"Attachment to Inanimate Objects".

What an interesting topic, and some interesting responses!

I've always been kind of a reclusive thing, and yes- as a young child, I liked to play with my toys and make-believe out in the yard on my own, more than I liked trying to make new friends. (If I had friends who liked to play the same make-believe as me, all the better!)

I've named my car, named my computer, my desk at work is my personal space, and my home is my sanctuary. I'm a very "mine-means-mine, keepa-you-hands-off" kind of person when it comes to "my things", and I "bond" with them, I guess you could say. So, I don't think it's all that strange to have bonded with my doll.

I would kind of expect that a much more social person wouldn't bond as deeply with a doll (or name their car, or think of their desk at work as a home-away-from-home), so it all depends on the person. I don't think there's anything wrong with collecting dolls simply for their aesthetic value... but BJD's are so customisable, and MADE for posing and playing with, so to me, it seems a little silly for someone to "create" a doll/character and then... not do anything with it. Bond, play, whatever.

 

It definitely helps that so many people do bond with their dolls. There's that acceptance that the dolls are special and therefore you can treat them specially. And they really are made to be "made" by the owner. Whatever you want you can put into this little person, which is definitely a lot of fun and makes them very easy to find important. I might not value my boy the same way I would value a person, but I would definitely be upset if anything happened to him.

 

It's very easy for me to have an attachment to inanimate objects. I'm so attached to the stuffed animals that I have at home, that I was a bit depressed when I had to get rid of most of them before college. With my personality in mind, I think it will make bonding with my doll easy once I get him, and with any dolls I get in the future.

 

I have better friends in my doll and stuffies than I do in most of my live friends.... >>

I had a lonely childhood and flaky parents, so my toys became my friends and I love them so. I'll never get rid of any of them if I can help it.

 

I expected to get attached to my dolls right away (I have with everything else) and i didnt. I juts recently started getting extreamly attatched and neither of them have really gotten their own personalities yet >.> Its intereting though because I'm here at my aunt's office (supposed to be) doing work for her and I realized I miss them haha xD

 

I get attached to things like stuffed animals and dolls. I've decided there's no way any of what I've saved over my lifetime is going to be sold. And I think that's ok, because I'm not buried in plushies at all. None of my dolls, no matter what, are being sold because I've invested too much on the before and after.

With Emma, I bonded with her before I got her, partially because every space was occupied with her picture; my iPod and computer had a company image of her.

 

I always talk to innanimate objects. I always have. It occurred to me a while ago that I treat most objects and all animals as though they were human. When I was little all my stuffed animals had their names and (extremely elaborate) stories. I talk to my computer when it doesn't work, to my sewing machine, to all my stuff, really. I even apologize to funature if I bump into it. ^^;

I think it is mostly because of my upbringing. My parents are pagan, and so I was raised with the ideas of spirits from all over the world, and the fact that they could live anywhere. It wasn't a concious thing, but on some level I was always sure that objects had some level of awareness.

Long ramble is almost over, I promise.

Dolls, stuffed animals, and toys are very special objects. They develope personalities based on how they are played with, how long they've been loved, and how much time they've spent with one person (you could think of this as "phsychic imprinting" if you want, but it's also just how certain parts of the doll/animal/toy are worn down from being hugged in a certain way, or so on). Because of this I become attached to these tyoes of objects very quickly; they were made solely to be loved, so I'm always sad when I see one that isn't being loved, and I hate the idea of throwing any of them away/selling any.

 

Yeah I'm a huge packrat and I get attached to everything! My bedroom is filled with odds and ends that I just don't have the heart to get rid of. I also have this innate ability to turn absolutely anything into a toy I remember when I was really young and still took bubble baths with my little sister, I would bring about ten washcloths with me, give them all names, and we'd swim them around in the water and make them talk to each other and fall in love and stuff (haha yes I had a strange childhood . . .) So yeah bonding with inanimate objects that at least have faces is no problem

 

When I was a kid I played with stuffed animals and dolls.
I talked to them and pretended they talked back, though I would be their voice.
Yet, I was strangely realistic, because I sometimes told them that I was their voice. (And the doll would 'agree' with me. xD )

Also, I never had that type of bond that I would be extremely upset if a toy had to go.

I still don't have this 'close bond', but I come up with stories, personalities and looks fairly easy.

I don't think you have to be able to 'attach to inanimate objects' to bond easier and find the right personality.
Maybe it helps, because I believe 'being the voice of your toys' improves your creativity. (Thinking up the conversation and such)

 

Oh me too! eversince I was a child all my things specially my toys & dolls are very close to me
I am attached to them, that somehow freaked my childhood friends.. ^^
I gave them distinct characteristics, personalities, dialogues
I talk to them, gave them names and do roleplays, they became much alive through imagination and creativity of a person
Oh, I so missed my childhood!

