[SophiaG]

Does anyone else had a problem with acting out their daydreams?

Lately I've been doing it in public and it's beginning to cause people to ask me "what's wrong?" after I've stopped acting it out.

It's very embarassing. I'll suddenly go into this very vivid daydream and then begin running (it triggers an urge within me to run) or i'll start gesturing and making faces and then a few seconds later realize i'm doing it. And the person who is with me will be giving me the oddest look and then it makes me feel very awkward indeed.

I know I'm not psychotic. I know what is my daydream and what's reality.
It's like i black out and go into a different world entirely for a few moments and then "come to". very odd. This has been going on for a few years now.

And it's very embarassing when it happens when i'm around someone else. :l

Does anyone have any insight to add on this? Anyone else do this?

[Elysium]

Hmmm....occasionally I will pretend someone is with me....like a friend, if I am home alone...or bored. I get anxious being alone and even feel uneasy when I'm bored too. This is an active choice however. I'm aware that these people aren't there....that I am just pretending to help me feel better. I have done this a little since I was a child. I was constantly alone when I was young...and I was constantly anxious. It was a coping mechanism to help quell my anxiety.

Is this acting out your daydreams an active choice, like you decide in your mind you are going to act out and you do....or is it more a passive thing where it just happens and you don't realize you are doing it until you notice your friend(s) looking at you, or something alerts you and brings you back to the present?

It almost sounds like a kind of flashback to me...but depending on whether it is more active or passive acting out, it also seems like it could be a little bit dissociative as well.

Do you have a T? If you do, I would suggest checking in with them about it. They will not think you weird or crazy and can help you figure it out. If you don't have a T, you can always talk with your primary care provider as well.

Keep posting if your comfortable, and know you're not alone.

[SophiaG]

Originally Posted by Elysium3006

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Is this acting out your daydreams an active choice, like you decide in your mind you are going to act out and you do....or is it more a passive thing where it just happens and you don't realize you are doing it until you notice your friend(s) looking at you, or something alerts you and brings you back to the present?

It almost sounds like a kind of flashback to me...but depending on whether it is more active or passive acting out, it also seems like it could be a little bit dissociative as well.

It feels more like it just "happens". Like I do it before I realize i'm doing it and then I notice my friends looking at me a few moments later. O__o.

I do acknowledge I feel an impulse to daydream before i begin to "act out" but oftentimes I act on that impulse before I realize what i'm doing and...yea, embarassment ensues a few moments later.

:l

[Junerain]

I act out my daydreams too...can't help it...I am so passionate about my daydreams, that they come true I work toward, act out how I want my life to go....seems no one has ever noticed, I lucked out, or I pretend I was talking about something less significant, that I was reciting a grocery list or something........(((You're not psychotic)))) ((((Just someone who wants their dreams to come true)))))))

[SophiaG]

Originally Posted by Junerain

I act out my daydreams too...can't help it...I am so passionate about my daydreams, that they come true I work toward, act out how I want my life to go....seems no one has ever noticed, I lucked out, or I pretend I was talking about something less significant, that I was reciting a grocery list or something........(((You're not psychotic)))) ((((Just someone who wants their dreams to come true)))))))

It's nice to know that someone else besides me does this

For me, usually I get this angry look on my face when i'm acting them out because people have told me I look mad.

And oftentimes the daydreams arent of pleasant subjects so its not me daydreaming about my dreams coming true.

[eddykheir]

hello sofia....how r u? im new here..what is about...please?

thanks in advance..

[SophiaG]

Originally Posted by eddykheir

hello sofia....how r u? im new here..what is about...please?

thanks in advance..

What is what about? Psychcentral? Or my thread?

Psychcentral is a forum for people who would like to talk about mental/emotional issues they may have.

Pleased to have you with us Eddy

[Junerain]

Anger is an emotion whether it is widely accepted or not, acting out daydreams happens too whether it is accepted or not..just be you..((you matter)))

((sophia))

[Perna]

If it bothers you, I would see a therapist and see if you can't set up a better way of responding to your daydreams and figure out how to get so you act in reality instead of playing so much with your daydreams?

I made sure I was taken by my daydreams when I was alone and was more guarded against discovery. I did still talk to myself a bit sometimes but some of that was just "me" so I learned to laugh or act like "I meant to do that!" when others saw.

But I'd either discuss them with a therapist and find some way to keep them from happening in public so much or I'd "accept" them and come up with a phrase or "explanation" for others such as, "Sorry, reminded me of something, was just daydreaming there a moment!"

[quirkylady]

I found this forum by searching for my problem - I have this exact same thing (acting out daydreams, suddenly finding myself running) - I'd love to know if you ever found out the answer Sophia?

My theory was that I might be dissociating and the running might have something to do with adrenaline. I'm worried though because my uncle was schizophrenic.

(I'm new here, hi guys...)