Non-story-based daydreams - Wild Minds network2024-03-29T13:16:47Zhttps://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/nonstorybased-daydreams?feed=yes&xn_auth=noYeah, I do this a lot. The on…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2011-10-22:4661400:Comment:596202011-10-22T11:47:51.964ZTruthful Alibihttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/ThisIsPrivate
<p>Yeah, I do this a lot. The only trouble is, I normally have one half of the conversation in my head and the other half out loud when I do this. My mum doesn't have MD (I don't think) and I once told her about having half a random conversation in my head and the other half out loud (although nothing that would give away my MD, I'm too much of a coward for that) and she just said "O-K then..." in that way people do when you tell them women live longer than men because women tend to wear…</p>
<p>Yeah, I do this a lot. The only trouble is, I normally have one half of the conversation in my head and the other half out loud when I do this. My mum doesn't have MD (I don't think) and I once told her about having half a random conversation in my head and the other half out loud (although nothing that would give away my MD, I'm too much of a coward for that) and she just said "O-K then..." in that way people do when you tell them women live longer than men because women tend to wear brighter colours (I have done this as well!)</p>
<p>The good thing about this is that I understand everything I say, I laugh at all my jokes and inside jokes (I have a lot of these, especially from school. School is one funny place with the people in my classes...) and I don't interrupt myself and make myself forget what I was about to say, unless I start story-line-DDing.</p>
<p>Sometimes when my brain runs out of ideas <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">of how my DD me can rebel today</span> for stuff to do in my DDs, I describe my DD me instead. Sometimes I use some of the many simile/metaphor things I have made up for my character. Sometimes I just have a love scene between me and my DD boyfriend. This often involves my very very weird fetish (you probably don't want to know what it is), when he is telling me how he is in love with this guy but still loves me (don't know why, I mean the guy did try to kill him... with a stone... that my DD me nicknames 'The Vampire Stone'...), and once when... well, it didn't get to that point, but, as we were about to do something that I probably shouldn't say on this forum, my mum (in real life) called me for dinner. I made myself laugh with what I thought afterwards. If you want to know, message me. It was random.</p>
<p>I'll stop boring everyone to death now < P</p> Yep, me to. Often when I'm dr…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2011-10-21:4661400:Comment:593202011-10-21T06:10:38.411ZParadoxhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Paradox
<p>Yep, me to. Often when I'm driving, Like today i was driving along having a conversation out loud analysing a movie that was made from a book I love. I'm so glad for modern technology because in the past if anyone saw me talking to myself alone in my car they would think I'm nuts, but now they must just assume I have hands-free. lol.</p>
<p>The shower is also another place I am prone to this, but not out loud because other people would hear.</p>
<p>Or sometimes when I;m doing something like…</p>
<p>Yep, me to. Often when I'm driving, Like today i was driving along having a conversation out loud analysing a movie that was made from a book I love. I'm so glad for modern technology because in the past if anyone saw me talking to myself alone in my car they would think I'm nuts, but now they must just assume I have hands-free. lol.</p>
<p>The shower is also another place I am prone to this, but not out loud because other people would hear.</p>
<p>Or sometimes when I;m doing something like cooking, or drawing, I'll have a kind of ongoing monologue in my head as if I'm telling someone what I'm doing as I do it. Like I'm a teacher or something.</p>
<p>weird stuff, but so glad I'm not alone.</p>
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<p> </p> Oh definitely! I hardly ever…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2011-10-20:4661400:Comment:586872011-10-20T02:44:10.845ZBeth Whttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/BethWaymire
Oh definitely! I hardly ever stop daydreaming, so it's just when I have time to relax and not do anything is when I base my dreams around a story or plot. I constantly have some sort of monologue or conversation going on in the back of my mind.
