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29 Aug 2011, 5:17 pm

Joe90 wrote:
Also (I think I've got a problem here) I keep have very strong feelings for objects. When I'm in a temper, no objects get broken because I ''feel sorry'' for them. It's not like having feelings where I want to marry something (like that odd man I heard about who married a car). It's not like that. It's like I ''see'' a soul in every object, and something keeps telling me they have feelings. I feel like a child - when I watch Toy Story, it puts me off parting my toys in case they start missing eachother. And get this (this is REALLY strange!) when I eat an apple, I ''feel sorry'' for the apple! I just can't think about it. I just look upon everything as a person and how they would feel if they were being eaten alive or being parted with their family (which happens in real life), and so I just treat objects with the same empathy as I do people. I really do not know what's wrong with me.


I have this to some extent. I believe it's characteristic of synesthesia. I don't see objects as people so much, but some similar feelings.

My old desk chair was about to break, so I had to replace it and get it out of the house. I still feel guilty for taking it apart and leaving it outside for the elements, especially after it served so well for the past five years. :( Unfortunately, there's no room for it, and it'd be dangerous to use as furniture anyway.