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Ruth posted an update 2 years, 8 months ago
@keilah-h I just researched it, and they might have thought I had schizophrenia, which is summarized by mayoclinic.org as:
“Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling.”
Though, in other articles I read, they often said having imaginary friends is common and okay, “Imaginary companions are a normal experience for most children, and are not a sign of mental illness or problems. Studies confirm that children with imaginary friends tend to be imaginative, better at seeing other’s perspectives, and better able to entertain themselves. They tend to grow up to be creative, imaginative, social adults.” Source: ementalhealth.ca
So…idk🤷♀️
Yeah, when I asked my parents what that kind of mental thing was, they said it was probably just a nromal little kid thing. My dad did say he saw a youtuber he watches say he had something like that.
One of the books I read said things like schizophrenia and autism (what I have, and I know for sure I have it) are simply the “genetic price” for creativity and genius, if you know what I mean.
That the same genes that dictate how our brain develops might be the ones that also give us those conditions, and that eliminating them from the gene pool would do more harm then good.
I have a feeling, it was just my parents freaking out cuz there are no writers in my family as far as I know (at least not the German side most likely) so I’m the odd kid. The only people who understands writers are writers.