I treat a lot of my fantasies and daydreams like I do my night dream and assume I'm creating them to help me in some way. Sometimes, for me, imagining bad things is like a "base" to support me; I live through what I imagine and the only way to go is "up" to where things are better. It is a little "comforting" and familiar because at the same time I know they're fantasies and not "real."

A lot of my fantasies are opposite to what really happens (rescuing others I love) or "practice" in case bad things do keep happening. But I know they're just "stories" I tell myself and ways my unconscious is trying to cope in some way (rather than literal ways I'm trying to cope) so I am grateful for my imagination and look to see if I can figure out anything useful to help me better understand myself and move forward. I try not to let them worry me.