My (m, 39) wife (w, 41) is super into stuffed animals. Like she easily has over 200. She names them all, gives them back stories, talks to them non-stop all day, keeps them on the couch, her desk, bedroom, and our bed. She really loves my childhood bear and blanket.

Since we've been dating (2010) she keeps several of them in-between us in bed. She calls it her 'wall of babies.' She will sometimes say that it's there to prevent 'your kind of intimacy' (snuggling, sex), but then she'll pinch me (usually a skin tag or mole), poke my belly button, etc and say that 'my kind of intimacy' is allowed.

This wall has grown over the years as more stuffed animals are added to it. It has obviously put a hamper on our sex life as a anytime we do have sex (maybe 4 duty sex occasions a year, usuallyat a hotel but occasionally at home), we have to move these stuffed animals off the bed, prompting her to feel guilt and apologize to them.

I've tried to Google whether this might be a symptom of a mental health issue, she often says that she is undiagnosed ADHD. Mostly I get articles supporting people who enjoy stuffed animals. I did find one YouTube video from a therapist talking about how this might be a symptom of OCD.

We both started therapy recently (not at couples therapy yet). There's a lot we both need to work on, but I was wondering if anyone here has heard of something like this or could point my towards any sort of literature talking about this sort of thing.