My ds is 6 and currently waiting for an autism assessment.. The pead knows about his imaginary friend "Jake" jake has been around for about 3 yrs now but sometimes there are other things.. Jakes mum (sometimes she is pregnant) Jake had a porcupine that he let ds look after a few months ago.. He has also had "captain" but he didn't like him so he went back on his boat.. A cat once.. But more recently a scary looking man keeps running over the walls and he freaks out.. Then tonight he seen "secret eaters" and was freaked out for around 5 mins.. I just tell him not to worry about it and they aren't real. But it's hard when he wakes up at 2 am to tell me something has just ran across my face.. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to say to him..? I will be telling the psychologist when the time comes about seeing things as it's getting worse.. Im not even sure it's part of an ASD.. It freaks me out so I can only imagine how he feels!