Is it normal to have an imaginary friend?

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I often talk to an imaginary friend, I don't see or hear him, just talk aloud by myself.

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  • la_la_la_la
    11 years ago

    Hiya,

    Not in the traditional sense. I’ve always thought various musicians were amazing so they've become something similar –- if this didn't happen then I probably didn't like them enough. I've also been in love with a fictional character for years and have even written a song about him.

    Said musicians have ended up becoming shape-shifters, or casting spells with said music in short stories – I was a very weird child and actually believed this happened (I know it doesn't now though)
    When I met one who features a lot in said stories – obviously fictionalised -- I shook like a leaf.

    My disability makes my life hard, which is why I’m thankful for my imagination. Loved ones even tell me to think of said musicians/their songs/said character when I’m anxious – it works, too.

    If I wasn't disabled and did this that would be worrying, but I’ve got a good reason.

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    • squirrelgirl
      11 years ago

      I do something similar in my mind, but it involves my favorite movie director and a couple of his frequent collaborators rather than musicians. I consider them to be my imaginary friends because I have made-up conversations with them and I imagine them following me everywhere I go. I also make up stories about them. If I ever met any of them in real life, I'd be so overwhelmed and embarrassed. They would probably think I was nuts for having imaginary versions of them for "friends", but then again, they themselves are often considered "nuts" by the media, so maybe they wouldn't mind. *shrugs* who knows?

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      • la_la_la_la
        11 years ago

        Hiya,

        If you really admire someone, they'll get to be pretty important. I make up stories too. Close friends/family know that the main character is somebody I admire, who it is at any given time (it tends to change), and that the younger woman is me, but they still tell me they're good. I'm sure they'd rather I was occupied.

        The musicians I like are all older so they play small venues and I think they're grateful somebody even turns up. I'm usually the youngest at a concert, and a young person in a wheelchair at one seems to be a rarity. When I met one of said musicians she was looking at my chair as if she wanted to use it Herself !! 

        I wouldn't tell Her about the stories though, and She doesn't seem like somebody who would want to/have the time to be on here (thank God). If you feel like you're going to say that kind of thing to someone it's best to not meet them or keep quiet if you do –- even if you think they won't mind.

        I consider meeting Her to be one of the best days of my life, not only because Her concert was so good, but because I appreciate things a lot more.

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  • SittingintheCorner
    11 years ago

    I still have imaginary friends. And I often talk to myself.

    Just not in public.

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  • nAt2017
    11 years ago

    Amelia Pond approves.

    If it makes you happy, and it doesn't interfere with your everyday life, then I say go for it.

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    • [Old Memory]
      11 years ago

      Amelia Pond....is...hot

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  • similove
    11 years ago

    Sad get a pet. Normal for kids maybe.

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  • Samson
    11 years ago

    Perhaps it's not an imaginary friend but simply your subconscious, when i walk by myself i talk to myself about things i see when i have nothing else to entertain me. So yes i think your normal

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    i am one and that is enough remember that! enough! goodbye little one and do not sit by my bed tonight
    huh?
    you heard wait outside

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  • Anime7
    11 years ago

    I've read plenty of stories about people who talk to themselves. I'd say it's fairly common, I do it myself.

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  • foxyk
    11 years ago

    I don't know, I've never done that and I don't know anyone who has done it that I know of.... I guess it might be because you are bored? Or depressed or anxious? Do u have no one else to talk with? I can't decide if it's normal or not... Hmmm.... Just interesting I guess

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  • porital12
    11 years ago

    it is so normal that u or someone else has an imaginary friend dude!!!! I have a friend , but i kno he is not there, as long as u know that he or she is not there then that is all thatr matter

    Unless....................
    its not a human imaginary friend,its like some alien thing, i wonder does that count as normal then.....Idk...

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    • Samson
      11 years ago

      First off, If your not here to help keep your opinion to yourself, And secondly, Learn how to spell.

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