Comfort Item?

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I’ve noticed recently that I’m getting back into the habit of carrying around comfort items, I did it when I younger but after a few years I’m doing it again.

I carry around my bag with key chains and buttons of all my favorite characters, 3DS, phone (but not a comfort item) and my Popuko plush. Does anyone else do this? I just feel safe with these cause it’s like my favorite characters are with me despite how odd it sounds ^^;

I always carry my wallet, change bag, all my keys and electronic smoking device whenever I leave the house.
Even if I’m just nipping round the corner for milk.
Always in the same pockets: it’s weird and I feel naked if I don’t!

I also can’t sleep if I’m not hugging my (now very threadbare) first dressing-gown my late grandparents bought me.

When I go out I take an object to protect myself which gives me comfort. And when I am at home I have my special blanket and polar bear teddy which gives me a lot of comfort.

^ Snap on the polar teddy bear
(Although mine sadly is no more: it got dragged through the stream at the bottom of my parents garden too many times: RIP polar bear)

^> Aw I'm so sorry to hear that. I can imagine how upsetting that must have been. I've had mine since I was six and don't want to ever lose it.

^ yes, I still miss polar bear: but by the end he had no fur, no eyes and was leaking stuffing.
He accompanied me on all my childhood adventures to faraway lands of imagination, and fell nobly in the line of duty.

That was meant to be humourous, but I’ve now got a tear in my eye

^> Aww that is really sad . Its actually made me tearful to. I'm an emotional mess at the moment. Do you have another bear to comfort you?

^ Aww! Don’t worry about it: I’m much more resilient than I was even six years ago!

(But yes: there is the teddy my great-grandfather bought me the year before he had the stroke that paralysed him, he sits on my childhood dinky wicker armchair in my study, and I always know he’s there)

I have a small plushie version of the Thirteenth Doctor from Doctor Who my mom got me that I carry around in my bag with me whenever I go anyplace as well as a squishy ball I will play with too if I get anxious or overwhelmed. I'd say they are my main comfort items and I also have my phone, my iPod, and earphones too that help me a lot too.

When I worked as a handyman, my pockets unobtrusively held a very careful selection of tools, such that I could complete half the jobs when I first heard of them. I also carry a comb and a clean handkerchief.
I once went to a workshop where we were required to bring a stuffed toy. The leader was horrified when I used mine to remedy the lack of back support in my chair. I still have it, and am thinking of filling it with concrete and leaving it sprawled on my guest chair for a gag.

I am not sure whether i am just obsessed with objects or they give me comfort but. I am obsessed with perfume and cosmetic and make up products. I spend a lot of time doing makeup watching makeup videos and planning which item i will buy when i run out of something.

I have an old teddy bear that I use as a comfort item, although I don't take him out with me. He stays in my bed, inbetween mine and my partner's pillows, where I know he is warm and safe. I can't sleep without him next to me. Luckily my partner is understanding and doesn't judge me against having a special bear. (My bear is rather tattered but he's still special to me).

I heard of an optometrist in his 50s who took his teddy bear along as he learned to fly, and insisted on the flight instructor greeting it.