Oh definitely! I hardly ever stop daydreaming, so it's just when I have time to relax and not do anything is when I base my dreams around a story or plot. I constantly have some sort of monologue or conversation going on in the back of my mind. I usually don't have my DDs t…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2011-10-16:4661400:Comment:581872011-10-16T03:48:12.938ZAvisek Senguptahttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/AvisekSengupta
I usually don't have my DDs to stories... i mean the characters are sometimes borrowed from them, and sometimes from real life. But the scenario is usually always original. Often there is no scenario as well and it serves to use the physical environment I am currently in with just an excess of characters who to the real world do not exist. Ya, I have talked to them often and discussed things I have no one to talk to... its definitely a part of MD, but trust me; it is much more productive than…
I usually don't have my DDs to stories... i mean the characters are sometimes borrowed from them, and sometimes from real life. But the scenario is usually always original. Often there is no scenario as well and it serves to use the physical environment I am currently in with just an excess of characters who to the real world do not exist. Ya, I have talked to them often and discussed things I have no one to talk to... its definitely a part of MD, but trust me; it is much more productive than what many of the others complain about. I have more than once, turned this habit of mine to help in my works; or find company in things I would otherwise do alone. I have even recently tried to use these characters to support me against this consistent MD problem, and that has really worked better than I could expect. I have had a lot of discussions with them as well, quite often; nothing in particular... just the things I would discuss about if I had a couple of friends with me all the time. And that really often help me understand things better (I know the imaginations can't help me understand, but it is helpful to believe they are there)... Oh wow. I'm glad other people…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2011-10-14:4661400:Comment:579552011-10-14T18:13:35.336ZRachel Shttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/RachelS
<p>Oh wow. I'm glad other people do this. I find DDs like this are brilliant because they are a nice breather from my usual characters and stories. I don't count them as DDs really, it's just my mind when it's in its normal state, DDing about boring things.</p>
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<p>I know this sounds weird but sometimes I dd that I'm in the shower, washing my hair. It takes me forever to wash my hair in real life because it's so long and I'm a bit OCD about it. So I just DD about that and see it as like…</p>
<p>Oh wow. I'm glad other people do this. I find DDs like this are brilliant because they are a nice breather from my usual characters and stories. I don't count them as DDs really, it's just my mind when it's in its normal state, DDing about boring things.</p>
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<p>I know this sounds weird but sometimes I dd that I'm in the shower, washing my hair. It takes me forever to wash my hair in real life because it's so long and I'm a bit OCD about it. So I just DD about that and see it as like meditation. I feel so clean afterwards (I should probably just actually go in the shower to feel clean though.)</p>
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<p>I am ALWAYS daydreaming about being interviewed as well. I'm sure I'm a narcissist, the amount of attention I give myself in my own head.</p> Yes I do that. I do stories…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2011-10-13:4661400:Comment:580362011-10-13T23:54:37.427Zlittleschrodinger'scathttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/littleschrodingerscat
Yes I do that. I do stories much more frequently but I still do this quite often. It is almost like I have an interview with myself about the world I have created or something of that sort. I do not actually speak but I form the words with my lips and sort of breath what I am saying ( it is difficult to explain ).
Yes I do that. I do stories much more frequently but I still do this quite often. It is almost like I have an interview with myself about the world I have created or something of that sort. I do not actually speak but I form the words with my lips and sort of breath what I am saying ( it is difficult to explain ). wow this is so strange, i nev…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2011-02-12:4661400:Comment:65152011-02-12T18:46:27.751ZSkylar Greyhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/lizzyMaslow
wow this is so strange, i never really noticed that i do this until after reading this forum! i always just did have conversations in my head with myself as all of you have stated, but i never actually thought much about it. Such as, when in math class we were discussing a problem about a person rowing upstream or whatever and i had about a 10 minute conversation with myself and it ended with me thinking about robots controlling canoes. By then we were about 8 problems past the one that got me…
