For your gift giving consideration: Dub the severely depressed turtle? German toymaker Paraplush has designed a controversial new line of toys with an assortment of psychiatric disorders. The company advertises stuffed animals who suffer from a range of mental illnesses (bipolar disorder, depression, multiple personality disorder) and even come packaged with a personalized medical history and treatment plan.
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Put them in the tub with Barney. They wouldn’t be so depressed if they were told “I love you”.
Is there a stuffed Hitler doll, for megalomania?
Surely this has already been done, Eeyore anyone?
The sheep has chronic insomnia. He just counts himself all night long.
what no Sirius Cybernetics Corp Marvin the paranoid android from Hitchiker’s Guide???
These look great! I want them!
Somehow I don’t think these things are going to be a mass market success. Sell the company short.
These plush animals were so cute. These can help children with traumatic experience to forget their bad memories and fill it with good and happy one.