Does anyone feel perfectly fine doing this? - Wild Minds network2024-03-28T21:15:11Zhttps://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/does-anyone-feel-perfectly-fine-doing-this?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A113641&feed=yes&xn_auth=no I personally think that dayd…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-11-23:4661400:Comment:1139962012-11-23T16:50:00.637ZLeAnn Marcumhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/LeAnnMarcum
<p> I personally think that daydreaming gives our lives 'flavor' in a way. If I didn't have the power to daydream, then I think that life for me would be even more bland. But the one thing about daydreaming that I regret is letting myself sink so deep in it that I wasted about 2 years of my life actually believing that my fantasy world was going to come true, and losing track of how reality works. But I believe that there is some kind of middle ground.</p>
<p> I personally think that daydreaming gives our lives 'flavor' in a way. If I didn't have the power to daydream, then I think that life for me would be even more bland. But the one thing about daydreaming that I regret is letting myself sink so deep in it that I wasted about 2 years of my life actually believing that my fantasy world was going to come true, and losing track of how reality works. But I believe that there is some kind of middle ground.</p> I'm quite good with MD. I hav…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-11-22:4661400:Comment:1138562012-11-22T12:42:10.312ZGale Potterhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/GalePotter
<p>I'm quite good with MD. I have extremely complex PTSD, the most extreme case my two shrinks have ever seen and one has been practicing since 1957 ( yah he's older than dirt LOL ) So...that should tell you how reality has gone for me. To me, real people are potential for drama to trauma. I feel that had I NOT tried to step out of my daydreams into the real world, my life would have taken a much better tack and I'd be saner and in a decent position today. I could have milked cows for a living…</p>
<p>I'm quite good with MD. I have extremely complex PTSD, the most extreme case my two shrinks have ever seen and one has been practicing since 1957 ( yah he's older than dirt LOL ) So...that should tell you how reality has gone for me. To me, real people are potential for drama to trauma. I feel that had I NOT tried to step out of my daydreams into the real world, my life would have taken a much better tack and I'd be saner and in a decent position today. I could have milked cows for a living ( daydreamed while doing it ) and taken correspondance courses or finished college as my health allowed. ( many of my health problems were due to other people ) I regret not embracing my fantasy life far more than I did. It might have saved me.</p>
<p> BUT, that's me and most of you won't experience the extreme problems I encountered with my own species LOL</p> That's exactly how I feel LJ!tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-11-22:4661400:Comment:1136412012-11-22T07:09:52.308ZKathyhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Kathy604
<p>That's exactly how I feel LJ!</p>
<p>That's exactly how I feel LJ!</p> Not perfectly fine, not willi…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-11-22:4661400:Comment:1137512012-11-22T06:01:08.491ZLJhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/LJ
<p>Not perfectly fine, not willing to give it up, all at the same time. I just wish I would not withdraw from everything when things get tough....... Like choosing to stay home and dd rather than spend time with family during holidays. Don't know why I do that. Maybe safer then putting on airs for people I only see once or twice a year. This year I am not in the mood to be around people.</p>
<p>Not perfectly fine, not willing to give it up, all at the same time. I just wish I would not withdraw from everything when things get tough....... Like choosing to stay home and dd rather than spend time with family during holidays. Don't know why I do that. Maybe safer then putting on airs for people I only see once or twice a year. This year I am not in the mood to be around people.</p> I wouldn't say "perfectly fin…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-11-22:4661400:Comment:1137302012-11-22T04:07:17.000ZSerenity Riverhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/SerenityRiver
<p>I wouldn't say "perfectly fine", but I don't really regret it. I see myself as an underachiever at work, but everyone else thinks I'm doing just fine (I find myself thinking that standards in the real world aren't all that high!) I can't find any motivation, or any real passion I want to follow in life; my work is just a means of financing a safe, undisturbed space so I can indulge in my fantasy life. I wonder sometimes if I could be giving more to the world, as an intelligent and…</p>
<p>I wouldn't say "perfectly fine", but I don't really regret it. I see myself as an underachiever at work, but everyone else thinks I'm doing just fine (I find myself thinking that standards in the real world aren't all that high!) I can't find any motivation, or any real passion I want to follow in life; my work is just a means of financing a safe, undisturbed space so I can indulge in my fantasy life. I wonder sometimes if I could be giving more to the world, as an intelligent and creative person, and that's really my only regret in all this. My passion goes into my fantasy world.</p> The thing I regret most is no…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-11-22:4661400:Comment:1136122012-11-22T02:48:21.075ZKathyhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Kathy604
