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

Yep, I always feel happy to see my dolls.. all cute and holding onto their mini dolls.

 

I have a lot of problems both physical and mental and my boys always cheer me up ^^. I have to go to the hospital a lot because my Kidneys are damaged as a result of another illness. I have to live with the idea that some day I will have to go to the hospital 5 hours every other night for dialysis, it's scary because dialysis is very painful (the pain my mother went through kill her in the end). I'm also losing my sight and I suffer with depression and paranoia. All this was worsened by my mother dying of a similar illness to the one I have. I miss her so much. I'm glad I have my dolls. They are there for me when I get back from the hospital and there when I feel like killing myself. I honestly believe if I didn't have them to look forward to I wouldn't be around.

 

Just having something to make things for, and make beautiful makes me happy. While I might get frustrated at other creative persuits, I find I can't get frustrated at my doll. His face can look so sad and I just feel guilty about it, even though I know he isn't really sad, since he isn't real, the personality I have placed upon him gives me something to focus on and take my mind off other problems.

I wouldn't say I was emotionally dependant upon my doll, but I do like having him in my life, as much as I like having sketchbooks.

 

If I can't sleep at night because of the "worrying script" I just change to the "All Dolls Channel" and I feel so much better, and then go right to sleep. Lately I've been obsessing over getting a FCS at Dolpha (which head, makeup etc.)

 

Emotionally dependant on a doll? Not really. Do they make me smile a little when i'm upset? yes.

I'm not emotionally dependant on ANYTHING or ANYONE. I'm very resiliant that way. However, My dolls do make me happy often, if i am angry or upset. hehe But there are lots of things that make me happy.

 

Hazel is part of my support system. She definitely cheers me up. There are so many things I can do with her that I can no longer do at people size. I take her places, including the doctor when I feel the need of extra cheer. Because I am almost 50, it's actually easier for me to bring her places I think. I've been around long enough that it just doesn't matter to me if some people think I am odd. The truth is, I am odd. Always have been too. I've always been a doll lover too. Hazel is the doll I have been looking for forever. It's like having a pet, but I don't have to worry if I forget to feed her. I really enjoy planning costumes for her and the others in my house. Eventually I may make them (Oh - my husband is reading over my shoulder and say - "you don't have to feed her but she's got a clothes appetite you wouldn't believe" sadly - he is so right)
I love taking pictures of her in different places too.

I have other hobbies, but sometimes I am physically unable to do them. Hazel is always there to play with instead.

 

I've found, the dolls don't chear me up as much as buying the dolls and thinking about them. I'm at work most of the day, so don't get to have them with me.

-Anneke

 

i've been fighting depression for quite awhile and isaac has been helping me feel more cheerful. i always hug him when i feel down and when i take a nap he is next to me (only thing is when i wake up he pokes me in the eye.)

 

Last year I was diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Failure. I became rather depressed because of it. I didn't know what to do with myself, and I kept smiling and would say that I was going to adopt a little asian girl. (Which I still plan on doing) I was fifteen years old then, and having children was rather far on my list of priorities but it still seemed to break me.
I was introduced to bjds about three months after that. Saving up for Kana was brutal, but when I recieved her I felt as if she wasn't only a doll and companion, but also the little asian girl I was hoping for. Even when I'm upset now, i still find myself going and hugging onto her. She's part of my life support now...

 

Personally I think they help. I get very talkative when I'm stressed(Weird I know) and I talk about how upset I am as if there was another person in the room, I've realized that I after I bought my first boy I would carry him around and talk to him when I was stressed and it seems to help talking to them. A lot of people find it odd to see a 14 year old girl talking to a doll but it's often comforting. Who can't help but smile when they see those little faces?

He's like my little resin therapist!

 

It really helps to have something there whether or not it's real (XD I think Larue is real lol). Sometimes I regressed to an almost childlike state when I'm able to hold Larue in my arms. He just makes me feel better, just like a dollie would make a child feel better. X3

 

I have ADHD, and sometimes it's hard to concentrate on my homework, and this might sound odd, but I like to picture them cheering me on to go ahead and focus. I also get emotional easily, and I like to hold them when I feel upset

 

Yeah, i would say my dolls help me out. I know i can't sleep right unless i have my dolls somewhere around (not in bed but on a self/table what have you). Plus after a hard horrible day at work when i walk into my bedroom and see their smiling faces i always cheers me up again. i have always had dolls and i guess i somehow made their little presences part of my support system when things got ruff.

 

I'm not dependent on them...as in, I won't DIE without them (I don't think....>.>) but they certainly do help. If I'm upset or stressed out, holding them makes me happy and getting lost in their "world" takes my mind off the stress of my own world.

If I'm having a bad day at work, there's nothing more comforting to me than to peek in my desk drawer and seen one of my resin kids smiling/smirking up at me.

 

When I am sad all I have to do is look at karma and she cheers me up.

 

It depends.
Some days I look at them and am proud of all the effort and love I've out into making them who they are today.^^
Others days I look at them and they serve as a constant reminder of why I'm so broke.>.<

 

I actually found that dolls had the opposite effect for me, in a way. After recently losing my best friend & constant companion of 12 years (the dog in my icon), I actually found my dolls did more to depress me than to cheer me up. Being around them was just a reminder of how much they were just objects, things. As much as I adored them before, I went through a phase when I couldn't even understand why I had bothered buying them or why they should matter to me; they felt so frivolous and meaningless.

As I'm getting better with time, I've come back to loving my dolls. They do help to distract me from minor irritations or upsets, but that's about it.

 

Not at all actually. I kinda expected them to have that effect on me when I got into the hobby, but I find myself locking them away when I'm sad instead of keeping them with me.

 

The fact that they reminds me of I'm getting broke everyday is never change... but...

It works on me whenever I'm feeling down, stuck at work, or feeling lonely, I took them out and they made me smile

 

Taking mine out (or at least a couple of them) and dressing them up* really helps distract me from my problems. Time flies.

Would not say I'm dependent on them at all, though.

*I store them nude in their boxes