Having emotional responses for inanimate objects

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Thats so weird! That's exatly what I do.
I always feel sorry for inanimate objects, as weird as that may sound. Especially if I were to lose them or something. I always wonder where it might be. When I was in an office once, I spun round on my chair and then said to myself I have to spin round 3 more times or else its bad luck.
Totally weird right?!

I do this. When I was a kid, I had to pile all of my stuffed animals on my bed or I thought they would feel sad. I feel bad for the fireworks that aren't as cool as the other fireworks and don't get as many cheers from the crowd. I'm serious, lol. It's like I feel sad if an object doesn't get to fulfill its purpose or something.
I count everything. When I go up and down stairs, the syllables in sentences, etc. It's gotten a little better now, but when I was younger, I would obsessively count syllables and feel really satisfied if it was an even number, or even better, multiples of five or ten. I can't stand if my pillows stick out of the ends of the pillowcases. I can't stand if there are more covers on my boyfriend's side of the bed than mine, or vice versa. If I adjust the volume on the tv, it's gotta be multiples of ten, or at the very least multiples of five. At restaurants I organize everything on the table and stack everything when we're done with it. I'm constantly rearranging things on my desk and I get really irritated if anything is messy or dirty. I feel the need to wash my hands after touching anything. I don't always do it, but the urge is always there. Okay, the list goes on and on. I think I'm slightly OCD. It's nothing that interferes with my life, but it's definitely weird.
I don't think there's anything wrong with what you've got going on. We're just compassionate, organized, and clean!

A psychologist would say it could be a very mild case of OCD.

I say you just love to love things...you feel sorry for that little step and you would hug it if you could. Your a happy person and u want everyone else to be happy too!

You should throw out the pens though...and get some new cutlery. It will make you more happy having new things.

You should turn your need to make things happy, to making your loved ones happy too. :D

I do the same thing (sort of). I feel sorry for inanimate objects when they're mistreated. Like, if someone breaks a pencil, or slams a door, I feel sorry for that pencil and door. I think it's weird, but I can't help it.

I do that all the time especially if its with a song on my ipod and i skip it well i feel bad and then i have to go play it again.
Normal =]

your thinking personality type is abtract random...they talk to inanimate objects and animals that can't understand obviously
they are fun loving calm sensitive people etc

its usually girls who have this type
google it out to know more

As the others have said it you're not an isolated occurance, sounds like it falls within range of human exprssion. It does seem like a trait you may want to keep an eye on however, to make sure you don't reach a point where it affects you negatively. As Jen said above me... so long as it isn't interferring with your life it's fine.

Our minds can fool us and can limit us from exploring other options. It can be a habit depending on the cause in each ones life. Well some said its normal and they are happy with it, but others wanted to be free from it. The truth is, it can be a stumbling block in others lives. It can stop them from moving on and accept changes in life. It can hinder us from archiving our goals and have us live in the cage of our own intellectual and senses. Look around you and what you see was made for you. We are not made for them. So they are there to fulfill and accomplish Gods plans in our lives. So don't let your mind control what your heart decides. What is past is past. If we know that we have failed then there is always another door waiting to be open. Going back to a missing step means that we still live in the past and not releasing our selves. Put into our senses that objects are there to be used not to use us.

The fact that you wrote:

"It could be a repressive feeling of abandonement issues"

..leads me to think that maybe it could be. Has there been anything in your life which you think could have caused such an issue?

I feel sad if i see teddys or cute toys being abused by people. ='[

It might be OCD, if you feel the need to step on a step that you missed. But the "sadness" you feel at leaving something behind or losing something, I think that's normal if you're prone to emotion. Sometimes I'll see a hat or a scarf on the train tracks and feel bad for it, especially since I can't get to it and "rescue" it myself.