kaliope, you have nothing to be ashamed of! trust me! You can tell your T about it and you can discuss it in depth; what happened around this age that made you create a world parallel to the one we live in. I had also a fantasy world since the age of 3; you know when you turn on the lights at night and the inside of the room reflects to the windows? there was my fantasy world! the reflection on the windows! Still, I prefer to live lost in my thoughts and fantasies, in another era; I prefer the dreams I watch at night, to reality. So you see? Whoever has the need to escape this world, creates a defense mechanism, a safe place to go to. So there is nothing wrong with you and you are definitely NOT alone!!! Let us know how it went with your T and if you discussed it! Many hugs!