my niece always spoke to imaginary "friends" Between the age of two and three my sister overheard her talking about her mean mommie..So she asked her daughter why she thought she was mean...and she said (in a very adamant voice NOT YOU!! MY MOMMIE WITH THE DARK HAIR ...YOU WOULDN"T KNOW.. IT WAS BEFORE I WAS AN EGG CELL IN YOU BODY!!! Well it was pretty strange my sister called me immediately ( it was the egg cell comment that amazed us!)and we then asked her daughter all kinds of questions...she gave us the name of the town and the situation she found herself in and a house number REMEMBER she was just 2 1/2 I must also add she taught herself to read... at age two she would read the phone book and circle letters...she still is a very gifted student (and doesn't remember a thing!)