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I think the definition of "imaginary friend" might be messing up statistics here? As a kid I definitely made up friends in my mind, but only as a way to make my
by raziel2p 6y ago
I think the definition of "imaginary friend" might be messing up statistics here? As a kid I definitely made up friends in my mind, but only as a way to make myself seem better in front of other people.
Other than that, is talking to an imaginary person any worse than talking to yourself in the shower, or re-doing past conversations with others in your head?
- joe-collins 6y agoI will also offer similar anecdata. I had an "imaginary friend", but my memory is that he was a tool for spinning stories ("oh, yeah, I've got this friend who lives in New York..."). Pure roleplay, I don't recall that I ever believed him to be real.
- scotty79 6y agoIn Poland it's treated just as a subset of children magical thinking and story telling.