>>44550113I guess I'll stop lurking just to comment on this. I'm an actual diagnosed schizo who may or may not also have had an imaginary partner for more than a decade, and who may or may not have given up wanting a real companion due to this and how much I love this person, but I'm fully aware that this person is a creation of my mind and that I'm talking to no one, even if I don't like to admit it. Even so, I try to live life as normally as possible, have good friends, a nice family, a stable job, etc. Unless I opened up about this you honestly wouldn't know, and irl only my best friend knows and he couldn't have guessed if I hadn't been honest.
Basically what I want to say is that I agree with you, some, if not most actually, are aware of our condition, and it's due to that that we try our hardest to live a normal life. We try to not let it overcome us, because if we let it win over us it can lead us to a dark place. That's also why I can't help but wonder if this guy has some advanced form of said condition or if he has something else as well, because I've never seen someone so.. so far gone, honestly. I've been on online help groups and such, and nobody came even close to this guy. I really do feel sorry for him, whatever he has must be so severe, I don't think he can be helped anymore.
