durabone
Jedi Council Member
I have been considering getting hypnotized again to investigate my childhood imaginary friend.
With the "lack of interesting questions" thread in mind, might as well suggest.
I've been doing a little research into the phenomena of imaginary childhood friends and here's
some samplings. Three flavors of articles I have found:
1. Garden Variety Parental Guidance:
Typical:
_http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/149475/imaginary_friends_what_every_parent.html?cat=25
Imaginary companions are commonly found among children. A 2001 study of 1800 school-age children found that 46.2 percent of children reported experiences with imaginary companions.
As it turns out the creation of imaginary friends is a normal developmental stage for many children according to Laurie Schuler if the Akron Children's Hospital.
General Tendencies of Children With Imaginary Friends
Studies have shown that children with imaginary friends end to be less shy than children without imaginary friends. In addition, children with these friends are often better able to focus their attention and see things from other people's perspectives.
2. Suggestions of involvement by ET, elementals, and kryptozoo:
_http://magonia.haaan.com/2009/invizikids/
"Invizikids: The Curious Enigma of 'Imaginary' Childhood Friends" ~ Michael J. Hallowell being a prime source
Kids with allegedly imaginary friends invent them either because they have no siblings or because they do have them. This is an argument which, I would venture, pretty much sows up all the possibilities, but it is flawed. Why? For it is built upon the premise that “imaginary” childhood friends really are imaginary and arrogantly ignores many other explanations.
I have interviewed nearly one hundred people from numerous continents and countries, all of whom had (or have) allegedly imaginary friends. What struck me, first of all, was a number of constants which always seem to present themselves.#
For instance, these ‘non-corporeal companions’ or NCCs as I prefer to call them, almost always fit neatly into one of four clearly-defined categories. More of that later. Another bizarre feature is the way that many NCCs seem to possess names which we may call “double-barrelled repetitives” A woman from the Philippines used to have an NCC called “Gardu-Gardu”. A youngster from South Yorkshire said his NCC was called Bally-Bally. A Bangladeshi youth I interviewed called his NCC Manno-Manno.
In June 2006 I gave a lecture at a conference in St. Annes-on Sea. An American chap in the audience raised his hand in astonishment and told me that his NCC had been called Likki-Likki. This double-barrelled repetitive was a universal constant during my research; not present in every case, but present enough times to make its significance obvious.
3. Cathy O'Brien / Greenbaum development of imaginary friends as a weapon:
_http://www.angelfire.com/empire/serpentis666/Mind.html
Childhood playmates are often extensions of one's personality, especially in those who are of weaker character and would not fight back personally or defend themselves. The imaginary playmate can fight back and get angry, where as the child cannot. Often, there is an abusive parent, to whom the angry thoughts and actions of the playmate are directed against.
n actual cases, the emerging stronger personality is conditioned through programming and suggestion to be hostile to the root personality of the subject.
This aggressive personality in nearly all cases is stronger and can take more abuse. The world powers use the subject as robotic spies.
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Taken all of the above this double barreled name business hit home as my Mother told me that my imaginary friend's name was Little BoBo. Ironically a later childhood friend (no way connected) had the last name "Bobo"). That aside, there is a match with the size thing as he was smaller than me at 3. The outdoors thing also matched my case for NCC type2 as he never appeared except when I was alone by the swingset at the edge of the woods.
So... Have any of you had imaginary friends as a child?
What do the C's have to say about the phenomena, or about elementals in general?
Thanks!
With the "lack of interesting questions" thread in mind, might as well suggest.
I've been doing a little research into the phenomena of imaginary childhood friends and here's
some samplings. Three flavors of articles I have found:
1. Garden Variety Parental Guidance:
Typical:
_http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/149475/imaginary_friends_what_every_parent.html?cat=25
Imaginary companions are commonly found among children. A 2001 study of 1800 school-age children found that 46.2 percent of children reported experiences with imaginary companions.
As it turns out the creation of imaginary friends is a normal developmental stage for many children according to Laurie Schuler if the Akron Children's Hospital.
General Tendencies of Children With Imaginary Friends
Studies have shown that children with imaginary friends end to be less shy than children without imaginary friends. In addition, children with these friends are often better able to focus their attention and see things from other people's perspectives.
2. Suggestions of involvement by ET, elementals, and kryptozoo:
_http://magonia.haaan.com/2009/invizikids/
"Invizikids: The Curious Enigma of 'Imaginary' Childhood Friends" ~ Michael J. Hallowell being a prime source
Kids with allegedly imaginary friends invent them either because they have no siblings or because they do have them. This is an argument which, I would venture, pretty much sows up all the possibilities, but it is flawed. Why? For it is built upon the premise that “imaginary” childhood friends really are imaginary and arrogantly ignores many other explanations.
I have interviewed nearly one hundred people from numerous continents and countries, all of whom had (or have) allegedly imaginary friends. What struck me, first of all, was a number of constants which always seem to present themselves.#
For instance, these ‘non-corporeal companions’ or NCCs as I prefer to call them, almost always fit neatly into one of four clearly-defined categories. More of that later. Another bizarre feature is the way that many NCCs seem to possess names which we may call “double-barrelled repetitives” A woman from the Philippines used to have an NCC called “Gardu-Gardu”. A youngster from South Yorkshire said his NCC was called Bally-Bally. A Bangladeshi youth I interviewed called his NCC Manno-Manno.
In June 2006 I gave a lecture at a conference in St. Annes-on Sea. An American chap in the audience raised his hand in astonishment and told me that his NCC had been called Likki-Likki. This double-barrelled repetitive was a universal constant during my research; not present in every case, but present enough times to make its significance obvious.
3. Cathy O'Brien / Greenbaum development of imaginary friends as a weapon:
_http://www.angelfire.com/empire/serpentis666/Mind.html
Childhood playmates are often extensions of one's personality, especially in those who are of weaker character and would not fight back personally or defend themselves. The imaginary playmate can fight back and get angry, where as the child cannot. Often, there is an abusive parent, to whom the angry thoughts and actions of the playmate are directed against.
n actual cases, the emerging stronger personality is conditioned through programming and suggestion to be hostile to the root personality of the subject.
This aggressive personality in nearly all cases is stronger and can take more abuse. The world powers use the subject as robotic spies.
---
Taken all of the above this double barreled name business hit home as my Mother told me that my imaginary friend's name was Little BoBo. Ironically a later childhood friend (no way connected) had the last name "Bobo"). That aside, there is a match with the size thing as he was smaller than me at 3. The outdoors thing also matched my case for NCC type2 as he never appeared except when I was alone by the swingset at the edge of the woods.
So... Have any of you had imaginary friends as a child?
What do the C's have to say about the phenomena, or about elementals in general?
Thanks!