My Imaginary Friend

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 16 May 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Cat	16 May 2002
I'm looking for some help here - any suggestions welcome. As a very little girl (age 2) I had an imaginary friend called Digona who lived in the wall. Digona was my best friend until my younger brother was born - and then he disappeared. I hadn't thought about him much until recently, when I realised that he was probably a relattive of mine - my father's older brother, who'd died in childhood. Thing is, I'm worried about him now. We don't live in that house anymore, and I'm afraid he's lonely, or lost. Any thoughts? or am I just loopy?

Rhiannon	16 May 2002
Maybe he was just there until your brother was born to keep YOU from being lonely... Then if his job was done, perhaps he moved on? Rhiannon :)

coldsuns	04 Jun 2003
I have one too. I hope to have a explaination about..how it works? There's a guy..who always appear in my Imaginary World. He's the one who always ask me to do things. He's my good friend. Then..he disappear when im 9yrs. Im quite..spook when i think of him now. He gives me an image of Ronald McDonald?

WillieHewes	04 Jun 2003
You're not that loopy Cat. I still have imaginary friends, and I'm 23. I think you shouldn't take it too literally though, even if he lived in the wall then, that doesn't mean he couldn't be somewhere else now. As Rhiannon said, he could have passed on, or perhaps he's still around you, and you just haven't been able to notice him. Maybe a new child lives in that house now, who is a friend to him. Who knows? I don't think you should worry about it.

coldsuns	04 Jun 2003
Where did him come from? Is he a sorts of spirit? Or..? gE3z!

cjtarot	04 Jun 2003
Cat, "As a very little girl (age 2) I had an imaginary friend called Digona who lived in the wall. Digona was my best friend until my younger brother was born - and then he disappeared." OK..This may spook you..sorry. Do you believe in re-incarnation. What is your perception of the process??...hmmmmm The Soul/Your Spirit is not connected to a body until birth. Think about Digona, was he your best friend..someone you loved unconditionally, like a brother. Is it possible that he loves you and knew he would always be a part of your life and want to start the friendship early, before he had a chance to be reborn. I lost a child very early in my first pregnancy..when gifted people connect to me they see 3 girls, not 2(chris and sammy). I believe the spirit that would have been my oldest daughter is still a part of our lives, my oldest daughter's imaginary friend (who like yours seems to have vanished when sammy was old enough to impact chris's life - 2 yrs old or so) my yougests' protector (she is my booboo baby). I did a card for AE's 1st Tarot project. When it was completed...I knew why I chose the card... http://www.aeclectic.net/project/1/03cups_cj.html Family doesn't have to be a physical blood relative. It is the spirits that love and care for each other-spirits that have made life commitments to each other- here on earth and beyond. Blessings Cj

Emily	04 Jun 2003
My son had an imaginary friend from about the age of 3 1/2 up till last christmas, when he turned 6. I used to hear my son talking in his room when there was no one there, I'd ask and he'd say he was talking to Woody, his friend, he never actually saw him but could hear him. This 'friend' also seemed to be quite intelligent lol - my son would talk about things that Woody had told him, he came on holiday with us too. It started to freak my Mom out a bit but I also had an imaginary friend when I was a child, I also never saw her, one day she said goodbye and went. My son's friend said that he was going home for Christmas, he came back once to say goodbye and then my son stopped mentioning him - now he's gone.

raeanne	04 Jun 2003
Hi all, I had imaginary friends when I was young. I called them “The Little Girls”. I don’t remember much about them other than I blamed them for anything bad that happened. If something got broke or spilled, I didn’t do it, The Little Girls did it. Unfortunately, I don’t remember much of anything else about them. I don’t know if I heard their voices, saw them, or just totally made them up to keep myself from getting in trouble with Mom and Dad. I’ve often wondered if they were fairies. My oldest son had an imaginary friend named “Green Mouse”. He got really mad at me once for shutting the door on Green Mouse’s tail!

Sobeknofret	04 Jun 2003
There is a fantastic movie about imaginary friends from childhood who come back in adulthood called "Drop Dead Fred" with Phoebe Cates, Carrie Fisher, and Tim Matheson. Great movie, especially for the scene in a psychiatrist's office with all the imaginary friends of all the patients in the office playing together. It explains though what happens to imaginary friends when they go away or their people grow up and it's a lovely explanation. Do rent it-- it's a slapstick comedy with some really good insights in it. --Sobe

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