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Adult Imaginary Friend
Posted by morgantj • 9 days ago • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: adult imaginary friend, children, companion, friends
Are adults too old to have imaginary friends? Studies show that children develop well when they have imaginary friends, that there are many benefits, but what about when the adult grows up and is STILL believing in a companion that does not exist?
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The trouble with imaginary friends is that you can't borrow money from them.-
Cheap bastards.
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As long as you don't base life-altering decisions on what they "tell" you...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bush-god-told-me-to-invade-iraq-5...-
wow! That is disturbing.
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yup
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haha i love that cartoon! -
yeah mine has beautiful hair with 36-26-38 pattern and is binary -
I would rather talk to my dogs than have an imaginary friend. I mean atleast the look at you and nod every once in a while -
The world is full of interesting people. Don't imaginary friends belong to the kids?-
Given that about 80% of the US adult population has an imaginary friend, I guess not.
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am i the only person who didn't have an imaginary friend as a child?? i had an older brother, a younger sister and the boys in the neighborhood to play with....-
I didn't have an imaginary friend as a child or adult. Some people don't have imaginary friends as children, but they develop one as they get older.
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hmmmmmmmmmmm (thankful for her sanity)........ interesting
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My younger brother had an imaginary friend named, Chancey. I guess I was not all that good of a companion for him. Chancy was cooler than me. -
awwwww =( it just sucks when you're not as cool as an imaginary friend! LOL
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I didn't have any specific imaginary friends, but I did like to play pretend a lot.
Now, I guess I've substituted that for writing fiction. The difference is, I don't expect my characters to show up for tea.
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If imaginary friends still exist past the age of 10, it's time to strap yourself into that white coat with the too-long sleeves and check yourself into a nice padded room on the ground floor of the Looney Tunes Motel. -
i never had any imaginary friend and not all interested in having one...
how can one imagine such a thing?? out of my syllabus at least.. -
I don't have imaginary friends because even my imaginary friends can't stand to be around me.-
isshhh poor imaginary friends..
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@alivasim
No, poor me!
Come to think of it, don't a lot of adults have imaginary friends to some extent? Many of them have conversations with God or Jesus even though nobody can see him/her/it. -
hmmm...ya u r rite...its poor u..
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Exactly aspotofblog. That is what I mean when I say about 80% of the US adult population has an imaginary friend. And that is what the comic suggest as well.
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That cartoon makes a valid point.
When asked, most religious people would say that it's absolutely insane to have an imaginary friend as an adult, without realizing the gravity of their own words. -
can we really call it an imaginary FRIEND, if people have to give money to have a "personal relationship" with him?
docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:vwAaNg6t-uYJ:images.acswebnetworks.com/20... -
That is the result of church and religion taking advantage of people having imaginary friends. They say, your imaginary friend loves you, and also happens to be the authority of the universe to which you must obey. And your imaginary friend has told us that you should give up some money.
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The thing is every religion got 4 to 5 parts in them...everybody wants to be on the top...this is just y they use this peoples who dont have their mind set...
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Most of our friends are imaginary anyway. That is, we imagine them to be friends.
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true...
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Except that in this case we are imagining real existing people as being our friends rather than a non-existant.
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I couldn't agree more NP. And those who have been engulfed by imagination cannot know true friendship, as the other person is a reality, not a character of a virtual short story. Imaginary friendship is quite meagre! -
@Morgantj,
Are you suggesting JC did not exist? -
@morgan: Non-existant people can't hurt or betray you. I think the real kind are more dangerous. -
@HA: Yes he is.
@morgan: (I posted a similar comment to another thread, indeed much of it is in this post.)
I've asked questions and literally had them answered by the world around me in the same day. I asked about Calvinism to a friend, and just later that day, in my own surroundings, a revelation about Calvin was presented in the form of what I read and studied dealing with another friend.
This is a story I heard from Bart, a good evangelical preacher friend of mine: He was talking to an atheist on the Georgia State campus about what the purpose of life was. The atheist thought for a while, and then said "I think I just want to get rich." Just then, the fake dollar bills that Bart had on the table with various messages on them started being blown away by the wind, carried so far and so unnaturally high that they could not be caught, a wind that had not picked up all day.
I've been told to go talk to people, people I did not know, and been received warmly, meeting them at the exact moment when I would've had something to interject that they needed to hear. I've been told to a check up on a friend and found they were in trouble.
