The creative mind behind the Emotional Support Buddy.

Anxiety is something I’ve struggled with for as long as I can remember which makes it difficult for me to do everyday tasks. As a way to cope with this I often bring a furry plushy friend with me, but sometimes these support plushies aren’t very practical, they take up too much room in my bag, I’m worried I might lose them and they aren’t always the most subtle emotional support friends.

So to solve this problem I came up with the idea of the Emotional Support Buddy, so you can have a supportive friend on your person or very close by at all times! Whether it’s an axolotl to help you do alotl, a puppy or kitty to give you some extra comfort, or a magical unicorn to bring you some more imagination and adventure. My aim for this is to be a helpful tool, or visual reminder, something small to have self courage, and believe in yourself for those who need it, or just a cute little friend for those who don’t need it in the same way.

I find having a physical representation and reminder of the things I’m going through helpful in feeling like I’m not alone and it’s a good tool for remembering the things I can do to make myself feel better.

So I hope that by sharing my emotional support buddy with the world I can help other people feel better too : ) and if you see someone else with their Emotional support buddy, you know there is potentially someone else who is feeling the same way you do.