Imaginary friends

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Yes, especially with my stuffed animals, they are ways I find encouragement in my life, deciding what to say in some situations, working out how a conversation went and what happened, even in my faith. Not only will I sometimes imagine one saying, "Talk to God about it," if I am too overwhelmed I will actually imagine the voice of one praying when I can't use my own voice.

Which makes sense - i know I'm really them - or they're me.

Describe them? here are some in a story I wrote where I adopt the "Full House" kids along with Peanuts, etc.. https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3982515/1/ ... ds-Forever

I modeled this on how I imagine quite a few of my stuffed animals. https://www.fictionpress.com/s/1121361/ ... on-t-Teach

Needless to say, I have a lot. I stopped using them gradually starting around age 18, maybe more like 20, and really wasn't using them much in law school. It was the worst decision of my life. When I finally started using them again consistently in my late 20s it let me vent a lot and talk thigns out in ways that I couldn't with other people. In fact, I realized that I'd been relying on people in ways I had relied on them, just figuring they knew what they were doing because I didn't really have a sense of how to know what to say or how to react to them, stuff which led to my having quite a few problems with interactions. (I remember almost blurting when my mom was giving me advice on a resume, "Well, you're the one writing it" because I was nonverbal enough i was taking all her advice, so when she asked me a question I just was in that zone where I was just letting her do it all. She wouldn't have minded if I had said that, but it would have been awkward.)

I use them now to talk things out with. However, they also are means of support and encouragement, as I noted.

No. Never. And I never understood the concept.

I have always had imaginary friends throughout my life. I always enjoyed talking to them because it was good for figuring problems out and when I felt alone I could always talk to them without my usual fear of social situations.

My current imaginary friend is an older version of me and when I was younger they were usually animals like lizards or dinosaurs. I definitely think as a person the more real social interactions you have and the more real friends you acquire the less you need your imaginary friends because you then have a real life equivalent so you don't need them anymore.

I recently created an imaginary girlfriend because of my loneliness. I wish I was in a real relationship, but this is the best I can do for now.

I have several imaginary friends. They are all based off of fictional characters I like and one of them is my significant other. I love them and we all are really close. In my dreams, they are real and we all get to share a house.