Is it normal that when i was young i would tell stories of when i was an adult?

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When I was a little kid (like 2-5 years) I would tell stories of when "I was a grown up". Like just random stuff about what I did, where I lived, where I went, etc. My parents said they didn't think I was looking for attention because I would tell these stories casually (e.i. not in an attention-seeking manner). Is this normal and what could it have meant? I'm wondering if stuff this could be similar in people with mental illnesses and the like...

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  • Unimportant
    11 years ago

    Is your name Benjamin Button?

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  • Bonnabell
    11 years ago

    That seems backwards?

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  • DudeUrFuglyXox
    11 years ago

    i saw a documentary about this where children could remember their past lives

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    • bunnypuffcereal
      11 years ago

      what is that documentary called? it sounds really interesting!

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      • DudeUrFuglyXox
        11 years ago

        its called 'extraordinary people-the boy who lived before', i watched it on youtube :)

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  • MiaScarlette.
    11 years ago

    Maybe when you were a kid you just thought it was fun to make up stories. Maybe you should write a book. I dont know man

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  • IrishPotato
    11 years ago

    Hello there, Benjamin Button ^^.

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  • yesnomaybeso
    11 years ago

    I once saw this on TV

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  • mikafor
    11 years ago

    Sometimes you tell those "When I was a kid..." stories, they try to emulate that, except in the opposite way because they are kids now. Completely normal.

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  • charli.m
    11 years ago

    Kids do this all the time. It's cute.

    My favourite is "When Mummy was a baby in my tummy, she was very silly and she made me sneeze." This was from my male cousin when he was about 3. He was also a dog, as far as he was concerned.

    Kids just say cute shit all the time. I rarely get through a day of working with them without being doubled over in pain from what they've said being so damn funny.

    As for meaning behind it, I'm not entirely sure, but I suspect it's just the way kids process thoughts and concepts.

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