[gon3withth3wend]

Often times the day ends and I'm not sure what I've done. I can get home, sit down on the couch and stare into space for hours, or lose track of time doing much of nothing. I've realized that I am over-invested in daydreaming. I don't know if it's a real problem or not. I've always been a daydreamer, ever since I was little. I used to tell stories, but I remember the exact day that I stopped telling stories and retreated to daydreaming to comfort myself whenever I feel bad. If I'm having a terrible day (like today) I totally disconnect and enter my daydream world.

I have about four running daydreams/characters. Each has a life story, different friends, etc. The most active right now, centers around a girl we'll call G. I know G isn't real, but I sometimes forget that. I'll think "Oh, my friend G does that." G has her own phone number, and sometimes she texts me asking if I want to go shopping or something like that. G parties a lot and sleeps around. She is talking to one particular guy right now, mostly over text, and that's how a lot of time disappears. G also has a best friend, who is similar to her, but a bit more well behaved that lives across the country. I also have a male character, and then I think a lot about myself when I'm in my twenties, and my boyfriend then. I think a lot from both of our perspectives. This last dream is what I need to think about to go to sleep, and normally I just replay the same things in my head for months on end. I also seem to separate my troubled self from my neutral self. I just feel like I'm floating in space sometimes.

I am sure that other people may have experienced trouble with daydreaming excessively to the point that parts of your life are compromised? I'm not sure if PC has a section for that though. I really can't stop doing it! I honestly don't know how I'd survive otherwise. It's really my comfort. What could I possibly do instead? My dreams get in the way of everything I do because I cannot stop them, and they keep me from doing my work.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by gon3withth3wend

Often times the day ends and I'm not sure what I've done. I can get home, sit down on the couch and stare into space for hours, or lose track of time doing much of nothing. I've realized that I am over-invested in daydreaming. I don't know if it's a real problem or not. I've always been a daydreamer, ever since I was little. I used to tell stories, but I remember the exact day that I stopped telling stories and retreated to daydreaming to comfort myself whenever I feel bad. If I'm having a terrible day (like today) I totally disconnect and enter my daydream world.

I have about four running daydreams/characters. Each has a life story, different friends, etc. The most active right now, centers around a girl we'll call G. I know G isn't real, but I sometimes forget that. I'll think "Oh, my friend G does that." G has her own phone number, and sometimes she texts me asking if I want to go shopping or something like that. G parties a lot and sleeps around. She is talking to one particular guy right now, mostly over text, and that's how a lot of time disappears. G also has a best friend, who is similar to her, but a bit more well behaved that lives across the country. I also have a male character, and then I think a lot about myself when I'm in my twenties, and my boyfriend then. I think a lot from both of our perspectives. This last dream is what I need to think about to go to sleep, and normally I just replay the same things in my head for months on end. I also seem to separate my troubled self from my neutral self. I just feel like I'm floating in space sometimes.

I am sure that other people may have experienced trouble with daydreaming excessively to the point that parts of your life are compromised? I'm not sure if PC has a section for that though. I really can't stop doing it! I honestly don't know how I'd survive otherwise. It's really my comfort. What could I possibly do instead? My dreams get in the way of everything I do because I cannot stop them, and they keep me from doing my work.

here where I live and work in New York USA excessive daydreaming on the abnormal side is a mental disorder *****symptom**** associated with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and some forms of autism.

Some locations call it "maladaptive daydreaming"

on the normal side of things many teen agers go through this as they go through their puberty/developmental stages which is completely normal thing to happen to teen agers. I know a few teen agers who excessively daydream imaginary friends, being movie stars/celebrities, dnacers, singers, authors, college students.... the imagination of teen agers is a wide and amazing tool to help teens pass this time, develop their self worth/self esteem... gosh theres so much that daydreaming does on a normal basis to help teens. (and adults too)

there is also a form of daydreaming that is considered to be a completely normal form of dissociation.

we cant diagnose each other here on this website so to find out if what is happening to you is the normal and everyone does it form of dissociation or if its the type of abnormal daydreaming that comes with OCD, ADD and ADHD or anything else abnormal or not, you will need to contact a treatment provider (medical doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist) in your off line location.

[brackenbeard]

my first thought would be not everything we experience falls within the norm. often we worry because we think what were experiencing is abnormal, but like i said not everything fits in the norm. is it effecting your daily functioning? if it is i would be cautious, and maybe seek help, but honestly being a dreamer ain't totally bad as long as yo know you've got a good head on your shoulders.

[Chynnadoll2855]

You have to detatch yourself from your daydreams and learn to luve in.cruel reality . If not you could become consumed with false dreams that go no where but in your head. Write them down if you must! .As a child daydreams where my life until I let my mind get out of control and I started to seperate the diffrent people in my dreams as me. I became each one and it took forever to control those different parts of myself.

[Maxima]

I do the same thing. I haven't found any way to stop. I also tend to forget that my 'friends' aren't real.
I would suggest looking up maladaptive daydreaming.