Reecejackox 408 July 10, 2020 Share July 10, 2020 I have once , called Sam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpWit 2,709 July 10, 2020 Share July 10, 2020 Now that I think about it, going from a yes to a kind of? From what I can remember, every single one had a physical entity, like a stuffed animal or favored toy, and in some sense I still do this, but it's always less been creating my own friends and more of creating characters for a story I'm performing for myself? Is that normal? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritzy 1,692 July 10, 2020 Share July 10, 2020 Yeah. Multiple actually. Strangely never of my own creations. Just from whatever show I was into at that age. Weird. 1 Tumblr Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuteycindyhoney 13,315 July 11, 2020 Share July 11, 2020 I did when I was very young. A boy named Harry. 1 Thank you Sparklefan1234!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey 4,248 July 11, 2020 Share July 11, 2020 I always wanted one as a kid, but making up people to be my friends just didn’t feel real enough for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluttershutter 2,529 July 11, 2020 Share July 11, 2020 My friend says you guys are imaginary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganondorf8 11,370 July 11, 2020 Share July 11, 2020 I did at one time in my life and I called him Floyd. I don't know why I did though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Early Sunsets 2,107 July 11, 2020 Share July 11, 2020 I had a bunch as a kid, but the closest I have to an imaginary friend now is when I talk to inanimate objects. 2 Rainbow Dash Fanatic "You stroll down memories of younger, brighter times 'cause you never realize what you've got till you leave it all behind." ~ dBPony "So we’re here at the end, did we teach you well, my friend? Don’t look so sad to see us go, after the rain comes rainbows." ~ Princewhateverer "Darlin' you'll be okay." ~ Vic Fuentes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead account 2,713 July 11, 2020 Share July 11, 2020 14 hours ago, Cagey said: I always wanted one as a kid, but making up people to be my friends just didn’t feel real enough for me. Same here. For the same reason I never even played with small cars, talked to plushies or pretended to be a policeman or similar things. But! I think it would be really cool to have one! I consider video game characters as my friends, kiiind of. Because even though they are fictional, I always choose the "good" path and want the best for them, for everypony. I mean what I experience and feel...is real. On the other hand...I'm in love with someone fictional. Friends need to be real for me, but not my love. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splashee 28,566 July 11, 2020 Share July 11, 2020 To tell the truth, I have never had the imagination to create an imaginary friend. Only faked I had once. I am not able to use my brain to make up things that aren't real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavenSunset 1,867 July 11, 2020 Share July 11, 2020 I tried it for like 5 minutes and it didn't work It just didn't feel right talking to the window All hail the former king of General Discussion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splashee 28,566 July 11, 2020 Share July 11, 2020 What is a friend of an imaginary friend called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExplosionMare 18,085 July 12, 2020 Share July 12, 2020 I had one and I got rid of him once I got older by abandoning him at the playground I didn’t say goodbye or anything I just made him sit there while I walked away, what a horrible friend! Boom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splashee 28,566 July 12, 2020 Share July 12, 2020 6 hours ago, ExplosionMare said: I had one and I got rid of him once I got older by abandoning him at the playground I didn’t say goodbye or anything I just made him sit there while I walked away, what a horrible friend! Unforgivable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vefka 1,499 July 12, 2020 Share July 12, 2020 When I was ~11 I tried to create a tulpa of Rainbow Dash Thank God I'm not a dedicated person and dropped it after a week or so 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy Breeze 15,190 July 12, 2020 Share July 12, 2020 I made several times to make a imaginary friend. I once told I acted a little crazy and my mom once told me making a imaginary friend is bad for me (I understand her), while my dad find it weird and creepy (Unaccepted reason!). I wish I could create one imaginary friend without loosing them so quickly. 1 NEIGH NEIGH NEIGH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyNotNyx 15,566 July 12, 2020 Share July 12, 2020 Nope, never lollllll. I guess I always just preferred being alone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DixonTheAdversary 1,632 July 12, 2020 Share July 12, 2020 No, I've only ever had real friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbow Cloud 18,309 July 27, 2020 Share July 27, 2020 No, I never had an imaginary friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ittoni 538 July 28, 2020 Share July 28, 2020 I tried to have one but I always knew it was fake a d I could control it so no, it never really worked for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacodidra 61,290 July 29, 2020 Share July 29, 2020 For some reason, I don't think I ever had one. It's quite strange considering how active my imagination used to be – I made up a lot of imaginary stuff (bands, TV shows, companies, the list goes on). But never really someone I would interact with. 3 Signature by @Sparklefan1234 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splashee 28,566 July 30, 2020 Share July 30, 2020 What if I got one now? Anyone think I am insane? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ittoni 538 July 30, 2020 Share July 30, 2020 18 minutes ago, Splashee® said: What if I got one now? Anyone think I am insane? Yes that's what a Tulpa is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai Equine 52,335 July 30, 2020 Share July 30, 2020 Yes. ...For about 5 seconds. My imagination just isn't geared that way. I had a big imagination as a kid, but it just wasn't enough to do something like that. Truth is, I faked it complete. I saw it happening a lot in fictional TV shows, so I tried it just out of curiosity. I pretended to have an imaginary friend, pretended to talk to him, then quit just as fast as I began. Didn't even give him a name! Back then, it was just too hard to do something completely imaginary like that. I was use to action figures and toys, physical things that I could actually interact with. I could easily make toys of Batman, Spider-Man, Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, etc. go on big adventures together, but imaginary friends? Not so much. Kind of funny when you think about it. I had NO friends as a kid, and yet I never felt the need to make an imaginary friend to fill the void. I may have been lonely, but I guess I wasn't THAT lonely. Interestingly, in all those family-friendly TV shows, they never tried to portray people with imaginary friends as crazy. They may have been implying it, but they never leaned on that message. They always showed it as just a thing certain people do. The few that did it managed to keep it up regularly; their imaginary friends had a name, they had constant conversations, the owners could provide physical descriptions of these imaginary friends, etc. And it was all just a normal thing that happened! If the show was sci-fi enough, the "imaginary friend" might reveal itself as real eventually (maybe they were just invisible or something). In real life, I never saw anyone like this. I never saw anyone that had an imaginary friend that they would talk to regularly or constantly. Makes me wonder if most kids are like me, they keep it up for a while (possibly longer than I did) but then drop it since it's just not the same as having an actual conversation with someone. And of course, as I became a young adult, the show "Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends" came out. I was too old for a show like that, but it's interesting how it blurred the lines. According to that show, all you have to do is imagine a friend/creature, and it just magically becomes real. What is the science of this show, and how is the world not OVER RUN with these imaginary friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponygirl2020 58 July 30, 2020 Share July 30, 2020 (edited) ......................................... Edited August 26, 2020 by ponygirl2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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