<p>The thing I regret most is not being there (completely) for the people I love. I feel like I've cheated them, not being the attentive wife, daughter, friend that I should be. As for me, I enjoy my fantasy world immensely. I do regret it but not for me but for those in my life that I care about.</p>
<p>The thing I regret most is not being there (completely) for the people I love. I feel like I've cheated them, not being the attentive wife, daughter, friend that I should be. As for me, I enjoy my fantasy world immensely. I do regret it but not for me but for those in my life that I care about.</p> I kind of regret it...but if…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-11-22:4661400:Comment:1133932012-11-22T01:17:15.859ZJ Petershttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/JPeters
<p>I kind of regret it...but if I didn't have it, I'd probably still be living the same dull reality. Never dding wouldn't have changed me from being <em>me -</em> know what I mean? I'd still be the same person and I wouldn't have any way to escape that. </p>
<p>I kind of regret it...but if I didn't have it, I'd probably still be living the same dull reality. Never dding wouldn't have changed me from being <em>me -</em> know what I mean? I'd still be the same person and I wouldn't have any way to escape that. </p> I am, for the most part fine…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-11-21:4661400:Comment:1133212012-11-21T13:18:39.686ZSwanInTheWaterhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/SwanInTheWater
I am, for the most part fine with it. I worry how it will affect future romantic relationships and I sort of feel like people don't really know me at all, which makes me very lonely. I feel like myself when I am alone and daydreaming. Sometimes I wish my reality were better. It freaks me out when I realize how much I daydream and I wonder what I am missing out on. I recently started following websites such as salon.com so that I cam have some kind of connection with reality.<br />
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I am, for the most part fine with it. I worry how it will affect future romantic relationships and I sort of feel like people don't really know me at all, which makes me very lonely. I feel like myself when I am alone and daydreaming. Sometimes I wish my reality were better. It freaks me out when I realize how much I daydream and I wonder what I am missing out on. I recently started following websites such as salon.com so that I cam have some kind of connection with reality.<br />
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I have been this way all of my life and I just wouldn't be me if it went away. Daydreaming keeps me sane. I felt like an oddball until…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-11-21:4661400:Comment:1130992012-11-21T11:57:35.323ZLeahhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Leah
I felt like an oddball until I read the article on Yahoo. It's comforting to know I'm not the only person to dream.<br />
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I live a pretty normal life outside my dream world. I'm in my mid 40s, happily married with a family. My dream world helps me with frustrations and stressful situations in the real world. Also, I will go to my dreamworld to entertain myself and make a routine chore pass a bit more quickly.<br />
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I have no regrets about the extent of my day dreams. There could be worse things I could…
I felt like an oddball until I read the article on Yahoo. It's comforting to know I'm not the only person to dream.<br />
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I live a pretty normal life outside my dream world. I'm in my mid 40s, happily married with a family. My dream world helps me with frustrations and stressful situations in the real world. Also, I will go to my dreamworld to entertain myself and make a routine chore pass a bit more quickly.<br />
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I have no regrets about the extent of my day dreams. There could be worse things I could be doing. I'm fine with this too. Ther…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-11-21:4661400:Comment:1130642012-11-21T03:58:38.064ZJalashalahttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/TinaKrause
<p>I'm fine with this too. There have been periods in my life where I'm sure I was overdoing it as a way to escape, but these days, it's just for fun, I don't overindulge in it, and I find it enriches my life. </p>
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<p>I'm also really glad to find that I obviously am not the only one in the world who does this. Up until now (I'm 37), I really did think I was kind of a freak of nature, and thought it was just a unique quirk of mine. I've never shared it with anyone. I've read through…</p>
<p>I'm fine with this too. There have been periods in my life where I'm sure I was overdoing it as a way to escape, but these days, it's just for fun, I don't overindulge in it, and I find it enriches my life. </p>
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<p>I'm also really glad to find that I obviously am not the only one in the world who does this. Up until now (I'm 37), I really did think I was kind of a freak of nature, and thought it was just a unique quirk of mine. I've never shared it with anyone. I've read through the forums, and I see that posts like these are a dime a dozen, so here's one more. I have done this since I was five, and have built up 100s of characters in my head over the past 30+ years. Some are my own, and some are characters from books and movies. </p>