Self Talk - Mental Health Message Board

CSense · 04-27-2006, 12:06 PM

I have the problem with creating imaginary characters and talking to them. It has been both a comfort and a destruction. This problem I remember started when I was 6 years old when I would imagine all of my classmates in various situations and as every class changed then the characters changed. In high school, I began creating characters and that is where it has stood until today. The characters that I have created have these wonderful stories and lives and when I am in their world, I feel wonderful. However, when I am not, I feel alone and scared. I have tried to stop. But, when I do I feel scared, lonely and depressed. Other problems with my imagining is that I am NEVER in the picture. I become the characters but never myself; therefore, today, I am not really sure of who I am. Also, most of my characters are caucasian while I am African American (though most of my characters were African American when I was a child for they were my classmates). I have done this for so long that now I do not know if I can truly be close to anyone while I have this problem and I'm afraid that when I get older I will develop a more serious problem like Altzheimers. Is anyone experiencing this? What suggestions do you have to cure this problem?

GatsbyLuvr1920 · 04-30-2006, 08:23 AM

I do the exact same thing! Do you, by any chance, have Asperger's, or any Asperger's-related traits? I've talked to people on the autism board because I was just recently diagnosed with Asperger's, and it seems that many Asperger's people talk to themselves and make imaginary characters. From what I understand, you don't actually believe these people are real, but you just become them as if you were acting out scenarios like a soap opera? That's what I do. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask! God bless!

-GatsbyLuvr1920-

CSense · 05-02-2006, 01:40 PM

That's exactly it. It's like a soap opera. I read about Asperger's and there are things there I experienced, but I am not sure if that's it. How did you get diagnosed with Asperger's?

Rogue Hawkins · 05-04-2006, 06:00 AM

I thought i was the only one who did this, I have never spoken to anyone about it. I also tell lies to my friends about what I did at the weekend and stuff, when really they only happened in my head. I have been diagonosed with Depression and social anxiety disorder. Is there a chance i have Asperger's syndrome?

Joltster · 05-06-2006, 08:06 AM

I also have created imaginary characters in my head and spend time with them in my own little fantasy world all the time, i talk to them and it is like being with real people except i know i'm just imagining it - i'm not me in these daydreams but someone else. I live in these daydreams most of the time and sometimes i'm ok and can get on with my life and other times its all i want to do and i can't do anything else and it gets in the way of my life. I feel most of the time i just want to live in my fantasy world and be with these characters and don't even care about the real world enough because my real world is so depressing....

I tried explaining my situation to my psychiatrist but he'd never heard of anything like this much before and didn't understand it. But after reading this thread i'm worried i might have Asperger's syndrome. Does anyone think i do have it or what it is i have? what is causing me to be this way? I don't even know what is wrong with me and before i found this board i thought it was just me who was like this as i'd never heard of anyone else wanting to live in a daydream world before....

I also have had 2 psychotic episodes and most likely have schizo-affective disorder.

I don't think my constant daydreaming/fantasising is because of schizo-affective disorder i think that just caused my psychotic episodes. So i'm wondering just what it is i do have wrong with me? is it Asperger's?

I just can't stop daydreaming no matter how hard i try, now i've made up these imaginary characters, it seems this will just never go...i just don't know what to do....