Is it normal that i have imaginary friends and talk to myself?

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I am 23 years old. I do have friends in real life, but sometimes when I I am alone and no one is around I imagine that I am someone else. sometimes I pretend I'm a celebrity, or just random people that I make up. when i imagine I am this person, I talk to my self and pretend I am talking to my "friends" I don't talk loud because I'm afraid someone will hear, so I whisper to myself as this person, and as this person's friend. Sometimes I even make myself laugh, or involve other activities, like I will walk around the room or dance, or even pretend I am eating lunch or dinner with "friends" (if I'm alone). It's like an imaginary world that I am acting out. I am starting to think I have psychological disorder however, it does not affect me negatively in anyway, just freaks me out a bit when I think about it. Is this normal?

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  • RoseIsabella
    10 years ago | pl

    I guess it's okay as long as your imaginary friends don't answer you back!

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago | pl

    When you're alone you're afraid someone will hear.

    That's the weird part of your story.

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    • WhatAnEntertainingMorning
      10 years ago | pl

      OP likely means neighbors or someone in another room who'd know there's nobody else there.

      I talk to myself too - beats most of the company I've had LOL. A strong imagination can be a great thing, no doubt. So long as you don't start having delusions that these people are real or something, I don't see any problem.

      Maybe use all these fantasies for a creative outlet - write some stories or draw pictures etc etc. Use your overactive imagination to focus on your strengths.

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      • Mixer_Tiger
        10 years ago | pl

        Great idea! I have been thinking about starting a diary. And maybe eventually I will just write in the diary instead of talking to myself.

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      • [Old Memory]
        10 years ago | pl

        Only if your neighbors are sleeping on your doorstep.

        Anything come by ma house I kill it.

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  • Sumi
    10 years ago | pl

    Think it is a way to cope with a situation. In the long run probably not healthy.

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    • Mixer_Tiger
      10 years ago | pl

      That is what I was thinking. I have not had any traumatic experiences so I think it's just loneliness. I will try to put myself out there more and see if I no longer feel the urge to do it. If not I will probably see a therapist because that would mean there is probably some underlying cause. Thanks for commenting

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      • Sumi
        10 years ago | pl

        Your idea about a journal below is perfect. Often we just get backlogged with all sorts of life problems. Therapist will act as a guide if you have the right one.

        Being able to understand needs, wants, dreams, what you can and can not change are a long term life skill.

        Wish you the best of luck!

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  • squirrelgirl
    10 years ago | pl

    I'm the same age as you and I have imaginary friends. I think it is a wonderful outlet for creativity. I don't think that having imaginary friends means you are mentally ill, I think it is just a harmless coping mechanism. You have to be your own best friend in this world, so why not put a face to your inner self?

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  • Phishy
    10 years ago | pl

    Don't worry. Most of America's citizens have an imaginary friend. Approximately 75% of Americans are religious.

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  • Terence_the_viking
    10 years ago | pl

    In your head in your head.

    zombie zombie zombie.

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  • Gamzeee
    10 years ago | pl

    It's normal. The way you described seemed harmless. There are some cases where things are like ehhhhhh but you seem okay. Imaginary friends are the best kind of friends.

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  • MakuragaeshiOni
    10 years ago | pl

    omg I do this too. I'm 15 tho.

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  • RomeoDeMontague
    10 years ago | pl

    You are way too old to be having imaginary friends so defiantly not normal. They made a movie about this kind of thing called "Drop dead fred" you might want to check it out. According to the film drop dead fred came back when she needs to deal with something she can not bring herself to face. According to many people who have had imaginary friends they said the friends left when they got real friends.

    So perhaps its one of those too things. I can not speak from experience since I could never have imaginary friends. When I was a child I thought that having imaginary friends was illogical and children with them "Like my sibling" fascinated me. It made me wonder if people knew they were fake and were just pretending or if they really had some type of delusion that an imaginary person existed.

    My sibling actually pushed me off the swings in claim that his imaginary friend was sitting on it. Thinking back I did kind of egg them on by sitting on the swing anyways. However at the time there was only two swings and my sibling was occupying one of them so it annoyed me I kept losing out to someone that never really existed to begin with. They would start doing things like not let me play on the playground, not let me use the other toys stuff like this. My parents actually got upset when they started doing this to me.

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