mac miller posters, green day posters, mcr posters and anime and nirvana posters.)

[@PatriciaTurner-d6b]

I get very emotionally attached to things to. I am autistic and i hate it when people touch certain things without asking expecially my stuffed rabbit. Its hurts on a very personal level if something breaks even if its my phone

[@KnocktheBlocks]

I have kept my CDs and DVDs as well. Even a lot of CDs with music I used to listen to in my teens that I don't even like anymore. But I still don't want to get rid of them. ☺️

[@IndieAndy]

Haha glad I'm not the only one. I've still got stuff from when I was 10, 11 years old CD wise ☺️

[@barbiedoll3331]

My comfort object is a Woody doll. He comes with me EVERYWHERE even in my purse at all times. I have an extra of him just Incase and for when he wears out over time.

[@IndieAndy]

Aww that's cool! At least you've got something that makes you happy when needed! 👍

[@kayleighegerton7030]

You're literally a male geordie version of me! our stims are similar, I've noticed that our traits are basically the same and I have massive object attachments, my phone, my colouring books, I collect headbands and I love makeup and nail polishes, and honestly Andy, if you wanna name your llamas and teddies, name them, its not wierd at all to me, absolutely not, I get it, totally xxx

[@IndieAndy]

Awww gosh then I guess you are the Midlands version of me friend! Love it! Ooh always got my phone on me, it's crazy! ☺️ Hmm headbands? That's cool, what is it about them that you like? Oooh gosh totally agree with you, I love naming things randomly as well... I'm such a weird manchildhuman 👍😂

[@kayleighegerton7030]

@@IndieAndy I just love how headbands jazz up and outfit and they are made of so many different materials and colours and stuff, I'm obsessed :) also hair clips/ accessories, anything interesting and quirky x

[@muppetjedisparklefeet2982]

I used to get so attached to random sticks I would find as a kid. I would take them home, name them, have them hang out with my stuffed toys so they would have friends. They had personalities according to their size and shape and smoothness.

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh wow that's cool! Really interesting finding out more about people from this video for sure! 👍

[@klatakluner6454]

I am not on the spectrum but I lost a bal the other day and I nearly cried

[@ReiverBlue1971]

Good to see you every week and always look froward to the next one :) Daleks especially the NSDs and NOT the pepperpot paradigm. There are three favourites models: a 50th anniversary Union Jack NSD remote control, a NSD remote control and a voice changer helmet. My wife has managed to break the eyestalk of two of them so far....guess I do attach...to Daleks :P

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh I'm glad to see you here also Matt! Aww wow that's cool! Guessing your a Doctor Who fan?

[@ReiverBlue1971]

@@IndieAndy I WAS. We visited the Doctor Who Experience in Wales 3 times with two of them in the same month (certain events going on like cosplay (that was brilliant!)), even had some Cyberman tech stuck on my face :P Since the new one came along it's a pile of poo. Not because she's female (I was looking forwards to that) but because Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall decided to go all virtue signalling, self righteous and SJW! Completely destroyed a series that had been running for 50 years (I went to he the huge event in London for that too and almost got a job!)! Sorry, it WAS a BIG part of my life (my room will still soon be covered in posters an the models I've collected over the years as we've fairly recently moved into a new place, but none of the 13th Doc). Fingers crossed once they go away after this next season we might get some decent actor and stories...hopefully :P

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh right that's fair enough! To be honest I've never really been into Doctor Who. I definitely appreciate the world though but Star Wars has always been my thing!

[@ReiverBlue1971]

@@IndieAndy I was too until that was also ripped apart from Last Jedi onwards by woke'ness. No "Hero's Journey" for Rey, no learning, no failures, no set backs, no sacrifice. Add to the list of other areas of nerdom that have been just about destroyed by SJW's: ANYTHING Marvel, Batwoman, Ghostbusters, etc (I won't bore you with this list). Anyway, sorry about the rant fella, but it's REALLY starting to get on my....bits (don't worry about replying to this one :))

[@IndieAndy]

Aww no no I'll comment just saying that I literally have no idea how to respond to that 😂 sometimes if I don't know how to respond, I'll heart and like comments just to let the commenter know I've seen it!

