This is serious and no laughing matter. I know of people who
claims to have imaginery friends. The sad thing is that they are
often ridiculed and denigrated.
I believe that imaginary friends are grown out of
loneliness by people who create an ideal of a person or role
model that he/she can find solace and comfort in. These people
faced problems at home or at work and have problem interacting with
real people-could be a number of issues like family divorces,
bullying, etc.
They must not be avoided. They are not mad. They are as
human as you and I are. Only friendships and
patience can draw them out, for in their mind,
these friends are real and will either turn to angels who may help
if he/she had real friends or proper directions, or devils who
may harm when he/she grows up bullied or perceived
slights.
It hurts so much to see a child of only 10 talking to an
imaginary friend, and being bullied by real peers as a fruitcake.
It will only drive them deeper into a delusive world. He/she, is
only one of us, a flawed human, with similar hopes and
dreams......Please help him/he, not make fun....
