More than imaginary friends! Imagibeings!!!
Y'all know how we love to make up funny names for things. So I decided to create another term. Imagibeings.
Imagibeings are like imaginary friends or imaginary families, except they're more along the lines of tulpae or headmates, and do not get outgrown, or they may show up again during later years in someone's life.
They often have some personality of their own that tends to be a more pure personality of their creator, who I'm calling the companion conductor (or companion for short).
These imagibeings are not simple imaginary friends, as imaginary friends can have wildly different personalities from their companion conductor and often are puppets, only doing what the person wants them to do, then going away once they're no longer necessary. Imaginary friends are often the ones blamed for bad behavior, whereas an imagibeing would protest or express dislike over being blamed.
If their companion conductor tries to get rid of them or dismisses them, it's not the same as getting rid of imaginary friends. They tend to mean a lot to their creator, the companion conductor, and getting rid of them could result in severe detriment to their human companion.
Imagibeings are "imaginary beings" for a reason. They're not puppets per se. They are beings that have autonomy yet share much of their traits with their companion.
Conductor in this sense doesn't mean "leader". You're conducting these beings as in you're the medium for them, like how metal conducts electricity. Without your mind to create them or provide a medium to be detected, they wouldn't exist to you. Which is why conductor is used.
Conduit refers to the mind medium, the mental and emotional current that they exist in. This is contrast to a parcosm, which is is a fantasy world. Conduit is the invisible medium while they're not within the paracosm, like if they "speak" to you through verbal internal dialogue or monologues, or become projected on to your external environment as visuals. Some may feel like they're hugging you or even kissing you during times of distress.
Imagibeings often give advice to their conductors. In an abusive relationship with someone, they may tell the conductor that they're real for them and support them, and provide visuals and/or audio feedback on how to cope.
Imagibeings tend to be benign beings, offering support and guidance for their conductor.