When a child has an imaginary friend do you think that it is an over active imagination or could it be that due to their innocents they are more open to the spirtual world?
2006-09-19 02:17:30 · 15 answers · asked by joanne v 72 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I believe it can be both, sometimes spirit, sometimes imagination. Thinking back to when I was a child, though I didn't have a specific "imaginary friend" I never played alone, even if I was physically playing alone if you know what I mean. Whether this was my active imagination or spirit children, I can't say for sure. But I do know that since I have developed my own mediumship as an adult that I sense spirit pretty much as when I had these children playing with me, so I like to think they were from spirit.
And it wasn't through a lack of socialising with other kids. I was one of eight children, went to playschool regularly, had many cousins as playmates as well as neighbourhood kids etc.
2006-09-19 23:39:02 · answer #1 · answered by Louise 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a programme on channel 5 last night about a boy who kept talking about his 'other family'. His parents thought it was just a case of imaginary friends but turned out he was re-incarnated.
Think mostly though it's just due to overactive imagination.
2006-09-19 02:28:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that they are more open. My little boy had an imaginary friend called Dave who had a beard and lived on a cloud. As he got older and realised we could not see Dave he stopped talking about him.
2006-09-19 02:29:28 · answer #3 · answered by becky h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
VERY GOOD! You guys are better than the Religion and
Spirituality category. That's full of haters and wannabes.
Here's a story I liked.
A littler girl kept asking to be alone with her new baby brother.
It started worrying the parents, she was insisting on it so much.
They finally let her be alone with baby brother, but kept the door
cracked to keep an eye on them. They were afraid she might
hurt him.
The little girl went up to baby brother and asked.
"What is God like? I forgot."
2006-09-19 02:28:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a very good question!
I never understood the imaginary friend thing. I always thought that there was an underlying psychological reason.
2006-09-19 02:23:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be both actually...really depends on what you believe in.
Children will have an overactive imagination no matter what. Then this is your conclusion.
If you believe in the paranormal, saying that children have a heightened perception will be your conclusion.
Did you see a ghost movie?
2006-09-19 02:26:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Referring to them as innocents is simply an acknowledgement of their lack of life-experience.
I don't believe imaginary friends are anything to do with spirits.. simply imagination and an idealised view of friendship... possibly down to lack of social experience/skills.
2006-09-19 07:49:13 · answer #7 · answered by tattooed.dragon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
active imagination, but this is definatly a signal that the child needs to socialise more and have actual friends and not need imaginary ones
2006-09-19 02:30:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine did an outstanding deal better than spill milk and mess bedrooms. His parole listening to replaced into the day earlier today. I purely think of they are yankin his chain now. there is not any way he would be getting early launch. i think of he's have been given 12 years left on his sentence. I purely get to work out him now for conjugal visits...it extremely is sort of creepy to be truthful.
2016-10-17 06:34:39 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's Spirits.
Mostly 'cause I see 'em myself. I started when I was about 3, and told my mum that they were there.
She said it was imaginary friends. But they still follow me.
2006-09-19 06:06:39 · answer #10 · answered by Rhiann 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