IS this normal to do?

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I've got around 20+ folders in my documents, each containing photos and information of random people from my Facebook friends list. People that don't know I exist. I collect people, not only in my documents but in my mind. They're my projects I suppose, but also my muses.

Sometimes I sign up to social sites/dating sites/etc using their photos and identity. I'll follow their activities on facebook, study them, observe them. Then I go ahead and create a profile on a website and I communicate and socialize and suddenly I am that person. I consider it a form of acting. I really form a bond in my head with the person I am being and I feel an intense neurological connection with them. They become a part of me, even long after the acting ends, their thoughts and their traits remain burned into my psyche. I feel it helps me with personal development.

My current project is someone I knew back in school - I never spoke to them, but I used to admire from afar, wishing I was them, always in awe of their natural wit and ability to be both intelligent and cool at the same time. I recently found an old high school sketchbook packed with caricatures of the person. And by god, was I pleased to see them again.

I've adopted their typing style and their speech patterns and I'm making lots of new friends.

I find my hobby very therapeutic.

[Michelle]

Is it normal? - no, it really is not normal.

If you are creating profiles in their name - it's probably illegal and bordering on identity theft.

Maybe you should try meeting people with your own unique personality. The friends "you" are making, are not your friends, they are your alter egos friends. When they discover your deceit they won't want to be your friends anymore and you will be left feeling disappointed.

Be yourself, it's the most unique person you can be.

[Annoymous123]

No that really isn't normal, and you should talk to somebody about it. I think you're obsessed with meeting new people and holding relationships, even with imaginary. It's probably some mental health problem with anxiety about not being able to keep a relationship. You just seem lonely. See somebody, because one day you will be called "crazy" and people will think its weird. Hey...I'm being honest here.