#attachment to inanimate objects

[phrog42]

my 17 year old car broke down today. I'm sad about that. Attachment/abandonment issues actin up again it seems

[strawbrymuriel]

autism and attachment to inanimate objects

My attachment to inanimate objects is probably my most obvious autistic trait, and I want to tell you about it. Here’s a list of inanimate objects that I’m attached to:

- Bunny towel (with a hood!) 

I love this towel and while I do use other towels, this one is my towel. I’ve had it since I was around four years old, and I’m now 21. It’s a lot more ratty now, but it still fits!

- Stuffed animals

I have multiple stuffed animals that I will likely keep for the rest of my life. The first is a dog that looks like a rottweiler with a broken neck. The stuffing has left his neck from years of hugging, and his fur is matted and scraggly. His name is Rufus. A crocodile who I got from a zoo, named Crocodile. He’s still in really good condition. A teddy bear named Avril, who was named after the girl who got me the gift in second grade. Another teddy bear that lays flat on its stomach, which was another gift from one of my best friends. His name is pancake. I still sleep with all of them.

- Books

I’m not attached to all of my books, but there are some that I will never take off of my bookshelf. This includes: The Throne of Glass series, the Wings of Fire series, any and all books by Lynette Noni, All Quiet on the Western Front, etc.

- How to Train Your Dragon Hoodie

I own a HTTYD hoodie which is definitely too small for me, but I wear it anyway. It doesn’t have the strings anymore, but it’s still in pretty good shape.

Of course, autism is a spectrum, and being attached to inanimate is not required to be autistic. Some autistic people might have an attachment to inanimate objects, some might not.

[thatawkwardgirlfromny]

Does anyone else get that feeling of loss when they realize that their beloved electronic (phone, computer, etc) needs to be replaced but you put it off as long as possible because you can’t bear to part with it despite it being a basic piece of garbage?

[elimanofsurprise-archive]

Resurrection of my tablet pc

So i found my tpc which i had since like 5 years ago... i really miss it. it served me well the next 4 years throughout school. the battery life was shit tho. but still, i had loads of fun using it. photoshop, flash etc. it was a good thing that there was a stylus. when i graduated secondary school, i bought a macbook. and my fujitsu tpc was totally forgotten. so it sat in the top cupboard, collecting dust. until today, when i decided, hey, i'm gonna use that tpc for photoshop and all that... so i climbed a chair and brought it all down to my room.

it was in bad shape... bad bad shape... i had to reformat it and all that and it kept saying bootmgr missing. i was panicking... it sorta didn't work. and i'm thinking "don't die on me you bitch... i need you to try and produce good pictures for tumblr..." i did everything i could. my brother came in to help. thank god. so the tpc is breathing i guess. but still in really critical condition. 

IT LIVES.... IT LIVES. ALL PROGRAMS ARE GO. IT LIVES. I MISS YOU TPC...