Does my friend have a mental issue?
So this is a fairly long question. I have a friend who ive known for a fair while now, maybe 2-3 months, anywho i believe he may have some sort of obs
So this is a fairly long question. I have a friend who i've known for a fair while now, maybe 2-3 months, anywho i believe he may have some sort of obsession with his past or past self? Something along those lines. A few years ago he had a massive instagram account with over 100k followers but for a certain reasons he was forced to delete the account and start another one from scratch. 4 years passed and he's now 19 and to me was living a normal life. However, a few days ago i found out he was, i guess pretending to be someone else on the internet? He used a different name and was using photos of himself from 2013-2014. Basically masquerading online as his 16 y/o self from 2013. I also found out he had been doing this for over a year and i believe he has a serious problem...I've tried speaking to him about it and trying to help in any way i can however he won't budge and stop doing what he's doing. He's made so many friends online as his 'fake self' and i believe he's just become too attached to stop being this other fake version of himself. I did some research and couldn't find anything specifically explaining the problem. Anyways i wanted to find out if he has any specific problems, issues, obsessions etc. that i should be worried about. Thanks!
or:So this is a fairly long question. I have a friend who i've known for a fair while now, maybe 2-3 months, anywho i believe he may have some sort of obsession with his past or past self? Something along those lines. A few years ago he had a massive instagram account with over 100k followers but for a certain reasons he was forced to delete the account and start another one from scratch. 4 years passed and he's now 19 and to me was living a normal life. However, a few days ago i found out he was, i guess pretending to be someone else on the internet? He used a different name and was using photos of himself from 2013-2014. Basically masquerading online as his 16 y/o self from 2013. I also found out he had been doing this for over a year and i believe he has a serious problem...I've tried speaking to him about it and trying to help in any way i can however he won't budge and stop doing what he's doing. He's made so many friends online as his 'fake self' and i believe he's just become too attached to stop being this other fake version of himself. I did some research and couldn't find anything specifically explaining the problem. Anyways i wanted to find out if he has any specific problems, issues, obsessions etc. that i should be worried about. Thanks!
or:So he found his old friends from 2013. He ages as they do. Please explain the actual problem.
or:Your friend is not mental by any means. However, he may have some unresolved anger. You say that when he was 16 he deleted his account with 100k followers. This is the root of the problem. Maybe when he was young, his parents made him delete it as punishment for something, maybe he deleted it by accident. It's done, it happened, now he needs to start moving on. He's not going to get anymore famous as 16 than if he would as19. You need to tell him this because he could potentially hurt himself and others.Be patient, be gentle, and best wishes :)
or:i would say borderline pedophilia. He's pretending to be a younger person to gain younger friends. Even though it's just a younger version of himself, it's still posing as a younger person.
