I had a whole imaginary world, populated with at least 5 distinct imaginary friends, imaginary dogs and cats (even though I had real ones), several fairies (one of whom sat on my shoulder), a younger sister who I took care of, and various gremlin-type (the cute ones) guys that would tag along too. My world had a name and a language all it's own. Needless to say I was an only child! But I have lots of real friendships, a great relationship with my boyfriend and a creative job. So I think all the imaginings were probably good for me!
A childhood belief about imaginary friends
others believed things like this
- I used to have an imaginary friend named Mr. Nobody. He would protect me from my imaginary enemy, Bad Elmer.— Kdees
- I thought my imaginary friend was real and he imagined me
I hope he still believes I existAnon - i thought hot dogs were made from real dogs and sum tasted good sum didnt.— Wayne
- When I was a child I used to believe that when I played video games my real world changed like the game. — J
- My little sister's imaginary friend was Kit the talking car from that show Knight Rider.Anon
- My sister and I thought cats and dogs were the same animal, the dogs were male and the cats were female.— Paul