tcarroll+FollowI Made a Pillow Person So I’d Have Someone to HugOkay, I know this sounds weird, but I made a human-shaped doll. Out of pillows. Blankets. Clothes. No head. No name. Just arms, legs, curves. I don’t do anything weird with it. I just… hug it. Every night. I’m so goddamn touch-starved it physically hurts sometimes. I moved out for school, and between the deadlines, exhaustion, and social anxiety, I go literal days without speaking to anyone. Even at school it’s dead quiet—if I get a five-minute convo it feels like a win. So I built something to hold. To vent to. To make the silence less loud. When I leave for more than a day, I take it apart. But when I come home and the loneliness hits? I rebuild it. Is it weird? Maybe. But it’s either this or feeling like I’m disappearing. #LonelyAF #NoShame #MentalHealthMatters #HugStarved #LivingAloneThings41Share
