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It can certainly play out that way sometimes, but many children i see obsessively attached to a doll never had any significant trauma to name. But yea it can develop in many ways.
But even then if a parent is teaching their child to deal with trauma by becoming dependent on a doll, then the parent didn't do a very good job at helping their child deal with the trauma.In fact it can be so bad even when there is no significant trauma of any kind the parent may use the doll to try to comfort the child and develop the obsession on the doll regardless.
Its no different than parents who use suckers to sooth their child. Sure its used as a way in the parents mind to help the child get through trauma. But in the end it is a unhealthy coping mechanism that causes real harm when the parent should have been teaching their child proper coping mechanisms.
