This is my diy emotional support grumpy. He's 4 lbs weighted & has a scent sachet in his head that smells like toasted marshmallow. (added weight & scent sachet myself ♥)
If I lay em' on my chest & rest my face there it kinda feels like a hug ♥
-backstory-
When I was v young, for about 10 years I had this small limited edition grumpy bear stuffie that I took everywhere with me. He meant a lot me during my childhood years. I even wrote a few stories about him in grade school when I was younger for class assignments, complete with picture books with grumpy dressed in strange outfits 😂 Someone in my family who shall not be named, tore my room apart & threw away a bunch of my shit. Well while doing that, they threw away my childhood grumpy bear & sadly I didn't not realize right away so he's long gone.
I ordered a look alike of the limited edition bc I cannot afford the one I had before. Even then it wouldnt be the same. I did the next best thing and upgraded one of my others into this weighted pal though and it helps me bunches. I used bags of clean/ fresh aquarium gravel as the weights in his head, arms/legs, torso & noggin.
The scent sachet is a mesh type bag, filled with uncooked rice that I dropped my allllllllll time favorite essential oils onto ♥
As a childhood trauma survivor, I feel I grew up too fast & also lost so much because of it. Now that I'm almost 24 idgaf if I still cling onto stuffed animals at night to feel cozy. I hardly got to feel cozy when I was younger. I'm not sure if I understood true comfort or appreciation in the little things that now, heal my inner child.