 

Oh, I definitely bond with inanimate objects. Sometimes it's instant, but most of the time it comes from the history I have with the object, leading to me having blankets, toy cars, stuffed animals, etc that I could never just give away. Maybe that's why I didn't bond much with my first doll- I didn't have to work very hard to save for him, so there was less "History" for him before he arrived. So sometimes a natural tendency to bond with objects is important, but sometimes it's also the waiting and wanting and working that leads to "bonding".
Hope that made sense.

 

Sometimes the difficulty/wait and rareness of a doll makes me try to bond harder than I probably would if I'd just walked down to the store to buy her. Also, naming a doll and getting clothes for a certain *look* helps keep me interested in playing with a doll. I don't really talk to my dolls but they do seem a little real (does that sound weird? hopefully not too weird) like they have personalities.

As for other non-doll inanimate objects, I've had the same laptop (first and only) for almost 4 years now and even though it's not shiny and new anymore, I feel a bit attached to it. Same goes for my iPod I could go for a new phone though, lol.

 

I get very attached to 'stuff' (Ipod, Laptop, clothes that used to look good, pretty pictures), particularly bits of paper and I hoard like crazy, but I've not managed to form a huge connection with my doll yet. I don't have a clear image, or even name for her yet, just a few dribs and drabs. She is still totally default (no monies ) and I think that's what's bugging me. I haven' made my mark on her yet.

 

Oh my word I am glad there are people out there like this! I am truly glad I am not the only one! :'(
I still have things of when I was 10 years old and feel that I would never let go of them. I have also come to realize that some things BRING their personalities to me and some others don't. A lot of my plushies seem "alive" and speak out their personalities and their feelings towards me and I accept them and talk with them even though many people kid me about it or find it a tad odd XD. I have a mountain of hello kitty plushies on my bed and I always say "mommy is home!" especially if I was gone the night before or had a real tough time at work. They always seem happy to see me it seems and love watching over me as I sleep helping me sleep better ever since I got them all ^_^.
I find absolutely NOTHING wrong having feelings or conversations of/with inanimate objects. I know my mother and I sometimes have arguments over these things but I really don't care. I love who I love and that's all that matters. Plus I call my car "Penny" and my mom and dad think its so funny since she really is the color of a penny XD. She may be old and lonely and sometimes I am rough with her but I can feel she is happy on how I take care of her. That is all! ^-^

 

I also have always been very attached to specific inanimate objects. That may or may not have stemmed from a lack of close friends that I could trust as a child. Now, as a teenager, I do have a small group of close friends though I am still very attached to certain nonliving objects. I refuse to throw certain things out due to the memories that they hold. I personally am afraid of change which could also be part of this. My incoming doll will most likely be no exception. He is based on one of my original characters that I roleplay and write about so this feeling of attachment will probably be intensified.

 

I have always been attached to inanimate objects. I talk to my baby blanket more than to any other person or animal in the world. She's my rock. All of my stuffed animals have names and little quirks about them (I have a stuffed monkey who has always been a bit metro and I just now figured it out). When I put my toys away, they have to go in a specific order because some of them don't get along and others can't stand to be parted. I also feel guilty when I take some of my "main" stuffed animals and leave the rest.

As for non-fluffy objects, my first laptop (who spontaneous fried his motherboard just to spite me) was named "I hate myself" (me "choco") in Spanish because would try to commit suicide at the worst times. He also had a chocobo on the back of him which only encouraged the name.

My car is named Irene and I call her "Ri-Ri". I know I confuse people in parking lots because I love to play hide and seek with her. I'm always running parking lots shouting "RIRI!~ THERE YOU ARE! I FOUND YOOOOOOOU!"

 

I fill my home with items I love! It makes me so happy to be in my home and see the beautiful or sentimental items I have gotten over the years. This of course includes my BJDs. I feel you should surround yourself with items that make you feel good otherwise what's the point!

 

i get attached to objects. especially ones that cost a lot of money. like my car, phone, nintendo ds, mp3 player and of course my dolls.

 

I get attached to objects that have memories attached to them or who look like animals or people. IE dolls and stuffed animals. I feel bad leaving my boy in his bag for long periods of time and such.

I think it completely helped in the bonding process that I get attached to inanimate objects. He looked like a little person to me the moment I saw him face to face. I loved that there was no transition period between us.

 

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