Am I shallow?

[Kendra]

I read posts and blogs on here and I have noticed alot of people are creative daydreamers.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding you people, but many of you seem to create your own "characters"
As I do not. I get my characters from tv and movies. I don't create them myself. It just makes me feel
Like I not only have this problem, but I also suck at it. My dreams are very mudane and boring.
I daydream of everyday activities. NOT anything exciting or creative. I must be a boring person. OR just
Crazy for being addicted to and actually enjoying my boring, no-point daydreaming habits.

[Good boy]

pretty girl, with pretty face :) who said that you boring? and have borind dd's

[Laila]

How's this for mundane? Daydreaming about a character sleeping, breathing, blinking, making subtle movements, or just painting in little details to his appearance (eye color and the straight lines radiating from the pupil to the outer rim, individual hair strands, skin pores, etc) for hours? Yeah... Not very exciting, yet I'm oddly addicted to it. The bottom line is, whatever floats your boat! :D

[Dusty]

Haha, many if not most of my daydreams are pretty mundane as well, like I'll imagine my character skipping along in the park, or visiting the library or just about a joke one of my characters says to another.

I also have daydreams that are just about me in certain social situations, and those are VEERY mundane. lmao

[Destiny Lund]

My dreams are usually obnoxiously crazy, but my characters are a mixture of movie/tv characters & my own character, depending on the daydream.    :-)

[Kendra]

Lol kristy you are right, im not alone in beong a weirdo:)
and thanks aine. I kust wanted to see of being a mudane dreamer was common
or not, didnt think it was so thats why i felt so alone in it.
bilbobaggins, thanks! I wont be harsh on myself anymore and be happy with the way
Tj, so maybe its good i hold back on type number 2!
Thanks to you all for the feedback.

[Kirsty Amhert]

I also do not create my own characters, at least not all of the time, a few are, but it's been a while since I've used an entirely fictional character. Usually I will pick someone who exists and alter them over time so that eventually, they look and act very different than the existing person.

As far as being boring, sometimes I spend several hours imagining my characters doing completely mundane things, like watching tv together or something.

Also, you don't need to worry about being a "weirdo", at least not on this site, I think that's why all of us are here, haha. 

[Aine]

No, Kendra, you are quite normal, all of my DDing is not based on TV and movies although it was sometimes. I also have imaginary characters and sometimes I dd about real people that I know interacting with me. A lot of it is mundane stuff, don't sweat it.  You are just fine as far as the MD goes.  Your DDing is an extension of you and you are no more or less boring than the rest of  us.

[Catauxgory]

Try not to be so hard on yourself. It's enough to grapple with having this condition; you don't need to condemn yourself for having "boring" daydreams. A lot of my daydreaming dwells on mundane daily moments of my characters that parallel my life, all day long. And let's not even BEGIN to talk about the repetitiveness of it. I think at least some daydreamers must have some of the highest tolerance for repetition than anyone around. My daydreaming actually evolved from being highly exciting back when I started to being mundane mostly, and that's because I found it trying emotionally, over time, to maintain the excitement of the characters and events.

About being shallow: for me, this touches on a big issue. Let me explain. I've been daydreaming for 19 years. I"m 34 now. One day, I realized that I was shallow. I was boring, I had no life, no friends, no interests, no goals even. My real life was a highly polished veneer of going through the motions. I had perfected the maintenance of my daydream world in real life. I was "alive" in my daydream world, yet vacant and absent as myself in my real life. I realized I had barely invested in myself. It was why I was terrified of stopping daydreaming. If I stopped, I would surely be nothing because there was no one there. The idea of being someone who I knew was so shallow was really hard to accept. Daydreaming had de-saturated my real life from color to black and white. But over time, I've been able to make it color again.  

Just the fact that you daydream I believe makes you a highly complex person, so you shouldn't worry about being shallow. What I'm saying is that it's probably best to apply the question if shallowness to a daydreamer's real life, not to their daydream life. You should not subject your daydream world to harsh criticism. I agree with BilboBaggins that you have to accept your daydreams and your style of daydreaming for what they are and for what it is.  

[BilboBaggins]

I have made up several of my own characters-but they are usually based off of someone (especially in appearance) and then eventually develop their own characteristics. I think that the moment something enters your head, even if it's influenced heavily by something else, it immediately becomes your own and your creativity. Whatever you're imagining is severely different from the characters you're borrowing from, even if you can't quite tell, just from the very fact that you've now put your own flavour and perspective onto it. And hey, it's your daydreaming. If you're perfectly fine daydreaming every day life, then what does it matter? The point is what makes you happy, after all it's your mind. If I were to enjoy daydreaming about dragons and knights (I don't, but they are pretty spiffy) then someone could call me childish and tell me to grow up, but they shouldn't, because that's what makes me happy in my own mind, and what right do they have to judge that? This is getting rambly , but essentially I don't think you should beat yourself up for your daydreams, you have a very unique and special talent that you choose to use in your own unique way. And that in itself is exciting and creative :)

[Tani]

I don't think you're shallow. Many of my characters are based off (read: are) real people who I fictionalise to suit the purpose.