I've prayed for understanding, and developed mentally beyond my wildest hopes. I was once, at a moment of weakness, told to open the bible, and it opened straight to the story of Gideon, the man who doubted himself but, reassured by God, went on to save Isreal, despite the fact that he did not look like a warrior.
I've also been saved from what should have been a fatal car wreck. The car, which would've gone over a cliff in 2 seconds at 75 MPH, instead flipped, and not only flipped, but changed directions entirely to directly parallel with the road. This car was an Acura Integra by the way, and even a hummer would not normally flip at that speed and if it had, would've flipped at the shoulder on to oncoming traffic. But this car, it flips in a perfect straight line like a drill-bit twice, and comes to a rest on it's four wheels. As this is happening, an immense feeling of peace comes over me, like one I've never felt before, knowing that no matter what happened with the vehicle, I would be okay, and there was absolutely nothing I could do about it anyways.
And beyond any of this, how do you know you're right? A lot of people have fought, died, sacrificed everything for this beautiful man, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, including some really smart people like Saint Paul. (And yes, I've read THAT argument. It's terrible. They misinterpret Acts severely and make no mention of the growth of Christianity, actually far faster, away from where Paul was preaching, including in Armenia, North Africa and Ethiopia, or the similar paced development in the Arab world which bears some fruit even today as even with opression of every kind for 1500 years, there is still a large and understated Christian minority in EVERY Arab nation. It also doesn't occur to them that a person might have two moods, or two audiences. And it's not like Paul gained anything from his apostleship anyways, I mean, besides eternal life.
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I could tell you many more stories, and there are still more besides these now forgotten, but as you can see this is not without basis. Is it conclusive? I don't know, but to dismiss it in the manner you are doing seems very unwarranted. -
Imaginary friends CAN hurt you and betray you as well. Anything can happen since they are imaginary and they do whatever you imagine them to do. Also, imaginary or not, you have to question whether they really were a "friend" to begin with if they do that.
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@morgan, betrayal: Only if you imagine them to hurt and betray you, in which case, you have hurt and betrayed yourself. How about my other post?
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How about people who imagine government is their friend? Or politicians? Or celebrities? Aren't they equally deluded?
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I think so. And this is said as a friend
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what about people on friends lists. do some people think that everyone on there is a dear and special friend? maybe I shouldn't add people willy nilly...
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"Imaginary friend? Huh! I NEVER have had imaginary friends!" The ol' artist coot blurted. He was taken back by such an idea. "Well, what about me?" said the Muse. There was a slight smirk to her question.
"You? What do mean?" the ol' artist coot barked back. "Ha! If YOU were IMAGINARY you sure as hell wouldn't always be bugging me the way you do! 'Do this.' 'Do that.' Shee...." He leaned back from the keyboard. Stretched. Ah, my...he thought. She CAN BE a bitch! He laughed. He had to laugh. Shook his...ah, hell, that's just her. I like her anyway.-
:-))! This is the best!!
I had the same thoughts...she sometimes drive me crazy, but I like her anyway :-)!
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Whatever works best for them, dont you think? -
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Might have something to do with consciousness being formed in such way as to provide humans with companionship so that they can problem solve within their own minds. We tend to talk things out within in order to reason and to predict the consequences for our actions.
Some cannot seem to cope alone so they create imaginary beings as their crutch. Only problem is that many form an illusion and give it a name like God and then many take it a step further and create superstitions and use it for guidance. Much like a schizophrenic. -
I consider all of you my imaginary friends. At least this way I can have proof that you're "talking" to me. -
I think they are our spirit guides -
I think when adults have imaginairy friends it's called schitzophrenia -
:-) So Morgan, are you saying that all believers are schizopphrenes??
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Is that what this amounts to to you? I leave it up to you to come to your own conclusion.
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:-D)) Sorry, but I couldn't help when I saw Holly's post! Shorcuts are just sometimes very funny.
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LOL. I understand.
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I think it would take effort but it could have benefits.
You'd have the perfect friend, and when you wanted them to be around, they'd be around.
Alot of adults (well, male adults) get those real life doll yokes, and I know there supposed to be sex dolls, but a lot of men apparently do it for company, and start imagining them as real people.
If you've ever seen Lars And The Real Girl, that's the story It's based around and although it's fictional, it's still a good insight on the things people do if they're lonely. -
I so just walked into that,shoulda read the whole thread...
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I've been lonely ever since my imaginary friend fell into a coma about 25 years ago. Damn you, Jack Daniel's!!! I mean.....I still drink it, but look what it did to my best friend in the world......AND Nick Nolte.
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