Real or fake - Wild Minds network2024-03-29T06:20:50Zhttps://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/real-or-fake?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A185686&feed=yes&xn_auth=nohonestly, for me it's somewhe…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2015-04-08:4661400:Comment:2039892015-04-08T02:03:16.977ZNatasha Manderhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/NatashaMander
<p>honestly, for me it's somewhere in between. I'll use my favorite celebrities names and faces, but only just a bit of their personality. occasionally I'll daydream about people in real life, but quite rarely.</p>
<p>honestly, for me it's somewhere in between. I'll use my favorite celebrities names and faces, but only just a bit of their personality. occasionally I'll daydream about people in real life, but quite rarely.</p> I have a few fake characters,…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2015-02-17:4661400:Comment:2013162015-02-17T15:58:33.797ZTia Josephhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/TiaJoseph
<p>I have a few fake characters, like recently I've made the character "April" from "Chasing Life" on ABC family my best friend in real life. I also use people from real life though. And sometimes I just totally make up people.</p>
<p>I have a few fake characters, like recently I've made the character "April" from "Chasing Life" on ABC family my best friend in real life. I also use people from real life though. And sometimes I just totally make up people.</p> I wish I was creative enough…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2015-02-16:4661400:Comment:2008962015-02-16T05:40:55.818ZSasha Greenwoodhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/SashaGreenwood
<p>I wish I was creative enough to envision people I've never seen before, but usually I imagine my characters as actors that I can put a face to. However, that's just for visual reference. Their characterization is usually different from whatever movie/show I've seen them in (unless my DD trigger is a TV show I'm watching). <br></br><br></br>There are a set of 1-4 close people in my life that I will insert into my daydreams. Like Ivy says, since it's a different setting, they aren't always…</p>
<p>I wish I was creative enough to envision people I've never seen before, but usually I imagine my characters as actors that I can put a face to. However, that's just for visual reference. Their characterization is usually different from whatever movie/show I've seen them in (unless my DD trigger is a TV show I'm watching). <br/><br/>There are a set of 1-4 close people in my life that I will insert into my daydreams. Like Ivy says, since it's a different setting, they aren't always themselves, but they do always carry the traits that I most identify them with in real life.</p> I just play over and over a c…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2015-02-15:4661400:Comment:2011102015-02-15T14:58:11.730ZAlexis Faithhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/AlexisFaith
I just play over and over a conversation or situation I was in. The only thing I fantasize about is myself. For example being a more attractive person, longer hair , perfect skin, body and so on.... I guess the problem I have is excepting myself..
I just play over and over a conversation or situation I was in. The only thing I fantasize about is myself. For example being a more attractive person, longer hair , perfect skin, body and so on.... I guess the problem I have is excepting myself.. A large part is borrowed from…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2015-02-15:4661400:Comment:2011072015-02-15T11:37:10.475ZIvy Whitehttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/IvyWhite
<p>A large part is borrowed from books, movies, series etc - I get most of my settings from outside (though I do have some completely self-generated universes). Some characters are made-up completely, often my alter-ego is, but not always (if I identify really strongly with a character in the canon I will continue DD as them).</p>
<p>I will incarnate some people from real life into a character, but since it's usually in a fantasy setting they will not be themselves but an elf or a hobbit or…</p>
<p>A large part is borrowed from books, movies, series etc - I get most of my settings from outside (though I do have some completely self-generated universes). Some characters are made-up completely, often my alter-ego is, but not always (if I identify really strongly with a character in the canon I will continue DD as them).</p>
<p>I will incarnate some people from real life into a character, but since it's usually in a fantasy setting they will not be themselves but an elf or a hobbit or something.</p> My characters are a mixture o…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2015-02-15:4661400:Comment:2007902015-02-15T01:24:51.194ZKay Mhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/KayleighMonks
<p>My characters are a mixture of real and made up people.</p>
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<p>The main is an idealised version of myself, and also existing in real life is my wife (but she is not in a relationship with me, I just have a crush on her), some of the kids we have together (we both have kids in real life), and some of our relatives, but the rest are completely made up, as well as two of my character's siblings, as I always wanted an older brother or sister. Some of my character's friends are real…</p>
<p>My characters are a mixture of real and made up people.</p>
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<p>The main is an idealised version of myself, and also existing in real life is my wife (but she is not in a relationship with me, I just have a crush on her), some of the kids we have together (we both have kids in real life), and some of our relatives, but the rest are completely made up, as well as two of my character's siblings, as I always wanted an older brother or sister. Some of my character's friends are real people who are friends of mine, others are people who I made up.</p>
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<p>My characters family has ties to a cult, which actually exists in real life-other real life people connected to it have come up in my daydream, and my character has met the cult leader. None of the real people from the cult are regular main characters, just name dropped, or have occasional contact with the cast. The cult members and ex cult members that are regular parts of the cast are made up or loosely based on real people, or sort of a mixture of different people who I have read about or personality types I have found that are common in people still in it or people who have left. I have worked out how Sally (crazy religious aunt who is also a sociopath) fits in with the other cult members, what they would think of her, and what she thinks of them.</p>
