I’ve always had a soft spot for comfort objects, particularly stuffed animals. It’s a small world, and the fact that I have many of them means that I have a lot of them. I have a bunch of stuffed animals and I love to play with them, so that’s how I roll. I keep a bunch of stuffed animals in my house and I play with them often. It’s a bit of a comfort thing for me.
Ive never understood what is the point of comfort objects. Why would you want your stuffed animals to be uncomfortable? I mean, that is just a random thought, I dont really understand why that would be a good thing. I mean, its not like it doesn’t matter that they are uncomfortable or that they are going to go bad. I just don’t understand why we would need to comfort things like comfort objects.
But this is not a blanket statement. We all need to make some self-awareness. I mean, if we don’t, we can never truly understand what’s going on in our own lives. Self-awareness, as it’s practiced in meditation and the art of mindfulness, helps us gain a better knowledge about ourselves and about our reactions to life. It is a way of living that is completely unique to each of us and can be found at the root of the most fundamental human questions.
I think the best way to get some level of self-awareness is to practice it. I myself have been through a few levels of self-awareness and I believe that the more we do it, the more we will start to understand ourselves more and more.
You might not know this, but we humans have a genetic tendency to be shy and socially awkward people. It can be a very difficult thing to understand what it is that makes people like you and me self-aware. If you haven’t noticed it yourself, you might be surprised to learn that there is something in your DNA that makes you more prone to developing these tendencies. It is called the “comfort-objects” reflex.
For the last 20 years or so I’ve been working with the development team at the University of Wisconsin to understand this reflex as a possible cause of autistic behaviors. The comfort-objects reflex, when triggered by things like a hot dog, a can of soda, or a plate of cookies, is the instinctive reaction of our brain to put ourselves in a familiar setting. This is a defense mechanism that helps us avoid a feeling of isolation that might otherwise be overwhelming.
This has been known for quite some time now, but it got a lot more attention when we discovered that autistic children don’t understand what constitutes a comfort object. It’s not that they can’t tell that a hot dog is a comfort object, it’s that they don’t understand what a comfort object is. They think it’s any object or place that feels familiar.
If you ask autistic children whether something is a comfort object, then chances are it probably is. They dont just say it is, they also ask you if you would like it if you were to say it to them. This is similar to the ‘shrug’ gesture that many autistic children use to avoid feeling like they are being singled out as a freak. This is a defense mechanism that helps us avoid a feeling of isolation that might otherwise be overwhelming.
Comfort objects, like chairs, are another reason why autistic children often avoid people and events they find familiar. As a result, they often avoid interacting with other people and they often avoid being social. This is also a bit of a problem for autistic adults. As a result many autistic adults, especially those with autism spectrum disorder, feel lonely and isolated.
I think a lot of people with autism can feel a bit of isolation and loneliness, but as a lot of autistic people with autism spectrum disorder, I think comfort objects help prevent this from happening.Comfort objects, like chairs, are another reason why autistic children often avoid people and events they find familiar. As a result, they often avoid interacting with other people and they often avoid being social. This is also a bit of a problem for autistic adults.