Is it normal to sleep with a jacket at the age of 21?

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I am 21 years old and I sleep with a jacket. I have had this jacket since I was about four years old and to this day it's very hard for me to sleep without it. I pick up my jacket and begin to rub it. I like the sound the zipper makes when I rub them together and I like the way the material of the jacket feels against my skin. My friends think I am weird and judges me on so many levels, but honestly I don't care. My jacket is like my security blanket. When something is wrong I go grab my jacket. When I feel like crying I go grab my jacket. When I am hurt I go grab my jacket. When I am happy I go grab my jacket. It is something that is just so precious and special to me that I don't want anyone else touching it. It's mines. I don't think I'm addicted to it, I just think it's something I am most comfortable with. I have had this jacket for almost my entire life. It is the one thing that has not left me. It is the one thing I can count on to still be there when I leave it for a short period of time. I can barely sleep without it. My friends took it away from me and it is going on the third fourth day. I wake up in the middle of the night and search my entire room for it, just to realize that I don't have it. I have to at least feel that it is still next/close to me in my sleep. If I don't feel it then I instantly wake up and get paranoid. I am going mentally insane without my jacket. I feel like it's magical and it holds so much power. It keeps me sane and it helps me through any and everything life throws my way. It has been here for me since day one and is the only thing that hasen't left me. I love my jacket and honestly I am not ready to give it up just yet. Is this normal???

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Based on 89 votes (38 yes)
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  • Short4Words
    11 years ago

    If not now then when?

    I know it has value to you, I understand that. But I think you are putting too much value into it though. It seems to be almost the most important thing in your life, but it's a piece of clothing, it has no power or anything, only what you've given to it. What happens if this happens again? What if you lose it for good? Your state of well-being should not hinge on something like that, there are more important things in life. Just meditate on that. I hope you can grow from this.

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  • StinkyPoo
    11 years ago

    You should marry the "jacket"

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