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Originally Posted by FluffyDinosaur
@ BirdDancer: And thank you for bringing up this topic. It's something I've been thinking about lately.
In my case it may also be related to trauma. I have problems trusting and connecting to people as a result of childhood issues, and the daydreaming might be a way of coping with that. I guess that's why I originally attributed it to the schizoid features. But when I'm feeling good the daydreams can also take on a positive and creative quality, so maybe the trauma-related part is only one aspect of it. |
Your posts in this thread are particularly significant to me, @
FluffyDinosaur. I mean, they are making me realize things about my own daydreams that I hadn't thought of.
I wonder if the daydreams during "feel good times" could even be related, to a degree, to the desire many of us have for the more elated hypomanic/manic feelings? Most all of us here know the appeal and sometimes yearn for it. Maybe it is us creating that, to a degree? This may sound silly, but often in the past, I have set off on what I call "pursuits of pleasure". Sometimes they actually even trigger hypomania/mania. Or, is it the other way around?
I.too, have some issues trusting and connecting with people (particularly other women) because of events that happened during my teen years (surrounding my first major bipolar episodes). It's a long story. When you wrote about this, it shocked me how we have this in common. Obviously, I don't know your story, but it created a connection for me, all the same. Thank you!
