jellybean3009
12-18-2006, 11:49 PM
What could be wrong with a 36 yr. old woman who treats a stuffed animal (bear) as a "real life" human being? She talks to it, sleeps with it, takes it onboard flights with her, reads bible stories to it, etc.
This woman appears normal on the surface, but explodes in a fit of anger at the least little thing she doesn't like.
Does ANYONE have a clue what this problem might be?
This woman appears normal on the surface, but explodes in a fit of anger at the least little thing she doesn't like.
Does ANYONE have a clue what this problem might be?
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trg247
12-19-2006, 12:41 AM
could be a form of psycosis, schizoidphrenia, it could be a bunch of things.
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Sannah
12-19-2006, 08:57 AM
Jellybean, sounds like she never developed very much emotionally for some reason. Did her parents divorce when she was a child?
jellybean3009
12-19-2006, 01:17 PM
Jellybean, sounds like she never developed very much emotionally for some reason. Did her parents divorce when she was a child?
Sannah, no, her parents did not divorce. However, I know her mother was a very strict disiplinarian, and also a devout member of the communist party. The family seems to be devoid of showing any emotion. And, she doesn't seem able to show any emotion except rage and jealousy.
Sannah, no, her parents did not divorce. However, I know her mother was a very strict disiplinarian, and also a devout member of the communist party. The family seems to be devoid of showing any emotion. And, she doesn't seem able to show any emotion except rage and jealousy.
quincy
12-25-2006, 05:09 AM
well, her bear will never talk back to her, and is constant, and she knows what to expect of it. As well....it is all she wants it to be. A good companion to her I would think...imagine all it knows!
Sounds as though she's emotionally delayed due to lack of nurturing and constant oppression.
She might also have some sort of mental disorder or disability.
Are you her friend?
q
Sounds as though she's emotionally delayed due to lack of nurturing and constant oppression.
She might also have some sort of mental disorder or disability.
Are you her friend?
q
Sannah
12-25-2006, 11:35 AM
Jellybean, I never saw your reply on the 19th until today. Maybe her mother restricted her enough emotionally so that it is only safe to show these emotions to a bear? Sounds like she could really benefit from counseling. Rage is such a powerful emotion that it just bursts through?
BellaM
01-11-2007, 09:48 AM
Hi, I justed wanted to say that I am a perfectly well-balanced person, who holds down a good job, and am in a relationship, and I too talk to my teddy bear, and treat him like he is a real person!! I am sure that the reason is that I don't have kids - by choice, as I am too selfish to want to have children around me 24 hrs a day - but I feel sure that my relationship with my teddy bear is because I do have some maternal feelings, and with no real kids, my only outlet for these feelings is through my teddy. I live with my partner, and he accepts that "teddy" is a part of my life and part of the package that comes with me. And yes, teddy sleeps in our bed at night; but I do know when to draw the line, and teddy very seldom makes any kind of an appearance in public (besides, he's too precious to go outside in case I should lose him!!).
Cydlicious
01-15-2007, 08:26 PM
I nearly died when I sifted through the threads and found this one. For a moment I thought maybe we were writing about the same person.
I know part of the problem is my dealing with my own discomfort whenever the stuffed animal is brought up. I'm a little creeped-out, I admit it.
My friend takes hers with her everywhere too. And, like the person who replied about her teddy bear being like a child she never had, my friend is childless and wanted children. But there are lots of women out there w/o children who have maternal instincts, and I dare to say that this is a rare thing. There's more going on here I think.
The difference here seems to be that my friend has no close, adult relationships. She does not have a partner. She also has rage issues. When she has good feelings she either runs away altogether, or speaks about or through this stuffed animal like she is projecting. The only time she seems able or at least somewhat comfortable in speaking directly to you is if she is angry, OR the situation does not call for her to reciprocate emotionally.
I am typically alone with her for hours at a time, and it makes me uncomfortable, and frustrated and I thought maybe if I could come to understand what is happening and why she needs this inanimate object more than real people I would deal with it better.
I know part of the problem is my dealing with my own discomfort whenever the stuffed animal is brought up. I'm a little creeped-out, I admit it.
My friend takes hers with her everywhere too. And, like the person who replied about her teddy bear being like a child she never had, my friend is childless and wanted children. But there are lots of women out there w/o children who have maternal instincts, and I dare to say that this is a rare thing. There's more going on here I think.
The difference here seems to be that my friend has no close, adult relationships. She does not have a partner. She also has rage issues. When she has good feelings she either runs away altogether, or speaks about or through this stuffed animal like she is projecting. The only time she seems able or at least somewhat comfortable in speaking directly to you is if she is angry, OR the situation does not call for her to reciprocate emotionally.
I am typically alone with her for hours at a time, and it makes me uncomfortable, and frustrated and I thought maybe if I could come to understand what is happening and why she needs this inanimate object more than real people I would deal with it better.