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Originally Posted by Mylifeisdepressing
Sometimes I will be imagining a conversation with someone, not a made-up person or "imaginary friend" or anything, but a person I know that i am just imagining, like a daydream, and then I realize that I am actually talking to the person. Like I will imagine them saying something, then I laugh and actually talk back to them out loud. I am glad no one has walked into my room before while I was doing this, they might be kind of concerned. Is this normal? Is there anybody else who finds themselves doing this?
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I took a college psychodrama class that taught how to do this. many of my therapists also had me do this. its called "role playing". you take on the role of being you or someone you know and have a "discussion" my therapist and I had a great time with my "role playing" because I would be like you talking to my imaginary other person in the room and end up having some quite detailed conversations and debates with that "invisable other person in the room" that I was talking with. Doing this has helped me work out many of my problems. Today I had a problem. I could only find change enough for my morning coffee or my morning pastry. I was on duty at the hospital. I had a conversation with "the other person in the room"
so what do you think is it coffee or is it that apple pastry?
Coffee would be good it will help keep you awake.
yea but pastry will keep my stomach from making noises.
too bad they dont have half and half.
right wouldnt that be cool half coffee and have pastry please.
I gave a giggle and got surprised by a nurse coming around the corner saying
"sorry did you say something?"
I told her nope just having a healthy debate over which to get coffee or the pastry. She smiled and said yea "healthy" until "the other person in the room" takes on a life of its own and becomes reality instead of imaginary. LOL
anyway been there done that its perfectly normal.