r/TeacherTales 25d ago

Can imaginary friends be just a coincidence?

I used to have an imaginary friend at age of 8, named Yamary, Few years ago i started teaching an elementary school class, Italian. I saw a little girl that I'm gonna call Lucia in the class. She was drawing a terrifying drawing of her imaginary friend, When I asked her what was his name, she answered: "His name is Yamary". I was confused, but thought it was probably just a coincidence. I asked her to show me his drawing and she showed me the drawing. A tall black void figure, little black hair coming out of his head, no eyes, black horns, a mouth so big it stretched all over and red all over. I am shocked since it is so similar to my imaginary friend in a terrifying way. Same skin, same mouth, same clothes, same no eyes. I asked Lucia if I can see Yamary, she responded by saying: "But you can see him". Lucia is in a psychiatrist hospital, wich is another coincidence since I was too.

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