Is it normal to be afraid of porcelain dolls?

My mother always kept this porcelain doll with black curly hair and rosy cheeks on a shelf in the lounge. This doll would always freak me out and I wouldn't be able to stay in the lounge long knowing its there. I can't look at porcelain dolls without feeling immense fear, and the thought of them freaks me out. Is this normal?

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  • pieceofmyheart

    They definitely are creepy.

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  • hannahj03

    Yes. This is fairly normal. It is called pediophobia. The writer for the show "Sons of Anarchy" suffers from it.

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    • SaiyanPrince

      I honestly thought that said Pedophilia lol

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  • Holzman67

    Yeah they are downright creepy. I think most dolls, when in a dimly lit/dark room, take on an eerie quality.

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  • GarlicOlive

    The creepier the better!

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  • Elliemental

    Yes I hate them! Nothing scares me as much, especially the Victorian ones, the ones with moving eyes as you lean them back the eyes close, then cos there old one eye gets stuck n sort of flutters, it loses some hair n is all grubby (my uncle got one out if a skip n nothing's ever shit me up that much) nasty!!!!!!

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  • stacey_0125

    Pediophobia !
    I definitely have that...Dolls are infinitely creepy...

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  • iin

    YES. My mom got me one as a child, it was terrifying.

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  • Terence_the_viking

    Yep.

    When you see them.......

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  • Lunamoon

    they are very creepy one time this girl who moved from china told me I look like one and I was afraid of my own face for a while but then I found this aboriginal porcelain doll and I find her super cute and she doesn't scare me at all for some reason ... maybe because her eyes don't look so creepy like most do.

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  • Peach_Lover

    I would say its pretty common, and this is coming from someone who loves these dolls and thinks they're beautiful. I esp. love the Victorian ones with elaborate dresses. But yeah, some can be creepy.

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  • squirrelgirl

    Personally I'm the opposite (I love dolls) but I understand where you're coming from. Some dolls can be really creepy.

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  • SaiyanPrince

    For whatever reason, I had a fear of mannequins for a while. The ones with full on faces and such. A couple of months ago I saw a video of one and it haunted me for months to come - I'm over it at this point, but I believe I can see where you're coming from.

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  • Jlkelley92

    Yes they are creepy!

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  • BurnaBaby27

    They are very creepy. My sons grandmother (not my mom, his father's mom) collects them. Really expensive ones. She has them in virtually every room of the house and no one is allowed to touch them. Very strange.

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    • AntiSpark

      Why do you wanna burn a baby? do u wanna see it twitch away from pain and scream its cute lil head off? if so ur sick and u need a doctor sicko

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      • RoseIsabella

        Aw c'mon, he's not gonna burn a real human baby. He probably just wants to burn baby dolls with creepy blinking glass eyes. Those dolls won't scream or twitch. If they're plastic baby dolls they'll just melt away and probably make some toxic fumes. I say get a huge pile of creepy dolls and set it ablaze.

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        • BurnaBaby27

          I'm a girl. Clearly, if my username was aimed towards the fact that I actually wanted to "burn a baby", wouldn't it be, "BurnABaby" or "Burn_a_Baby"? Burna is my nickname and when greeted, some people choose to address me as "burna-baby", hence my username.

          Plus, I made my account long before the OP made this post. No one wants to burn anything. Your comment is irrelevant.

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          • RoseIsabella

            Hahaha
            Either way it would be awesome to make a massive mountain of dolls and set them ablaze!

            I want to burn things...mwahahaha

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      • BurnaBaby27

        You're an idiot. And so are the people who thumbed you up.

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      • I don't think, anyone wants to burn a baby... You seriously freaked me out with your description though. Its just a username, besides, you'll be saying that to atleast 26 other people, who i also believe would never burn a baby.

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        • BurnaBaby27

          Thank you, someone with some sense. Some of these people are complete nut jobs.

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