Pediophobia: The Fear of Dolls

[Jasmin Cottontail]

I find that my fear of dolls can be overcome by watching the same scary movie that caused fear in the first place a few times. I study the situations and study the doll a bit more. In the end, I come up with the conclusion that the people that get outmatched by a doll are idiotic and that the doll just looks stupid. After a while, i just become annoyed by the actor's stupidity and the fear subsides.

That's good to hear then. I'm glad you've overcome your fear of dolls. I agree that it can be a bit idiotic when people get scared of things that are in fact, ain't frightening at all and can certainly not hurt you. However there are some people that have odd fears about something that we don't know , perhaps they got traumatized with the thing not long ago or had bad experiences about it that can be one factor though.

 

[TheKnight]

That's good to hear then. I'm glad you've overcome your fear of dolls. I agree that it can be a bit idiotic when people get scared of things that are in fact, ain't frightening at all and can certainly not hurt you. However there are some people that have odd fears about something that we don't know , perhaps they got traumatized with the thing not long ago or had bad experiences about it that can be one factor though.

Sometimes it's simply the fear of not knowing what something so innocent looking is capable of. It's the mystery behind a certain creature/person that gives me more fear. Why do you think little girls in scary movies are so scary? They're just little girls. How much harm can they do? And that's when you start to think ''What CAN they actually do?''

I mean I don't think it's idiotic when someone is afraid of them but I just think the thought of fearing them is idiotic if that makes sense. I don't blame people for fearing them.

 

[fuzyon]

I've heard of this phobia before and while I don't think I suffer from it some dolls do creep me out. I wouldn't be able to sleep with dolls "staring" right at me, it's silly but I'm way too freaked out by that. I've been getting better at dealing with this lately though.