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Dec 27, 2011, 12:19 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
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Originally Posted by gaaaaaaaaaah
At what age do you think it's appropriate for children to stop interacting with their imaginary friends? Is having imaginary friends as an adult a sign of mental illness, even if you know they are not real? I'm asking for advice because I frequently talk to my favorite imaginary companion when no one else is around. I think it's just because I don't like to be by myself, although I do spend a great deal of my time alone... Anyway, someone heard me one time and she was pretty weirded out. But after I explained it and everything she seemed more pitying than disturbed.  |
Gaaaaaaaaaaaah, personally if this isn't a problem for you then in it isn't a problem. You say you know the friend is imaginary so it doesn't sound like a delusion or hallucination. If someone happens to over hear you how about saying you were talking to yourself? I know some people think it's odd, but plenty of people talk to themselves. I talk to myself. To me it's a way of thinking out loud.
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