Why some women turn to hyper-realistic dolls for comfort: ‘They don’t grow up, leave you or die’
Is it healthy to have a reborn doll?
Role playing itself is an essential part of being human. Children play with dolls or treasure their blankets as transitional objects to represent the parent, before eventually separating from caretakers.
Some coping mechanisms are adaptive and move our life forward — hugging a doll to de-stress or to keep the memory of a late child alive, sharing a love of dolls with those close to us — and others are maladaptive, used to avoid real relationships or keep grief at bay. Loss is something we all have to negotiate.
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