No, I don't think you are crazy either. From what little I understand, they don't threaten you, bully you, tell you mean horrible things about you, you're not afraid of them, you know they are not real, and I suspect that you can stop imagining them whenever you want, like if some one wants to talk with you or you have to go do something, like concentrate on the horse riding for example. I think if it is not interfering with your life and your relationshiops, friends, family, school etc, it is o k.

If at anytime it does bother you, is there anyone you can talk to about it? I am curious about how much time you are spending with these imagined people?  I think they are just ordinary fantasies, and you have a vivid imagination.

I have a disability, where i was born the bridge missing from my corpus callosum, as a result i have poor co ordination, seizures, speach delay, pain tolerance, etc and i'm always walking into things and can't cook for myself.  i didn't understand at first and it was hard to live with as there was less information, and i began to deny it, because you'd think someone should know about me! but they didn't and i felt alone, and was bullied at school a lot and life was really hard.

Then, i don't know how or why, I "met" my imaginary 23 year old friend called Karen Lambert, she has the same disability as me and is autistic and i look after her with her "foster parents" and she's like a sister, we do things with together all the time, and when life gets tough we comfort each other.

I'm an adult of 27 and married to my carer and am a christian.

Does this sound mad and would it deter my religion?

 Charlotte

My husband knows about Karen and he's sort of met her, when we first met, though when we got to know each other more Karen kinda disapeared in a sense, and is with me when i need her or when i'm on my own, as me and my husband give each other some space to do our own things and we're not in each others pockets so much, as i hate being on my own and with being bullied i can't trust that many people enough to call friends, so she sort of stands in.

god bless

 Charlotte

Hi there

The younger you are the more your imagination flies. Enjoy it. When you are older, this part of you will have moved on, become different. Its a training ground for good relationships in the future!

spbd

when i was bullied and discriminated against, she came to me and became a "close friend" i was craving, since then it was just me and her, and because of the bullying i denied i had a disability, to be as normal as the other kids to stop it getting any worse, then i found that "karen" had a disability i had. and it made it easier looking after her and coping with what i wsas going through at at school, etc.

Now i've got my husband and family whom i love and have accepted me as me, i don't need her as much.

Though as i'm getting older i'm starting to get a bit forgetfull, so "karen" is there then, like i tell her to get a loaf of bread, etc from the shop. Usually i forget but if i tell her then i won't forget. Kinda reverse psychology.

I've always had a good, vivid imagination, which helps to deal with things.

God bless

charlotte