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Re:Can you treat loneliness by creating an imaginary friend? by trash_cat on Monday January 18, 2021 @05:21AM (#25820248)
You have a bad understanding of what mental illness is then. Imaginary friend is a coping mechanism not gateway to becoming crazy.
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Re:Can you treat loneliness by creating an imaginary friend? by emphatizer2000 on Monday January 18, 2021 @05:59AM (#25820461)
As long as you aware that the friend is imaginary, perhaps. If it gets to real, I'd say it is a mental illness.

Not sure if you can simply create that by willpower/meditation, though. Although it seems very likely that it is possible to deliberately fuck up one's mental health. After all, it is possible to fuck up one's physical health, too.

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