Pedophobia is that exaggerated and illogical fear of dolls. This word comes from the Greek "paidion" (child) and "phobos" (fear or phobia). Pediophobic people are afraid of dolls especially those with real features, and not only dolls but mannequins as well. The pediofobicos often have different symptoms at the time of facing your fear, may have sweating, discomfort, feeling of being out of control, muscle tension, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, etc.
It is not possible to determine an exact cause that can tell us why this phobia, perhaps the person had a bad experience with a doll in his childhood causing him a fear of them, or it is simply that he hates dolls and with the passing of the time became a phobia. Also the horror movies have helped people feel a certain fear of the dolls, do not forget the famous film demonic doll chuky and the latest annabelle, all chilling.
When this fear or phobia affects the life of the person, preventing him from having a normal life, it is time to seek psychological help, for this phobia there are several methods that can be put into practice among which we have hypnosis, relaxation therapies, enter in a support group with other people who have the same phobia, etc. As we already know, pediophobia is the fear of dolls and that it can seriously affect the person who suffers from it and that if it is not treated it can harm their personal and social life.
