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Adults can sleep with stuffed animals, too. It might even be a good thing, experts say (edition.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

This literally namedrops a company selling stuffed bears. This has to be an ad.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

The way it's written is weird too.

It could also be a problem if people used their stuffed animals to avoid other issues, said Dr. Barbara Greenberg, a clinical psychologist in Weston, Connecticut.

Like, who even does that? Why mention this?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Americans are absolutely insane about ever cutting anyone the tiniest bit of slack

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago

On the other hand, someone out there will be purchasing more and more stuffed animals as a consumer coping mechanism to cope with their soul destroying life circumstances.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

bet you $5 dr barbara greenberg only exists as a chatgpt hallucination

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 weeks ago

You need to purchase separate stuffies for each issue.