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<p>The minor characters who my character meets in her daily life are pretty much the same as people she meets in real life, as I just naturally make things around me fit into my daydreams. When my character is called into her child's school to speak to their teacher because they've not behaved, the staff members she speaks to are either my real life kids actual teachers or teachers from when I was growing up, even though the school they go to is in a completely different town.</p> I'll have daydreams that are…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2014-07-29:4661400:Comment:1893212014-07-29T18:01:32.896ZCyanhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/disneyprincess
<p>I'll have daydreams that are only fictional people borrowed from books (with a few original characters of my own) and daydreams that are for fictional people (with real people sprinkled throughout).</p>
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<p>I'll have daydreams that are only fictional people borrowed from books (with a few original characters of my own) and daydreams that are for fictional people (with real people sprinkled throughout).</p>
<p></p> I have many different "storie…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2014-07-29:4661400:Comment:1894032014-07-29T02:57:16.978ZJessica Cottinghamhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/JessicaCottingham
<p>I have many different "stories" that I daydream about that are separated by fandom (movie, tv show, etc.) and all have an alter ego of me involved with varying degrees of continuity. I have so many it's hard to keep track of, and for that reason I created a book that logs them all (that is how I kind of came to the realization that I have a problem). Each sub-story in a fandom can have individual alter egos of myself as well. Two of my worlds are set in real life and involve people I know…</p>
<p>I have many different "stories" that I daydream about that are separated by fandom (movie, tv show, etc.) and all have an alter ego of me involved with varying degrees of continuity. I have so many it's hard to keep track of, and for that reason I created a book that logs them all (that is how I kind of came to the realization that I have a problem). Each sub-story in a fandom can have individual alter egos of myself as well. Two of my worlds are set in real life and involve people I know (those are the ones I'm quite shameful about actually). On rare occasions there is no alter ego of me and that usually means that I'm planning a story. </p> I know how you feel. I have '…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2014-07-28:4661400:Comment:1889952014-07-28T09:15:45.304ZRosehttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Rose648
<p>I know how you feel. I have 'levels' of daydreaming. Some of it is healthier than others. Working through a problem I have in real life as my alter ego is therapeutic, whereas the extreme emotionally charged daydreaming, which always involves lucid dreams and soaring highs, makes me feel like I'm 'coming down' off a high or I have a hangover afterwards. I used to do this sort when I was younger all the time, now I've cut it right back to about once a month.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Katherine Milano…</cite></p>
<p>I know how you feel. I have 'levels' of daydreaming. Some of it is healthier than others. Working through a problem I have in real life as my alter ego is therapeutic, whereas the extreme emotionally charged daydreaming, which always involves lucid dreams and soaring highs, makes me feel like I'm 'coming down' off a high or I have a hangover afterwards. I used to do this sort when I was younger all the time, now I've cut it right back to about once a month.<br/> <br/> <cite>Katherine Milano said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/real-or-fake?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A188952&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4661400Comment188952"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Usually my characters are borrowed from tv or books. I daydream in the universe of the show or book with those characters, but I will sometimes bring someone from my real life into the story or create a new character in that context. Sometimes I even daydream as one of the characters instead of as my idealized self.</p>
<p>Every once in a while I will create an entirely new world that is usually populated by people from my life and also new people that I create. I used to daydream that way much more often when I was younger. When I daydream that way I find that it is much more healthy and doesn't really feel the same way that the other type of daydreaming does. It is more calming as opposed to stimulating, even if the same type of events are happening. I also feel much more mentally engaged. As opposed to passively daydreaming and searching for emotional stimuli in the plot, it is more focused on creating an interesting plot and discovering things about the characters and their relationships and motives. Still daydreaming, to be sure, and still too fast paced to be put down into an actual story, but closer to storytelling than the other type.</p>
<p>Let me stress, however, that the second type happens like 2% of the time.</p>
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</blockquote> Usually my characters are bor…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2014-07-25:4661400:Comment:1889522014-07-25T00:11:36.481ZKatherine Milanohttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/KatherineMilano
<p>Usually my characters are borrowed from tv or books. I daydream in the universe of the show or book with those characters, but I will sometimes bring someone from my real life into the story or create a new character in that context. Sometimes I even daydream as one of the characters instead of as my idealized self.</p>
<p>Every once in a while I will create an entirely new world that is usually populated by people from my life and also new people that I create. I used to daydream that way…</p>
<p>Usually my characters are borrowed from tv or books. I daydream in the universe of the show or book with those characters, but I will sometimes bring someone from my real life into the story or create a new character in that context. Sometimes I even daydream as one of the characters instead of as my idealized self.</p>
<p>Every once in a while I will create an entirely new world that is usually populated by people from my life and also new people that I create. I used to daydream that way much more often when I was younger. When I daydream that way I find that it is much more healthy and doesn't really feel the same way that the other type of daydreaming does. It is more calming as opposed to stimulating, even if the same type of events are happening. I also feel much more mentally engaged. As opposed to passively daydreaming and searching for emotional stimuli in the plot, it is more focused on creating an interesting plot and discovering things about the characters and their relationships and motives. Still daydreaming, to be sure, and still too fast paced to be put down into an actual story, but closer to storytelling than the other type.</p>
<p>Let me stress, however, that the second type happens like 2% of the time.</p>