do you have a alter-reality?

Do any of you have an alter-reality or fake reality world that you escape to?
I do. I have since I can remember (12yrs old is as far back as I remember). Im in control of it and its not imaginary. Its not me switching people or alters.....just me putting myself in a fake reality. Almost liek acting. I pretend people are with....they are real people in my real life. Im the center of attention. I can be and do whatever and everyone is there "watching me".
It sounds so strange, but is so normal to me...such a part of me. T says this is normal and shes not surprised.....just more proof of how un-safe my world was growing up because kids who have healthy happy worlds dont go to the depths to create these "alter-realities". Just wondering if anyone else does/has anything like this?

I for sure do. Mine is a bit different. It is me in a different life with different people mostly when I am trying to sleep.

i did forever when i was younger but now it isnt so comforting when i retreat into my head. it is angry

Hmm. Trying to decide what my answer is. I have always thought of it more like daydreaming a new life. I'm not sure if my thoughts like this qualify or not.

Yes yes I do! The people I interact with are still them but I'm a different person with my childhood imaginary dog who seems to make me more confident. I only do it when I'm extremely stressed.

When I am stressed/fearful, I go into my head. My anxiety goes to my head. I can sit still as stone and have massive anxiety, but if I am talking it will be apparent. Yes, when I go into my head, I analyze myself and space and etc., but try to keep people I trust with me in my head so I feel safe. They are just there while I solve problems. How odd, I've never thought about that.

Yes, the Trixie Belden world or the world of the tv show Emergency. LOL.

No, I wish I could though. I have tried, but it's only for short period of time.

Question for those who answered yes to the OP's question and for the OP as well - do you go into a meditative state to escape to your alternate reality, or is it just daydreaming for some of you?

Oh, I adored the Belden books! But I was such a Trixie, never a Honey!

this is what i wrote on my blog about my imaginary world. it is kind of long but it is all about it

http://expendableself.wordpress.com/...aginary-world/

yup and t knows... t is the one who got me to talk about it. i thought i was the only one

I envy those of you who can do this. My voices have been so incessant in their insults and observations of my life that I have no peace or privacy. I don't daydream or fantasize anymore because they get really ugly with me about it.

If anyone has any tips to overcome this roadblock I would greatly appreciate any advice you can offer. I'm looking for input on how to achieve this alternate state.

my t knows too....my world was so natural to me....i knew it wasnt normal per se but it never occured to me that i should tell her. ive seen her over 2yrs and just yesterday decided to tell her....i think hoping that it would lessen the power of it. T was so cool about it. I had to write it out to her. No way i could just talk about it. I was nervous for her to read it because it sounded so embarrassing and i wasnt sure how to explain it. Nothing seems to faze her though. The first words out of her mouth were "Ya know this is quite normal and common. Its not f**ked up like you said, its quite ingenious actually. Kids dont just go to depths like this to escape their world. Kids who have happy healthy homes dont have these alter realities because their real world is safe" I had said that in this world I am the center of attention. And she said "yep, you feel important right? because you didnt feel important growing up. and i bet you feel safe and taken care of too?"......she didnt make me feel weird about it all. totally normalized it and explained why. it makes sense why, but at 30 its embrassing that i still do it....and often. i think its made my world feel less empty.

yeah. its really weird and science fictiony. It isn't safe, but i like it, if that makes sense.

It's when I dissociate, due to massive anxiety probably, and I don't feel safe. At that point, I go into my head and start solving problems of the universe, etc. To me, it isn't mindfulness, though.

Have you tried mindfulness? If you check out some Jon Kabat Zinn videos on youtube, and he has CDs out. It would entail you hearing the negative voices, acknowledging they are there, yet not accepting that what they say are true. It takes practice. You are probably used to reacting to the voices, and you have to learn to just listen, acknowledge, then treat them like they are a wave that floats across a river and then dissipates. I don't explain it well, check him out if you are interested. Hugs.

I used to do this. A LOT. And I did it as a kid too, and all through teen years into adulthood. I had a very active imagination, but I was never myself in these daydreams. I was always daydreaming about other characters. Fictional people that I made up or that I'd read of in books.

I don't think it was a meditative state or alternate reality. It was always just a really excellent imagination that I lived in most of my waking hours.

I don't do it anymore. I miss it a lot. And I think I blame T for the disappearance of it. I think all my mental and emotional energy goes into sessions with him and my brain doesn't have much room for processing imaginary fun things any more.

I remember when I first started seeing T I would sometimes drift off into these daydreams, not thinking he was any wiser about it. But he always interrupted with things like, "What are you thinking? Is it amusing?" I've never told him what any of my imaginary worlds were though.

Of course I do, ever since I was a little girl. I daydream a lot and almost every day I find comfort in my dreams. My first thought when I wake up in the morning and I never want to get out of bed is that soon nighttime will come again and I'll be able to escape in my dreams...

I don't know if this is the same...I have an alternate universe where the things in this world that are just wrong aren't there, they are right...and I am with who I want to be with, doing what I want to be doing and happy. And it's going on the same time as this icky universe...just in another dimension.
And I don't even watch Star Trek.

That's okay. If the Federation ever shows up you can beam up with me.

Ohmygosh, i am not the only one?!?!?!!!

Yep, I daydream all the time. It is just so relaxing!

I am a bit embarrased to ask this but is your alter reality ever the opposite sex? Mine is when I am daydreaming about people who I am exhibiting transference for.