Do you ever turn to dolls as a coping mechanism?

Whoops my phone is acting weird, and I had to edit my post. Anyway this is what I tried writing before my phone acted up and was changing what I wrote with random gibberish.

I have no one to rely on, support me, or to be there when I need or meet my emotional needs, so for me I rely on my dolls, BTS, and my dogs. Without holding on to something I think will make me lose my place and not want to keep going.

I think it depends on the person. I don't know if it is unhealthy or healthy, but it's better than having nothing to rely on. If you have people like the quoted person above that's great and probably a lot healthier and cheaper, but I don't think it's bad to rely on something else if that's all you have to rely on in hard times. If it's not hurting you or anyone else then i don't see any problems.

I accidentally deleted some parts of the quote above. Anyway I think this is what I was trying to write before my phone started acting up and writing gibberish... at least my phone didn't continually repeat the same words over and over again as i tried typing it. Does anyone have weird problems with their phones like when you type jt changes your words to random gibberish for each word and glitches. It occasionally does that it seems with each new update. It's really odd. My phone seems to get worse with each new update.

 

Oh yes! Definitely a coping mechanism for me. So much so, that I carry one of my Pukipukis everywhere I go, and have since looong before the pandemic. I've had issues of anxiety and depression for years (likely, in part a result of my Asperger's, which went undiagnosed most my life).

Oddly enough though, I actually weathered the pandemic pretty well; but find my dolls to be even more of a coping mechanism these days, now that most restrictions have gone away.

 

I got into dolls after my pet rats passed. I recognized that I was kind of displacing the energy I usually put into the rats; like making toys and tunnels and stuff into making stuff for dolls and shopping for them, ect. I know that it was a grieving/coping mechanism but ehhh, I didn't really care? It definitely helped and I am in love with the new hobby. It's something that doesn't hurt or even affect anyone else so I think its perfectly fine! People emotionally cope in so many ways, that whatever works and isn't hurting anyone should be good imo

 

I do. My mental health is horrendous and they bring me comfort when I have breakdowns or flashbacks.
But I also like to play with my dolls when I feel alright, they make me happy.