What do you think of teenagers who still have their imaginary friends? Did this mean something is wrong ?

Question

im 16, and i still have my imaginary friend.

Answer 1

people are always mean about that. it's of bad at all. of keeps u occupied.  but if ur embarrased , keep it to urself

Answer 2

Oh that's strange for me. You did not mention how your imaginary friend look like, if he/she is a human. They may be imaginary but they can also be real. Real not in the natural but in spiritual.

Hope you can find some Christian counselor because playing with spirits is not a normal thing.

Answer 3

As long as you have other friends, too.

Answer 4

You are not ready to let them go and there is nothing wrong with that.  But I would advise you not to bring them up at school unless you refer to them as your friend and when they ask who tell them oh you don't know this friend they live so and so.  Children can be cruel.  

Answer 5

no. your are still young and that is normal. but by this time you should be starting to lose it or if not, use it not for fantasy but have something to do with the reality. you just came from 15 years old. now that you are two years on becoming 18, at the age of 16 is the start of loosing those personalties possesed by children. don't worry, it is still normal.

Answer 6

do you have a lot of real friends? sometimes if you have an imaginary friend its because you don't have a lot of real friends. if thats true introduce yourself to new people and make new friends. and soon you will forget about your imaginary friend.

Answer 7

Good on you and your imaginary friend.  I hope this is not the result of physical and/or emotional child abuse.

Answer 8

I have about 12.... and I am 15  

Answer 9

Ok I don't really know if your being serious or if this is just a joke. But I'll give advice anyways. Usually by this age people know how to seperate reality from fantasy. People are aware they they live in reality and that can't be changed. Teenagers are usually looking to make real friends and reject imaginary ones. Kids don't really understand what having an imaginary friend is truly like, but older kids do. They begin to see the concept as ridiculous and move on to real friends. So to answer your question, it doesn't sound normal. You shouldn't be relying on an imaginary friend at this age. Don't worry though I don't think your psychotic. You may have to see a therapist to find out the reason why you still have one.

Now if this is a joke, LOL!!! I just wasted my advice on a joke! Sorry if it's true though.

Answer 10

this imaginary friend could easily be you in another form, you talk to yourself and entertain yourself. if you have a less than average amount of friends, you may resort to having your imaginary friend as back-up. thats totally fine. its normal. just make sure that your imaginary friend isn't telling you to do stuff, bad stuff, i mean. hope i helped.