{"id":1389,"date":"2026-01-11T16:24:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/xl22n24\/?page_id=1389"},"modified":"2026-01-11T16:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:59:05","slug":"imaginary-friend","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/xl22n24\/imaginary-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaginary Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1389\" class=\"elementor elementor-1389\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66061ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66061ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18962d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18962d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Psychological Definition<\/h4><p>Imaginary friends are &#8220;invisible companions&#8221; created by children during their cognitive development, typically appearing between the ages of 2 and 7. It is not a mental abnormality, but rather a manifestation of healthy imagination and social needs. Children clearly know that this friend is &#8220;not real,&#8221; yet they can engage in complex emotional interactions with it.<\/p><h4>Forms of Existence<\/h4><p>\u2022 Completely Invisible: Only the child can &#8216;see&#8217; them.<\/p><p>\u2022 Tangible Attachment: A specific toy, doll, or object as a physical entity.<\/p><p>\u2022 Conceptual Existence: Simply a name, voice, or feeling.<\/p><p>Common Functions<\/p><p>\u2022 Companion: Provides emotional support when alone or lonely.<\/p><p>\u2022 Shifter of Responsibility: &#8216;I didn&#8217;t break the cup, Tom did it!&#8217;<\/p><p>\u2022 Adventure Partner: Explores the world together and shares secrets.<\/p><p>\u2022 Ideal Self Projection: Performs things the child dares not do.<\/p><h4>Time of Disappearance<\/h4><p>They usually &#8220;leave&#8221; naturally after the child establishes a real social circle or enters the concrete operational stage (7-12 years old), or are actively forgotten.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad1b845 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ad1b845\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psychological Definition Imaginary friends are &#8220;invisible companions&#8221; created by children during their cognitive development, typically appearing between the ages of 2 and 7. It is not a mental abnormality, but rather a manifestation of healthy imagination and social needs. Children clearly know that this friend is &#8220;not real,&#8221; yet they can engage in complex emotional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1389","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/xl22n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/xl22n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/xl22n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/xl22n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/xl22n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1389"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/xl22n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1438,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/xl22n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1389\/revisions\/1438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/xl22n24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}