When you are unhappy, do your dolls cheer you up? (Emotionally dependent on them?)

I don't know if i'd call myself emotionally dependent on my boy, but he does help a lot.

I suffer from ADD and have went through some rough spots w/ depression. He helps me focus a lot. And he was sort of a reward to myself for being to able to buy him from money i earn at my job. Along with a way to help me deal with having moved in my Jr year of high school. This move has probably been the hardest on me because of it being my Jr year but i deal with it. I find myself holding my boy's hand sometimes while im sitting at the computer it brings comfort to being alone when you don't have a lot of friends somewhere. He even comforted me at school today while i was taking my exams. Having him in my bag made me less nervous.
I think that the dolls can be the therapist instead of needing to go to an actual therapist.

 

My grandma currently being attack by tumuor in the stomache and my feeling was totally down. Cause I can't accept she had few months life left. As me and my parent's love her so much cause she's the one who look after me all the time. So I've been mentality way down and Shinku is the one who can actually put me into sleep. She's with me all time I go to hospital to vosot my grandma. Moreover my grandma loves her too. XD

 

Sadako cheers me up immensely.

I am albinio which led to me being visually impaired...it's hard to come acroos things to do that i can see well. I also have Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia and a genetic disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

The EDS is the worst...GI problems, nervous system problems...everything. And it took so long to diagnose...doctors were telling me i was a hypochondriac and that i should just join the circus.

I told my mom one day that I want something that's mine...that doesn't involve a waiting room! I told my therapist i was going to get one...and she thought it was a great idea...i fought with the idea for months...and finally bought Sadako.

Now if i'm having a bad day i can just look at my girl and she givese me her "Mommie I understand you don't feel well and it's okay" smile...i may not give her all the love she needs but she loves me anyway...because that's what she does...she loves.

I am emotionally dependant on my doll...as well as my dog (basset hound) but we all need those little things in life that keep us going forward.

 

You can always tell how stressed out I am by how close my dolls are to me... XD

They have their own chairs and whatnot in my computer/office/sewing room where they normally stay, but when I'm upset they drift over to my desk.

My little MSD Enn is almost always sitting beside my keyboard. He's got such a sweet caring face. I like to imagine he would say, "It'll be ok. Whatever happens, I'll be here."

That probably sound childish. But I work and go to school full time. I have no days off during the week and I often feel ill from stress or depression. I seldom have time to see my friends, so it's nice to have them around.

I'm not crazy and I don't think they're real people, but I still get the sense that they keep me company.

 

Yes, someway. I think they cheer me up ^^

 

Ed really helps me. I'm not nearly as bad off as alot of you (kudos to you for telling us all, y'know? that's cool), just the kind of normal gamut of family issues and all that rot, a few therapists, some runaway attempts that ended in my crying and being taken home, ect. So whenever I have a crying fit or feel really isolated or despair about my future or anything, I hold him close and he looks at me with that sweet face and it's like, "Whatever else comes our way, I'm always here for you" and it makes me feel better. Reminds me that there's always something good and beautiful, even when everything feels like poo.

 

I think they're pretty comforting. In the past, when I've had tough times, I've come home and scooped up one of my dolls, and later realized I'd nearly forgotten about whatever was upsetting me.
And as morbid as it sounds, I've found it's comforting to know they're something you can love and give a lot of your heart to without fear of them going away or dying.

 

ow i dont consider my dolls as a cure for the pain in my life i need to get throu these issues myself. But i cant sit here an say the dont help because the do!
Besides having nerve damage from a dog attack. I dont have any health problem

But they do really help when i get emotional. I've been trying to recover from a love triangle for long time now. It whitch i was the loser(AND IT REALLY SUCK!!!!) its been really hard to deal with. so painful at times that i really dont think i want to fall in love again. heartache is the worst pain ever.
I really believe if i didnt have my doll it would been 100 times worst.