wow this is so strange, i never really noticed that i do this until after reading this forum! i always just did have conversations in my head with myself as all of you have stated, but i never actually thought much about it. Such as, when in math class we were discussing a problem about a person rowing upstream or whatever and i had about a 10 minute conversation with myself and it ended with me thinking about robots controlling canoes. By then we were about 8 problems past the one that got me thinking. and often when im reading books ill stop and ponder of things they said or what they wore and just contemplate ideas in my head! this is all just pouring out because the things im saying i am just realizing now! And one last example: when im riding in the car ill think about the person on the other side of the highway and wonder where theyre going, who they are. what school did they go to, the problems that they couldve possibly had. like i said its just second nature to me... wow i sound TOTALLY and COMPLETELY insane dont i? Hi Magenta, I can totally ide…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2011-02-12:4661400:Comment:67082011-02-12T06:59:10.853ZEllenhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Ellen
<p>Hi Magenta, I can totally identify with what you are talking about. This is one things I love about this forum; it's so comforting to know that I'm not the only one, when I read something that someone else wrote that could have been written word-for-word about myself. </p>
<p>I have pretend conversations all the time when I am walking between classes and my mind is not engaged by anything in particular. Over the years I think I have trained my face to stay still more or less when I am in…</p>
<p>Hi Magenta, I can totally identify with what you are talking about. This is one things I love about this forum; it's so comforting to know that I'm not the only one, when I read something that someone else wrote that could have been written word-for-word about myself. </p>
<p>I have pretend conversations all the time when I am walking between classes and my mind is not engaged by anything in particular. Over the years I think I have trained my face to stay still more or less when I am in public, but I think I still slip up sometimes. I try not to let it bother me too much; most of the people I pass on the sidewalk are strangers anyway, so who cares what they think? If someone I know catches me doing it, I try to shrug it off like its not a big deal. I mean, talking to yourself can be a sign of genius, right? lol</p>
<p>Interesting story: I was eating lunch with a group of people today, and one of the guys said to one of the other guys, "Hey, you know that really quiet girl we met the other day? I saw her yesterday, and she was smiling and appeared to be talking to herself." I don't know who they were talking about, but it sounds like there might be another daydreamer running around campus. I wonder how common this is... Probably more common than one would guess, since it seems like the majority of us are trying to keep it hidden.</p> I've caught myself moving my…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2011-02-12:4661400:Comment:66092011-02-12T02:48:40.648ZMagentahttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/JennIsaac
<p>I've caught myself moving my mouth in tandem with a conversation I'm having in a daydream, but not vocalizing. To the unaware observer, I'm sure I look as though I'm having a conversation in every respect, but clearly I'm not interacting with anyone. For this reason, I am only able to really let go and be comfortable enough to fully engage in a daydream when I'm home alone. Don't get me wrong, I daydream in other places, I'm just super nervous that people will notice my facial expressions…</p>
<p>I've caught myself moving my mouth in tandem with a conversation I'm having in a daydream, but not vocalizing. To the unaware observer, I'm sure I look as though I'm having a conversation in every respect, but clearly I'm not interacting with anyone. For this reason, I am only able to really let go and be comfortable enough to fully engage in a daydream when I'm home alone. Don't get me wrong, I daydream in other places, I'm just super nervous that people will notice my facial expressions or mouth moving. I can be a bit socially awkward at times, so I like having my conversations "scripted". In my daydreams, I'm so much more confident and at ease while talking to people. It's nice to not be hyper-aware of every little thing I say and how it affects people for a little while.</p> Hi, I've only recently found…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2011-02-11:4661400:Comment:65022011-02-11T11:19:45.431ZTabitha Dunciehttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/TabithaDuncie
<p>Hi, I've only recently found this site and that what I thought was my odd behaviour is not unique to me and has a name. My MD doesn't involve superheros or imaginary lands but more as described on this thread. Like Ana Suau I do the outwardly verbalising to myself to people who aren't there my views on subjects that can go on a loop. I also go over and over conversations that I have had and correctly or clarifying what I had said or wanted to say by creating situations where this could…</p>
<p>Hi, I've only recently found this site and that what I thought was my odd behaviour is not unique to me and has a name. My MD doesn't involve superheros or imaginary lands but more as described on this thread. Like Ana Suau I do the outwardly verbalising to myself to people who aren't there my views on subjects that can go on a loop. I also go over and over conversations that I have had and correctly or clarifying what I had said or wanted to say by creating situations where this could happen. I also create an alternate life which is very simular to my own but with the addition of people, jobs and activities that are missing in my ordinary life. I just off on a tangent on any little comment I hear on the radio or telly and before I know it time has just slipped away.</p>
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