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To be freaked out by my DDs imaginary friend.

90 replies

KellyElly · 26/07/2012 20:35

She's called GIRL. She only comes out at night. One night when I'd had some bad dreams my DD said 'that's because girl was in your bed mummy'. Apparently girl also stands at the bottom of my bed while we sleep (horror film style). Is this normal??? My DD is not yet 3. Her imaginary friend seems a bit scary. Maybe I've watched too many horror films lol. She used to have one called Karen who was much less freaky :)

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BonkeySaysTeamGBAreTheMollocks · 26/07/2012 20:36

It would freak me out, but then I am easily freaked.

Ds had a few bad nights a while back. He said he could see lights like fire flys in his bedroom. I saw no lights . Confused Shock

catgirl1976 · 26/07/2012 20:37

Eeek that's scary.

My DS babbles at the ceiling. Having seen Paranormal activity I am certain he is chatting to a demon :(

Move house, sprinke holy water, etc :)

BonkeySaysTeamGBAreTheMollocks · 26/07/2012 20:38

My dog used to bark at ghosties. :(

catgirl1976 · 26/07/2012 20:39

Oh yes, my cat meows at the same bit of ceiling DS babbles at

Conclusive demon proof, no?

FateLovesTheFearless · 26/07/2012 20:39

My stbxh husband and I saw little blue lights over my dd1s cot when we shared a room. The room was blacked out completely. We both saw it. Strange but true Smile

Mamamaiasaura · 26/07/2012 20:39

We have a small green dog called ' hay'

Fluffy1234 · 26/07/2012 20:40

My son used to have a whole gang of imaginary friends who all had names and they often argued with each other which was a bit freaky. He grew out of them when he was about 7 or 8.

bobbledunk · 26/07/2012 20:42

It's normal, I had a couple as a kid and my sister had about a dozen of them from around the world, all with their own names, personalities and life stories. She's a writer now. It's a sign of a creative mind, it's good to have an imagination. Nothing to worry about.

MsOnatopp · 26/07/2012 20:44

We've got one here (a boy with a name from a favourite program of DS's) but yours seems a little creepy.

Wheredidmyyouthgo · 26/07/2012 20:45

My DD is 2.7 and has "another mummy". This "other mummy" is often talked about at bedtime, and she loves my DD and plays with her and feeds her apparently. Confused is all I have to say about that.

iklboo · 26/07/2012 20:47

DS had an imaginary friend called Dragonty Dragonty. Who had his own imaginary friend called Mousity Mousity.

DaydreamDolly · 26/07/2012 20:47

We have 3 imaginary friends here. DD is 3. Not creepy though. Girl is creepy.
PS DD argues with them too - how do you argue with imaginary friends??

BrianCoxhasSmellySox · 26/07/2012 20:49

DD had an imaginary mouse when she was a toddler.

It's name was Kiki.

We had to take it everywhere, DD would keep Kiki in her pocket and take it out and insist that everyone stroked Kiki.

I miss Kiki Sad

NarcolepsyQueen · 26/07/2012 20:50

My daughter had 2 imaginary 'children' - both named Pheobe. Little Pheobe was tiny, and sat on DDs shoulder. She couldn't walk anywhere as Big Pheobe had burnt off her arms and legs. [Confused] Thankfully DD appears to be totally fine now!

KellyElly · 26/07/2012 20:55

Girl definately sounds creepy in comparison to others. Maybe she's secretly watched Paranormal Activity while I was in bed Grin. I'm hoping Karen comes back and GIRL goes away!

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lovebunny · 26/07/2012 20:59

spooky. i don't do ghosts and stuff but as a child i saw things. not people, beings (well, demons. and i never wanted to talk to them). what bothered me was if i opened my eyes they were still there. and i had out of body experiences before sleep until i was in my thirties.

i'm not comfortable with 'girl'. could your daughter have noticed a film you didn't know she was watching - for example, when she was a baby and you were holding her, with a film on television in the background? that might have been stored away in her memory. i'd get a vicar round, but i'm easily spooked.

my mum used to say that children are going to be scared so you tell them about the bogeyman to save them from having to invent something more frightening.

imaginary friends, generally, are nothing to worry about. the clinical psychotherapist (no i'm not mentally ill, i work in an abusive environment) didn't like mine. but asperger women often have whole kingdoms of imaginary friends.

i must have mentioned before, a colleague told me that her neice was looking through an old photo album and called out 'oh, that's the man!'
'what man?' asked her dear family, staring at the picture of the grandfather who died decades before she was born.
'the man who reads me stories at bedtime! he makes funny voices and all the sounds...'
colleague's dad died young. he had read stories to his own three children, using funny voices and making all the sound effects...
colleague's brother took to reading his daughter bedtime stories after that...

TheCunnyFunt · 26/07/2012 21:00

I used to own 2 imaginary dalmatians named Pongo and Purdy :o this was because I am allergic to dogs and my mum hates them so we couldn't have one. They were very highly trained and clever, knew all sorts of commands. They were my best friends and I never went anywhere without them.

I was the weird kid at school who didn't have any friends and they kept me company. Tbh not much has changed, hardly have any friends and I now own a real dog (greyhound, not a dally).

thegreylady · 26/07/2012 21:03

dsd had one called Half past Trencher!!
We later found it was her version of Marks and Spencer!!

KellyElly · 26/07/2012 21:03

lovebunny don't think I have watched any scary films in front of her even when she was a baby. The weird thing is she is not fazed by girl at all and is quite a happy sunny sociable little thing in general. Maybe she has seen or heard something when I'm not with her (she's at the child minders with slightly older children).

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Elasticsong · 26/07/2012 21:03

My daughter had Jolliam Hoober for a year or so. They were inseparable. Then, one day she announced sombrely that, "it's very sad but, Jolliam Hoober died". He was soon replaced by multiple Rosies...

I hope mundane Karen makes a reappearance for you!

bejeezus · 26/07/2012 21:06

Tell dd to ask 'Girl' not to sleep with you/stand at the end of your bed?

KellyElly · 26/07/2012 21:07

Elasticsong what a fab name for an imaginary friend!

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rainydaysarebad · 26/07/2012 21:07

Wish I hadn't opened this thread...home alOne with 2 children

mumnosbest · 26/07/2012 21:08

is dd worried at all. it might just be you putting your fears (from films) onto something very innocent.

KellyElly · 26/07/2012 21:09

bejeezus I'll try that. I also might try telling her girl's gone on holiday and hope she forgets about her. Hoping it's all in her imagination and I've not got some kind of paranormal activity in my house Grin

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