 

Well, the threat of death has been looming over my family for a couple different relatives (everyone seems to be doing okay right now though) so I've been feeling really terrible, but today my first BJD came, and just having him here with me made me feel so much better... I'm also convinced that he must be lucky or something (this is where people usually get confused about the fact that I'm being sarcastic) because only a couple minutes after I got him in the house, I got a call from a potential employer that I've been wanting to get hired for, asking me to come in for an interview.

I wouldn't say I'm emotionally dependant on him though... I don't like to be emotionally dependant on anything or anyone... I guess I'm just cold hearted.

 

I try to fix my own problems. Sitting around staring at a pretty something won't make the problem go away. But I'd be lying if I said Kiril doesn't cheer me up

Sometimes when something's unfixable/inevitable/completely futile, I just hold him close and brush his hair or change his clothes or something like that, and it helps me calm down and feel a little better.

And while he's a GREAT cheerer-upper, I'm not emotionally dependent on him. I try not to be dependent on anything/anyone in any way, though.

 

My dolls do soothe me when I'm feeling down sometimes. Just looking at them or changing their clothes can make me feel a little bit better.

Whilst I don't suffer from any illness (physical or mental), I do suffer from loneliness. I have a very hard time connecting to people and often feel like an outcast. My dolls have allowed me to meet similar-minded people. It's so nice to meet people who share a common interest with me.

 

Kaoru does cheer me up, I'd just huggle him or play with him and afterawhile, I usually feel better. (: I guess he just helps me take my minds off things sometimes~

 

I dun really have physical illness but mentally yes, i am depressed since i move to this country (complicated issue, even tried to commit suicide) but dolls cheer me up, anything related to doll makes me happy..i know a lot of friends who share the same passion, and people like my dolls photos, i feel i am more self-assured and satisfied in doll world than what I am facing in the real world.

Dolls is a very important part of my life now.

 

I had that feeling yesterday. I was crying over something and I just looked at Natsumi and saw her sad look too, then I hugged her and calmed down a bit. >_<;

 

Dolls make me happy, it's as simple as that. I wouldn't have them if they didn't. Playing with them is me time, an escape from the pressures of everyday life. While I deeply love my friends & family, sometimes I just want to get away from everything & live in my own little world for a bit. The dolls are perfect for that.

I've also noticed that dressing them & changing eyes & wigs is a very calming experience for me. It forces me to slow down & focus on just what I'm doing at the moment. Due to a number of things, this year has been extremely difficult & I've really come to appreciate the uplift my dolls give me.

 

You bet they do!

After a rotten day at the office; a crazy boss and dealing with whining supervisors and disgruntled employees, I can lock myself in my Dolly Room, and I can play with my dolls and it really helps me de-stress. I focus on their beauty, and enjoy the experience of handling them, dressing them, posing them and taking pictures of them.

I don't think it's emotional dependancy, its a hobby. Everyone has hobbies. When my Husband has a bad day, he's out in his garage working on his cars.

 

each time,when I feel stressed,I go to my dolls and they give me very much positive energy!
my daughter,who lives in another town and is not collecting dolls,came to visit me,and she was very unhappy in love and was crying very much!she took my Bomi into her bed and then he took him away to her home!!!I never saw him again-she loves him and does not want to give him back to me!! because he gives her so much positive energy!

 

It isn't emotional dependence really, but it is a creative outlet that is very stress relieving. It does provide some sort of emotional release that I've never found with other hobbies. It is a creative activity that provides an emotional component not found in other types of creative pursuits. It is soothing and permits emotional expression. I have personally found this to be a very theraputic outlet.

 

I wouldn't say I'm emotionally dependent on my dolls, but they certainly do their part to cheer me up when I'm having a bad day. There's something soothing about just being able to cuddle them, brush their wings, change their clothes, all of that. It's theraputic for me, to have this activity that's very different from the things that cause me stress. I can leave it all behind and just be a girl, playing with her dolls. ^_^

 

my doll most defintly helps me through the roughf times and defintly makes me happy

~Kat