[@camii0822]

I've watched this video so many times, but I don't think I've ever commented on it. I have attachments to various item, and I find it hard to get rid of things. I found that it was really hard for me to get rid of things when I moved into my own place. I even have talked to my fiancé about it, and he says I should keep them if they are important or if they help me. I've also become very attached to this deck of Cat Tarot card set. I actually have three sets of the same deck because I'm always afraid of not having it so I keep one in my bag, one in my bedroom and one that just is free floating I need it. My parents don't understand the object attachments that I have. I also have object attachments to stuffed animals as well, but those I mostly only use when I am in meltdown or in panic attacks. I have Autism, ADHD, sever anxiety, OCD, PTSD, among many other issues (the list is far too long, LOL). I find watching videos about this topic very comforting as it reminds me that I am not alone in this, and that I'm not "crazy".

[@AlishaUltrashark]

I was diagnosed at 18, I've had this Sonic the hedgehog plush that I've been attached to since I was a child. This plush is nearing 30 years old and I couldn't ever part with it.

[@properunaa3924]

I have three comfort items..i am very much attatched to them 😳

[@callie5968]

when i was younger, i had a lot of soft toys and gave each of them names: princess the baby poodle, blueberry the blue poodle who was a hand me down from a family friend’s daughter, spotty the dalmation, pinky also a poodle (my fav from when i was 6 who i thought i would have forever) and cuddles the tiny bear who could fit in a pocket and other teddy bears. my little sister threw pinky down the stairs and one of her eyes fell out and my little cousin was so rough with me, he tore off one of blueberry’s legs with his teeth. my mum made me throw them all away because she simply didn’t like the sight of them. she’ll see one of them and throw them to the ground. i was forced to put them in a bag and in the bin when i was 12 years old and i cried my eyes out so much and couldn’t stop thinking about them. i thought i could get them back but i couldn’t. i also remember collecting hair bows and wearing them to match the colour of what outfit i wore each day. everyone around me would just stare and ask me constantly why i wear them at 16/17 years old. my dad never liked what i wore and would make me go change my clothes so my mum would have to pick what i wear when i go out with my family not anymore since im 19 now. i loved the loom band trend and fidget spinners. but for some reason, i wasn’t allowed a fidget spinner and everyone at school had them and i didn’t end up getting one until the trend was over and i ended up losing it. i want one now and loom bands. i also liked collecting rocks i dont know why 😅 im not even diagnosed yet! i now have two soft toys: paddington the bear who was part of a birthday/valentine gift & cloud the pomeranian 🥰

[@Maailma99]

For me it's the Pokemon card Chansey of the Base Set that I pulled as kid. Unfortunately I lost it some day and I'm still searching for it now and then after over 20 years turning my flat upside down.

[@fainepeony7390]

All my plushies, many of my clothes and knick-knacks… and weirdly enough, pens I use in academic/professional settings… I also refuse to use anything besides gel pens for writing…

[@HEARTLESSMAM11]

i hate throwing things out coz i feel others will hurt it or take less care of it even if i already dont take good care of it.... im talking about objects, clothes, teddies anything is so bad

[@CairoCreations]

I didn’t think I had emotional attachment to objects- till I cried for an hour and shut down for the day when my favorite little stim frog that I took everywhere broke. Dw thought I was able to fix him :)

[@angeloffish]

I sort of have attachments. Not all are sentimental. But if I’m bought something, I feel bad if I decide to part with it later on, because it was bought for me. I have got rid of somethings, but sometimes it is still hard.

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh yeah I get what you mean!

[@samanthaturner9852]

My comfort objects are usually blankets or plushies .

[@davidgibson4282]

Very interesting video and yes this is something I got really angry about with the parent of an autistic child about. Long story short he had a set of headphones that he was very attached to. Not just because they helped him filter out noises, but because they were a gift and also for the reason you mentioned here about Autistic Attachment. When another child broke those headphones, the boy pretty much went into meltdown and it took a long time to get him out of this. The mother only made things worse by slapping him, calling him a spoilt brat and telling him " To stop throwing a hissy fit you, prima donna! " As you can Imagine I went absolutely ballistic. " Now is not the time to be an arse, your son is having a meltdown and needs you. So for *f"£$ sake start being a parent! " Or words to that effect lol. I explained to her as did a few others about autistic attachment but she just wasn't having it, unfortunately. Poor kid!

