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ASD and imaginary friends

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chuckeyegg · 30/12/2013 20:03

Anybody had this? They are not quite children DS has made up they are children from the Green Balloon Club. They seem to be around quite a bit DS is upstairs in bed sleeping with Lily Rose. :)

I haven't discouraged him and it does seem to relax him to feel they are there with him. He doesn't socialize much out of school and he is an only child, so I suppose it just stops him feeling lonely.

Any thoughts?

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Handywoman · 30/12/2013 20:13

Well I for one think it's lovely (no actual knowledge, but this is my feeling). His choice of sleepover friend is excellent! It wouldn't worry me at all.

PolterTurkey · 30/12/2013 20:39

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TambaMelchior · 30/12/2013 21:46

My DS used to have George, his imaginary brother, for a couple of years. But one day, George left to become a soldier and he hasn't been seen ever since Grin

zzzzz · 30/12/2013 23:21

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claw2 · 31/12/2013 08:23

Ds had a imaginary friend called George too! He ended up with a whole family of imaginary friends, including a dog!

He hasn't mentioned them for a couple of years now.

I remember telling the paed about his imaginary friend, as i felt it was a sign of a good imagination. Later she asked me does ds ever talk to himself, I replied no. She then said what about his imaginary friend! It never occurred to me, that talking to an imaginary friend, was in fact talking to yourself!

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chuckeyegg · 31/12/2013 18:21

Thanks everyone, good to know this is not uncommon. I did feel it was encouraging that his imagination could do this.

Lily Rose got him out to the woods today for a walk too. So I think it's helpful at the moment. :)

Happy new year everyone!

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BigBird69 · 01/01/2014 16:03

I had an imaginary friend as a child ! Lol! I am not ASD or anything like that but I am an only child. My "friend" in my mind was clever and popular and pretty, everything at the time I wasn't. I vaguely remember being lonely and unhappy at the time at school. As my life went on and it became more confident she 'vanished'. I am sure there are different reasons for it but my parents were quite worried at the time as I used to talk out loud to her!! GrinGrin For me it was a phase. I was about six I think x

TheLeastAccomplishedBennetGirl · 01/01/2014 16:09

DD has enough imaginary pets to fill a zoo, they are her friends.

But I'm not allowed to call them imaginary, they are invisible

They have names of RL people though

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