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Hello everyone.
This is extremely embarrassing. I have never said this to anyone before, but I would like to take that large step.
I have three imaginary friends. I have had them for years. I talk to them (in my head, never out loud) all the time, and they come everywhere with me.
I do not have any friends in real life (apart from my two lovely friends on this forum, and an old schoolfriend who I have kept in touch with but who is now married and living hundreds of miles away). I assume that my imaginary friends are a result of my not having any real friends, although perhaps this is not quite right; perhaps creating "perfect people" in my head is a way of avoiding being dissappointed by real people, as you inevitably would be, no matter how wonderful they were.
I have had them for about three years now, and, although I do not feel that they are a problem as such, I do wonder about my mental stability.
Well, am I quite mad, or is this more common than I have hitherto thought?
Best wishes everybody, and look after yourselves.
This is extremely embarrassing. I have never said this to anyone before, but I would like to take that large step.
I have three imaginary friends. I have had them for years. I talk to them (in my head, never out loud) all the time, and they come everywhere with me.
I do not have any friends in real life (apart from my two lovely friends on this forum, and an old schoolfriend who I have kept in touch with but who is now married and living hundreds of miles away). I assume that my imaginary friends are a result of my not having any real friends, although perhaps this is not quite right; perhaps creating "perfect people" in my head is a way of avoiding being dissappointed by real people, as you inevitably would be, no matter how wonderful they were.
I have had them for about three years now, and, although I do not feel that they are a problem as such, I do wonder about my mental stability.
Well, am I quite mad, or is this more common than I have hitherto thought?
Best wishes everybody, and look after yourselves.