[@angeloffish]

David Gibson the mother better be glad I was not there. She would think she had unleashed Hell when I was finished with her.

[@davidgibson4282]

@@angeloffish Oh she got the full hellfire and fury from me... believe me!

[@angeloffish]

David Gibson I bet. The 4 horsemen of the apocalypse would look tame in comparison to me if I dealt with her. Poor kid.

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh wow really? You see that's something that's wrong with parents at times. Now I think there are great autism parents out there who just get it! But some who just don't. So sad to see but at least you tried to help & maybe one day it'll work out in the right way!

[@davidgibson4282]

@@IndieAndy It is. And I couldnt sit and watch it.

[@sidneybridges7419]

I have autism and i love soft objects and i love stuffies and my blankie of my comfort character 😊

[@luanabarbosa2091]

I'm attached to computer files, specially photos. Whem I was younger I used to download o lot of images of animes and other cartoons, animated videos and a few artists, and I still do, although I got kind of addicted to do useless prints right know, and I can't delete any of that file from more than 5 years and neither these useless random prints, my computer and smartphone is full but I can't do anything about it Edit: I'm also attracted by school notebooks, I still having my first one and all I used in my school time; some cards and figures I collected, and I still buying new for collect evrytime I see it, and I was so attached to it and wanting to collect all that I'd stole from my friends just to have the perfect collection with no missing cards; some mails me and my friends wrote to each other as kids, they don't have that much sentimental attachment for me although, I'm more attached to them because of the paper.

[@IndieAndy]

Aww wow that must be alot of stuff you have by the sounds of it. I've attached to photos as well as I think photos hold so much more meaning. Also they help me remember different memories from times in my life which is amazing!

[@0-_CYRUS_-0]

I have an item that I call boneless chuck and he has always been a good friend

[@anjachan2]

I cant let go some things too 😅 my parents often ask me why 🤣

[@BaronVonEnder667]

i love all my Pokemon plushies especially my Mimikyu im also attached to my Enderman plush i've had Endy through middle and High school

[@lauraembleton4363]

I'm like this I like collecting things like plushies and figures I do fixate on things like this a lot and I could never get rid of them either I'm like this with all of the stuff I have

[@IndieAndy]

Awww that's cool though because it's just a part of who we are which is pretty amazing in itself! 👍

[@matcha9512]

Also- it’s not crazy to talk about the llama like that- if I lost my stuffies Beary, Cabby or Hedgie I’d feel like I lost a lifelong best friend, I don’t take them on trips and tell usually one person every time casually “yeah I had to leave _____ at home bc imagine if I lost them omg id die so it’s better to suffer without them for a week”

[@denorene16]

It doesn't sound crazy. I understand perfectly.

[@JadeDRail]

I realise I get more attached to things with no sentimental value? I realised I prefer plush toys I buy for myself because it doesn't have the weight of a sentimental value plush. I get attached to rocks. Why do I have so many rocks? Help.

[@JadeDRail]

@@garyfrancis5015 I collected pennies for a long time, then they stopped making pennies in Canada. :(

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh I use to collect rocks etc like I've said previously. I think it's just the fact that it's ours you know.

[@JadeDRail]

@@IndieAndy Some rocks are just like, really nice rocks.

[@fireboy1301]

Hi Andy you look good today and I have a good day how are you you have a good day 👍🏿

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh well thank you! Definitely felt when I recorded this abit rough! Hope you are having a good day!

[@MagicalMythh]

I have this 20 dollar skeloton from target and i carry around the house sometimes Its like 3 feet tall his name is phill

[@Viiliskivi]

Frick i just realized this has something to do with autism.. I don't know if i have autism yet but i just wanna talk about this for now lol. I have struggled with sensory issues and i want to talk about this to a professional at some point. I've gotten attached to objects as well and i never even thought of could be related to this. I've grown attached to a pillow, two blankets, a plushie snake and maybe some other stuff. I remember being young and it felt like a star shaped pillow in the store was like a kitten or family. My parents bought it for me and i still have it and I'm not planning on getting rid of it :).

