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| Author: | Audriisaurus [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:37 pm ] |
| Blog Subject: | Imaginary Childhood Friends/Relationship |
Hello. I want some help. I didn't really want to tell this to my parents because I was afraid of their reaction if they knew about this...unhealthy habit of mine. I'm sorry for the grammatical errors, English isn't my first language and I'm in a rush while writing this. You can call me Audrii—not my real name, of course—and I'm turning 16 this year. Unfortunately, I had this issue since I was 13. I created people inside my head and pretended they were real. I named them Luke, Luis and Mary. Luke and Luis are twins, and Mary grew up around them. I thought of them as my childhood friends and eventually, told my best friends about them even though they're not real. Eventually, it got worse. I've been telling false stories about them and were weaving lies on the spot, it scared me because it came so naturally that I couldn't stop it. It came down to a point where my circle of friends at school found out about it and instead of giving up for getting caught red-handed, I just lied to them—again—and was so agitated by the fact that they knew about my lies. I covered it up by crying and telling them that they had died, and they accepted that reasoning. They dropped it, and I never told stories about my imaginary childhood friends to that circle ever again. Some complicated stuff followed after that but in the end, I couldn't stop craving for my imaginary childhood friends so I ended up raising them from the dead. I ended up falling for one of those imaginary friends, primarily Luke. It felt so real to the point I got scared investing in making real relationships happen. Sometimes I feel like I really am just a skilled liar. But I kept up this ruse for 3 years now and they feel so real. I want it to stop. Please, any help with identifying just what the in the world is wrong with my head would be very much appreciated; if you can also advise me just how I could bring this to the attention of my parents I'd be really grateful. Thank you for reading this far, have a nice day. — Audrii |
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| Author: | Snaga [ Tue Mar 20, 2018 3:56 am ] |
Very interesting, someone else just made a blog post similar to this- about maladaptive daydreaming gotten out of hand. Consider posting in Living With Mental Illness forum |
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| Author: | Audriisaurus [ Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:46 pm ] |
I will, thank you for your suggestion. I'm new to this site so this really helps a lot! |
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