Posted by alexandra_k on August 25, 2004, at 17:31:35
In reply to Re: imaginary companions, posted by mmcconathy on August 24, 2004, at 22:20:28
> I've always wondered how imanginary compnion could become mean. Do you mind explaining what they exactly do?
Well... You asked about whether imaginary friends meant that you were / may be going crazy. But yours doesn't cause you (or others) distress and seems to be helpful to you, so in my understanding at least there is nothing wrong with that.
In my case they kind of started as imaginary friends (when I was a child) but even then they bugged me a lot with derogatory comments and arguing amongst themselves. I can hear (hallucinate) them communicating with one another, though sometimes I can't make out what they are saying.
I 'lose time' sometimes. It is like they have time in control of my body and I don't know what has happened in that time. And then I find I've done stuff that I don't approve of. They know what I've done though and sometimes they tell me, but sometimes they won't. I guess mostly I don't want to know because I am afraid. This is a significant issue for me, and in my case I guess it is a sign of mental illness, but that is only because of the distress to myself (and others who know me) and harm to my body that results.
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