I strongly suspect that there's a psychological phenomenon that no one has noticed, because no one *ever* mentions it, yet when I bring it up sometimes people say "Oh yeah, I had that happen."
Basically, it's people having an imaginary friend as a mentor during their teenage years, and here's what seems to happen:
The imaginary friend can just be a voice in the head, thoughts that happen without 'you' thinking them.
It is a distinct personality from yours, seeming smarter and more well-adjusted.
It helps you manage your angsty teenage emotions, and can give input unprompted.
It's not a symptom of any personality disorder or psychosis, it just exists as its own thing.
It eventually goes away; perhaps because it stops being needed, or because you're too similar to it after years of mentoring.
So I'm just curious as to whether it's a fluke with the people I asked, or if it's a real phenomenon and throwing the question out into the wild will net a few more "I had that happen" responses.
It could be that lots of people grew up with imaginary mentors, and no one's ever noticed because everyone thinks it's a weird personal experience they probably shouldn't mention.
>>16717505 (OP)You shouldn't have been in any position where the imperative voice kicked in. Did you go to school with blacks? Are you a woman?
>>16717505 (OP)Nope, never had that.
Never had any imaginary friends, mentors, voices other than my own or seemingly foreign intelligences in my mind. You are probably susceptible to psychosis though and I advise you stay away from any mind altering substances. The only person who has ever told me they had an imaginary friend when they were young later on unlocked recurrent episodes of psychosis after a weed and sleep deprivation binge.
i kinda do that sometimes, not like you did but i think talking to your head is a normal thing for people to do
>>16717505 (OP)Never had anything you described happen to me. Then again, I'm what most of you 4channers would call a "normie". I couldn't imagine this conversation ever arising in person. Let me guess: you asked a bunch of autistic loners on discord who corroborated your experience. The things you are experiencing are consistent with trauma victims, specifically those who experience neglect. How's your relationship with your mother?
>>16717505 (OP)That's called schizophrenia, sorry
Its called your conscience bro.
Cousin was like that. Turned into full blown schiz by his 20s.
Sorry for you anon. Or happy idk. I aint reading all of that.
>>16717505 (OP)I really wanted and needed one of those, but I never got one.
>>16717505 (OP)The idea of imaginary friends doesn't even exist outside of USA.
teenage years? brother, i still have my tulpa now. she's turning 10 this december.
actually, you should look deeper into tulpas, humans schizophrenically talking to NIP (nobody in particular) for emotional support seems to just be a common thing. tulpas, daemonism/daemians. writers also report a similar phenonenon with their characters, as well as those that pray often.
>>16717505 (OP)>>16718650oh but caveat i am definitely neuroatypical. drugs like weed or stimulants, even at low doses, puts me on the very edge of psychosis usually so i might not be a good reference, but you're definitely not the first to document this.
i had imaginary friends i played with but i knew they were imaginary, not different than moving action figures and making voices for them
>>16717505 (OP)>It eventually goes away; perhaps because it stops being needed, or because you're too similar to it after years of mentoring.desu, I'm partly convinced our government even pays these "de-tor-mentors" to harass and antagonize our people. Might even be similar to what those /x/ gangstalking threads are about.
I stopped giving a fuck in... well, 14th grade. There was no way out.
>>16719142>14th gradethis nigga got held back TWICE LMAO
>>16718552>The idea of imaginary friends doesn't even exist outside of USA.False, i had imaginary friends and im not american, i just didnt call them imaginary friend because thats a soulless clinical term. It doesnt take much effort for kids that will play with action figures and imagine they talk and do things.
>>16717505 (OP)sounds like a variant of chuunibyou. I had the "playing to an imaginary audience" variety myself
>>16719232>False, i had imaginary friends and im not americanwhy, anon, why? why would you go to the internet and lie?
Imaginary friends do exist. Some are called "deities", "demons", etc. for some reason.
>>16720947I didnt call them imaginary friends. They were as real as action figures doing some voice or the plastic planes i would move in the air like they were in some combat mission. Pure imagination
