Serious Is having an imaginary friend as a kid an outcome of a negative stimulus?

[filthypeasant]

Is having an imaginary friend and talking to yourself as a kid a sign of bad mental development? I was neglected a lot as a kid ,I remember being lonely and bored as hell alot as a kid and I think as a result it led to me having an imaginary friend, can you guys relate?

 

[AutistSupremacist]

my imaginary friend led me to class consciousness and will assist in the cultural revolution