[@Viiliskivi]

I made a plushie myself in school and i was just 8. Like a year after my friend started jokingly hitting it once and i almost cried bcs of just that. :_.

[@LauraSommer]

I have a feather pillow and a coronation mug ❤

[@syahrialarif2352]

I have an attachment with a pillow.. It's exactly the same attachment like what you explained in the video, a deep emotional attachment.. I give it a name, background story, and also talked and play with it sometimes.. I'm a grown adult, and the attachment I have is still there until this day.. Is it healthy?

[@Pepperthecat1550]

I have a attachment to my beanie baby anteater i love him so much

[@nathanboatright236]

I like to colect blu rays. When a new marvel movie or any movie i like or would like to see i go out and buy it on blu ray. I realised im a competionist and need to have every movie in the star wars series or marvel movie. That and some movies look good on my shelf

[@IndieAndy]

Aww yeah I hear you. To be fair, I would love to have the complete set of Star Wars as that is the best!

[@mrGordo-ht8ks]

Can they also get attached to keys cause that's what my autistic brother always has, in his hands every day

[@biomanization]

When I was two, I stole a horse key chain from my nanny; and fed feces to my horse wallpaper. I guess I had a thing for horses! As toys, yeah my favorite was a plush blue bear named Jingles, and a ratty smelly blanket. Happy Aspy times

[@Annabelle66633]

I’m not autistic but I’m very attached to my owl plushie🦉🤗

[@sondreheh5116]

Interesting!

[@IndieAndy]

Glad you got something from the video!

[@FirstmaninRome]

I collect books particularly ok on buddhism, and bullets particularly 9mm.

[@carlgreene538]

I have a cuddly moose called Morag.

[@simikatra3434]

I collect things, I actually call it Pokemon Syndrome because I have to catch them all. I can't have one thing from a group of things, I need to get one of everything, if I like a writer for instance, then I will have absolutely everything that person has done. Like yourself Andy I would bring home rocks, leaves, sun bleached bird skulls etc. I had completely covered under our caravan, over my childhood, so when we got a new one, in my teens, I cried until my big brothers brought them from the top to the bottom of the caravan site 😂 I have always collected rocks, crystals and fossils, I'm a Rockhound, I have more than 400 rock and crystal spheres 🔮 and yes many many have names 😉🔨💎😎

[@IndieAndy]

Aww you see when I collect stuff, if it's apart of a collection then it would have to be something I'm really into to get them all. But it amazing that you have such a love for things 👍

[@conmangamer]

i have a fixation on my air pane models and jet meoldes i thek its hethly it makes me happy seeing my toys and i clots air panes and jet models i even have a model air port i love haveing autism im glad its part of me :) and i love your KZbin videos i also keep my DVDs and my bule ray and i keep all my spcal olmics ribbens and meldes are you in spcal olmics? i am are you ?

[@IndieAndy]

Aww that's awesome! No I am not in the special Olympics.

[@damiettes7140]

Doesn’t every small kid feel about their toys that way?

[@summerdodson5493]

I’m attached to an anime plush

[@horsepowermultimedia]

And I thought I was the only one. •_•

[@nicolehunter2615]

I keep buying tons of plushies... it’s beginning to be a problem.

[@JadeDRail]

I don't think the way you talk about your llamas is weird at all, but that is because I'm the same way with my plushies.

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh yeah like it's totally a normal thing 👍

[@JadeDRail]

@@IndieAndy I love how comfort items are becoming more and more accepted.

[@IndieAndy]

Aww yeah same here. I think it is such a stigmatized area of autism generally that needs more people talking about it.

[@ectoOLDACC]

KZbin is drunk again: 2 views, 17 likes and 19 comments

[@ectoOLDACC]

Also, I really like collecting trading cards, mainly Pokemon cards (not so much now) and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards; and then try competitively battling with the cards I have.

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh yeah I know it was weird wasn't it? I did it to Kevin Chapman when I watched his newest video when it launched... Strange 😂

[@IndieAndy]

Ooh I was really into Yu-Gi-Oh cards at schools. Literally it was the best thing ever! So attractive though.