Brutal Incel (Mentalcel?) trait: You had or have imaginary friends you talk to even in teen years and beyond

[ItsOverMan]

Since I was an only child, I've been all alone since I was a toddler basically, and I just had imaginary friends to keep me company. But I still had imaginary friends I talked to even well into high school years and college. Like in 7th grade I had 3 imaginary friends I was really close to and talked to as if they were beside me, and they talked back (I'm not a schizocel).

In college I might be out for a walk and my imaginary friend is also walking with me and I'm talking to him. I used to wonder if people thought I was crazy seeing me walking outside talking up a storm by myself.

Even now (I'm well over 35), I still cope with imaginary friends sometimes that I talk to and they talk back when I need comfort but they aren't long-term friends like when I was a teen, they come and go at will.

Basically as I went through school, my inability to be able to make real friends led me to cope with imaginary friends to find some sort of comfort.

 

[Usopp-sama]

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[spellbound]

Never mixed imagination and reality like that. Sounds scary.
My dissociative coping mechanism has always been maladaptive daydreaming. I spend many hours every day living various fictional lives that I've spent years constructing.

 

[MoroccanFarmer]

My dissociative coping mechanism has always been maladaptive daydreaming. I spend many hours every day living various fictional lives that I've spent years constructing.

 

[ItsOverMan]

Never mixed imagination and reality like that. Sounds scary.
My dissociative coping mechanism has always been maladaptive daydreaming. I spend many hours every day living various fictional lives that I've spent years constructing.

That seems interesting. I've never done daydreaming to that extent.

 

[irishforeheadcel]

Every night for the past 9 years i have this pillow that i cuddle with and have pretended that its my girlfriend. Idk what mental illness that is.

 

[RottingMentalIago]

Never mixed imagination and reality like that. Sounds scary.
My dissociative coping mechanism has always been maladaptive daydreaming. I spend many hours every day living various fictional lives that I've spent years constructing.

It’s a pity manifestation isn’t real.

 

[D. B. Gooner]

I have an imaginary girlfriend whose personality I project onto my pillow. I spend at least 30mins per day engaged in made up scenarios with her.

My current favorite scenario is one where I bully her until she breaks down crying but then I show pity and show her that I've actually loved her the whole time. She is reluctant at first as I kiss her without consent as she sobs, but she then embraces me and kisses me back showing that she has also loved me the whole time.

In my other scenarios I'm usually not toxic and show her love from the start, but recently I've been feeling like a bad boy.

 

[ItsOverMan]

Never mixed imagination and reality like that. Sounds scary.

It's not scary. I felt like I needed it to cope with loneliness as an unwanted human.

 

[ItsOverMan]

Every night for the past 9 years i have this pillow that i cuddle with and have pretended that its my girlfriend. Idk what mental illness that is.

when i was a horny teen i humped my pillow in bed

 

[andrej]

Never mixed imagination and reality like that. Sounds scary.

I sometimes have hallucinations so these beings might potentially materalize

 

[Onlywaifusareforme]

Well, I don't really have an imaginary friend but I do always imagine my waifu next to me, just helping me, talking to me, doing whatever. I cant truly feel her but she fills up space in my heart and I talk to her. She's like my imaginary friend. Also, based cope.

 

[CroatianManlet2]

No but i do daydream a lot while walking back and forth. As Terry Davis said: maybe i am just that guy walking back and forth

 

[cathuluelitist]

I have an imaginary girlfriend whose personality I project onto my pillow. I spend at least 30mins per day engaged in made up scenarios with her.

My current favorite scenario is one where I bully her until she breaks down crying but then I show pity and show her that I've actually loved her the whole time. She is reluctant at first as I kiss her without consent as she sobs, but she then embraces me and kisses me back showing that she has also loved me the whole time.

In my other scenarios I'm usually not toxic and show her love from the start, but recently I've been feeling like a bad boy.

Same. I usually manifest a character from an anime or game I'm watching/playing at the time.

 

[INVERTER]

I create fake friends based on real friends I used to have but didn't care enough to respond or check in. I also talk to myself all day and make comments about my environment to myself in public. I used to be self consciousness but I'm caring less and less as I get older. Honestly there are so many people who talk on cell phones/earbuds people probably don't even notice

 

[shyloser]

Yup I started doing this around high school

 

[Onyx]

Glad I'm not the only one who does this

 

[yeetbender_]

Never mixed imagination and reality like that. Sounds scary.
My dissociative coping mechanism has always been maladaptive daydreaming.

 

[Risky2Risky]

Since I was an only child, I've been all alone since I was a toddler basically, and I just had imaginary friends to keep me company. But I still had imaginary friends I talked to even well into high school years and college. Like in 7th grade I had 3 imaginary friends I was really close to and talked to as if they were beside me, and they talked back (I'm not a schizocel).

In college I might be out for a walk and my imaginary friend is also walking with me and I'm talking to him. I used to wonder if people thought I was crazy seeing me walking outside talking up a storm by myself.

Even now (I'm well over 35), I still cope with imaginary friends sometimes that I talk to and they talk back when I need comfort but they aren't long-term friends like when I was a teen, they come and go at will.

Basically as I went through school, my inability to be able to make real friends led me to cope with imaginary friends to find some sort of comfort.

I always have made up conversations very based

 

[SEWER_MANCER]

I always have made up conversations very based

 

[TooSomething]

I just talk to myself or make up conversations and even change the tone of my voice to make the conversation more immersive.

Sometimes I tallk to myself using my inner voice.

There are also times when I zone out on demand.
You learn to do that shit when you have been alone, basically since forever.

 

[Lo3e]

Since I was an only child, I've been all alone since I was a toddler basically, and I just had imaginary friends to keep me company. But I still had imaginary friends I talked to even well into high school years and college. Like in 7th grade I had 3 imaginary friends I was really close to and talked to as if they were beside me, and they talked back (I'm not a schizocel).

In college I might be out for a walk and my imaginary friend is also walking with me and I'm talking to him. I used to wonder if people thought I was crazy seeing me walking outside talking up a storm by myself.

Even now (I'm well over 35), I still cope with imaginary friends sometimes that I talk to and they talk back when I need comfort but they aren't long-term friends like when I was a teen, they come and go at will.

Basically as I went through school, my inability to be able to make real friends led me to cope with imaginary friends to find some sort of comfort.

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[ItsOverMan]

Glad I'm not the only one who does this

 

[Sir Silentium]

Since primary school I guess, but only towards the end of high school up until now; that it has gotten a lot worse.

 

[ihatelife2]

Imaginary friend no, I've tried having an imaginary gf but it doesn't feel real and does nothing for me

 

[Chud Norris72]

No but i do daydream a lot while walking back and forth. As Terry Davis said: maybe i am just that guy walking back and forth

Same

 

[Chadmaxxington]

That seems interesting. I've never done daydreaming to that extent.

Don't do that, it hurts a lot because you know its not real and when you get attached to its location, characters, context and more it just makes the pain of loneliness ten times worse, its a bit like having an ai chatbot gf, knowing she is not real is gonna destroy you meantally even more.