tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750538226524948333.post6171697325103620340..comments2022-04-10T19:35:04.293-07:00Comments on Midnight Celebrity: Women use fake babies to satisfy maternal instinctUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750538226524948333.post-39730515428462642002008-12-22T14:53:00.000-08:002008-12-22T14:53:00.000-08:00I understand what you are saying Marc. I actually ...I understand what you are saying Marc. I actually came across reborns by accident and fell in like with them--as a child I had little interest in playing with dolls--more of a tomboy.<BR/><BR/>However, I now have 11 person reborns of which 4 are toddlers. I was sexually abused sadistically for about a month and seeing a marvelous therapist who is aware of the dolls. I like holding them, perhaps 3 times a week for 15 minutes or so--their look of contentment decreases my anxiety. I know that they are dolls, don't change their clothes or use them as a replacement for human contact.<BR/><BR/>Additionally,I have 7 babies that I utilize with my work with cognitively challenged adults. They love to cuddle the dolls even though they also know that they are not real. These ladies will never have children of their own and time with the dolls is satisfying.<BR/><BR/>I have been blessed with 2 wonderful children and 5 healthy grandchildren and the girls enjoy looking at the dolls and making up stories about them. I can see myself reducing the size of my collection a bit, but for now, I am not hurting anyone, addicted to it, can afford it, and as I indicated earlier, the dolls do not take away from my relationship with my supportive husband as I deal with my past. <BR/>I am wondering if anyone else who was abused find solace in reborn dolls?Sharon B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02025031971337234249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750538226524948333.post-9948327301974580152008-09-12T22:53:00.000-07:002008-09-12T22:53:00.000-07:00When I first found out about Fake Babies, I was im...When I first found out about Fake Babies, I was impressed with the amazing craftsmanship, I couldn’t believe that people had such an amazing talent to take the time to create such life like images … and still, I wasn’t sure what to make of it! I felt sad and I wasn’t sure why! I really didn’t have an opinion about women buying the Fake Babies at the time. I found myself looking at pictures of babies who had been sent out to their new pretend mommies. For hours I was trying to make sense of the idea behind it. I began to take myself to the dark place where I visit all too often. I started to feel the despair, the sorrow and loneliness that only a mother feels when they lose a child. I thought of all of the reasons why a woman would take action on an idea that still leaves them in a world of imaginary love. Pretending to be in a place that gives them momentary joy, I realized that I felt sadness because I understood the sorrow of these women and I know that in humanity we have to be in a lonely place to go to such extremes to find meaning in our lives. After loosing a daughter and experiencing such sorrow I am sympathetic to this new maternal therapy… I am grateful that my therapy is my eldest son. I do however hope for a healthier solution to an obvious maternal depression where emotions are oppressed and enslaved with the idea of a solution that doesn’t address the true issue of a serious emotional disturbance. <BR/>SaraiMarc Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590791326529474068noreply@blogger.com