Discussion Do any of you also daydream cope

[mousebot]

I live in my head more than anything else. At this point my daydreams feel more real than my reality, and i have a hard time reminding myself they arent. Maybe since reality is perception they are. Or im just convincing myself

 

[Ash]

I used to but coming back into reality hurts too much.

 

[mousebot]

I used to but coming back into reality hurts too much.

yeah i get that. Its still compulsive for me but i wish it wasnt because it causes even more problems for me and gives me brief false hope

 

[chicken-nugget]

Maladaptive daydreaming yes. I do it all the time.. sometimes for hours. The worst is when someone walked in on me at work talking to myself acting out my daydream I have no idea how long they were there for. It's extremely embarassing when I get caught.. like how do you explain that

 

[ClownMe]

I do a lot of daydreaming but it doesn't seem to help me.

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

Too high risk of laughing and crying in public since my only daydreams are painful imaginary gf stuff and recalling/generating memes.

 

[chicken neck]

I just had an actual dream where I finally worked up the balls to drink my N

 

[FuneralCry]

I daydream all the time, and this means I find it hard to concentrate, but it just makes me feel worse. I end up thinking about the past a lot and it is depressing. Lots of painful memories. I end up daydreaming about terrible things that could happen to me, life is scary and there is unlimited potential for suffering. I do however sometimes daydream about death and those thoughts can be quite comforting. The one thing I want is to be free from this life.

 

[mousebot]

I daydream all the time, and this means I find it hard to concentrate, but it just makes me feel worse. I end up thinking about the past a lot and it is depressing. Lots of painful memories. I end up daydreaming about terrible things that could happen to me, life is scary and there is unlimited potential for suffering. I do however sometimes daydream about death and those thoughts can be quite comforting. The one thing I want is to be free from this life.

Same man. I daydream about things i wish would happen but also violent things that i also, in a way, think should happen to me. Also painful memories and "continuations" of them, like what i imagine couldve happened. It gets in the way of everything, ive spent hours daydreaming when I could be doing something productive

 

[Darkmoon Queen]

Only when I'm breathing.

 

[Mr2005]

I also live inside my head. It's the only way I can cope. It's stuck in 2005 while my body is here

 

[forgotten15]

I do because it helps me escape this cruel reality, but i came to the conclusion it's not really doing me good. I mean things are how they are and they're not ever gonna change so i need to stop running from reality. I also feel that daydreaming by helping me cope with my suffering only distracts me from my goal which is to ctb.

 

[Makko]

Daydreaming is a magical power.

 

[Pure]

Only way I can cope

 

[peacefulhorizons]

I just had an actual dream where I finally worked up the balls to drink my N

I've dreamed of that way too many times tbh. SI is something else.

 

[Under The Graveyard]

I daydream just to escape reality. I dream I'm in my paradise, deep in the woods with a rope hanging from a tree, swaying in the breeze, just waiting for me to finally do what I've been waiting for.

 

[avoid_slow_death]

Just about every minute I am awake. I think the (very) false hope it gives me is preventing me from drinking my SN. Need to stop doing it then....

 

[TheHatedOne]

Yes I do it all the time, one of the things that makes this shit a bit more bearable along with alcohol. It's very healing and therapeutic.

 

[Painless_end]

I don't / can't afford to daydream all the time but sometimes I do it because the pain of reality is too much to take

 

[Pisceslilith]

Yup, every single day. I can't really control when it comes. It's hurts though when I come back to this reality. Been doing it for years. I really wish I were in my daydreams instead of this awful place.

 

[deflationary]

Not really. I have daynightmares though.

 

[OpheliasFlowers]

I too mostly live inside my head and I daydream constantly, everyday. It's the only way I can get through these miserable days and escape my reality. Like others have said already though, while I'm actually daydreaming I find some small bit of respite when I stop the reality of my life crashes into me with great force and then I am hit with such sadness and anger and feelings of loss for what I'd hoped/tried for when I was younger and feelings of loss for what I felt and what I imagine myself and my life in my daydreams. It's stupid to feel loss for something that was only fantasy, but I do. But there's no way I could stop my daydreaming. I'd have nothing left if I don't have my imagination and my dreams, even though I know they are dreams that will never be realized...