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leia
Nov 27, 2012, 05:24 PM
When I was in preschool I had a best friend named mckenzie , I have little memory's of what she looked like ; short blonde hair and blue eyes ; and of playing on the play ground everyday and going to her birthday party. Since the age of 3-4 I have had a imaginary friend and named her mckenzie and I can remember knowing she was the girl from preschool. When I was about 5 I remember laying in bed and looking over and seeing a girl my size standing next to me with blonde hair but instead her eyes were black and white swirls. I stared for a minute and screamed and remember running out of my room. Fast forward to when I was 8 she appeared in my dream again and then time she was trying to choke me.. and it was funny because we were at my exact location in each dream. As I got older she became just a part of my head like sort of a self conscious thing. Instead of talking to myself I would talk to her for advice in my mind. Recently she came up in a conversation between me and my mother and she told me there was no girl named mckenzie in my preschool class and she has always been just imaginary friend. I began trying to explain seeing her , playing on the play ground , and going to her birthday party. She told me there was never a girl named mckenzie and that it never happened. Could I have a ghost or something following me my whole life or am I crazy? This seems weird but all my memory's were 100% real and remembered easily.

Wondergirl
Nov 27, 2012, 05:41 PM
It sounds like McKenzie was always your imaginary friend and not a real person. Since I was 2 or 3, I've had a similar imaginary friend named AngelWolf, a big grey wolf who wore a long white angel robe. AngelWolf and I played church (my dad was a minister) and sang hymns with my dollies and sometimes I let AngelWolf give the sermon. He and I still hang out, but don't tell anyone.

odinn7
Nov 27, 2012, 05:48 PM
On the other hand, your mother could be wrong. My father forgets things that happened. We used to work at the same place years ago and there was a guy that worked there who my father hated... I recently met this guy again and then mentioned him to my dad... he had no idea who I was talking about.

Wondergirl
Nov 27, 2012, 05:51 PM
Like odinn said, your mother could have forgotten real-life MaKenzie. And possibly you decided to name your imaginary friend after your pre-K friend.

leia
Nov 27, 2012, 07:37 PM
So its perfectly OK that as I got older I still talked to her and that it is possible that it may all just be dreams?

odinn7
Nov 27, 2012, 07:44 PM
You may have really had a friend named McKenzie early on and since you liked her, you made up an imaginary friend version of her. It is possible you later saw her in dreams.