Imaginary friends are created by the needs of an overactive imagination. They are frequent companions to many children during the age period in which they are learning to discern what is real and what isn't. Generally considered harmless during childhood, imaginary friends can last into adulthood when at last a deep sorrow can be discovered.
In Julie de Waroquier's "Doppelganger" illustrates an adult woman's relationship with her imaginary friend, one to whom she's become so inseparable to that she's an exact reflection of herself. Perhaps her friend is an extension of herself that she's kept hidden from herself.
The narrative depicts the woman coming to the realization that her imaginary friend is not real and eventually drowns the proof of her absence and is from then on shown alone. She no longer suffers from her psychic neurosis. Her lonely reality in its place.
The translation of her note reads: "It's been a longtime that my words have received your silence. But the images cried at not seeing you. They drowned my lie and diluted your memory. I no longer hear the echo of your absence . (I still feel your shadow under my feet.)"
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