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c4bomba

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Mar 2, 2026
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Ever since I was a wee little kid is create bunch of outlandish and maybe even creative stories, maps and characters inside my head and get very attached to them. I would daydream for hours on end to the point that every morning I wake up I'd wish It was night again just so I could freely daydream without any interruptions. This is fine it's probably normal for a kid but this daydreaming turned into an addiction to the point I'd heavily neglect my actual life and was basically speedrunning absolutely destroying my life as early as possible. I now have extremely small attention span and my brain is extremely mushy I genuinely struggle with critical thinking and my memory is shit.


There's also another thing. In my daydreams I have created this world where I am exactly how I want to be, it's like a chqracter of it's own. The character I want to be is male, he's young, tall and very strong. He has alot of charisma and attracts lots of peope despite not having any desire for forming bonds with people. And he's so cool as in he has many cool hobbies and interests, he's heavily into technology and has amazing craftsmanship skills, which makes him very good at tackling problems. He's also heavily into calisthenics and lifting. His life is definitely not easy but it's still such a fun life. He also has a lovely partner that's the exact type of partner that I'd want, my dream partner. And so much more.

The main problem is thqt I'm extremely attached to this whole story and want my life to be exactly like his and i want to be exactly like him too. I want to be completely indistinguishable from him and if I dont become him I'd rather die than not be him. The problem is that I literally cannot be him, it's genuinely impossible. We're completely different. Different looks, different personalities, different gender, completely different family and even age wise we're completely different. I also cannot have that lifestyle because I'm old now and he's young, just stepping into life basically. It's just not possible.

I've went to lengths as far as trying reality shifting which did not work. It infact made me dive further deep into my escapism and ever since discovering shifting that's exactly the point where my life was over basically and there's no one else to blame but me.

I cannot accept the fact that I can't have that lifestyle or that I can't be that character I'd rather just die than to live as someone that's not him.
 
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niki wonoto

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Oct 10, 2019
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I'm from Indonesia (43/M). If you look at my older posts in this website/forum, you'll find out that my deep 'existential depression' is mainly caused by the 'reality .vs. imagination' similar dilemma just like yours too. almost exactly the same, in fact!
 
HeyBoogahJr

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Apr 25, 2026
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I'm sorry that not being able to be the character you desire to be can't come to fruition, it sounds very painful. I hope writing this out has made you feel a tiny better. It takes a lot of courage to share your feelings.

Why don't you want to be you?

Do you want to be this character fully? Or have what he has? As in the charisma and attraction?

I'm here to listen if you wanna talk about it more. :)
Ever since I was a wee little kid is create bunch of outlandish and maybe even creative stories, maps and characters inside my head and get very attached to them. I would daydream for hours on end to the point that every morning I wake up I'd wish It was night again just so I could freely daydream without any interruptions. This is fine it's probably normal for a kid but this daydreaming turned into an addiction to the point I'd heavily neglect my actual life and was basically speedrunning absolutely destroying my life as early as possible. I now have extremely small attention span and my brain is extremely mushy I genuinely struggle with critical thinking and my memory is shit.


There's also another thing. In my daydreams I have created this world where I am exactly how I want to be, it's like a chqracter of it's own. The character I want to be is male, he's young, tall and very strong. He has alot of charisma and attracts lots of peope despite not having any desire for forming bonds with people. And he's so cool as in he has many cool hobbies and interests, he's heavily into technology and has amazing craftsmanship skills, which makes him very good at tackling problems. He's also heavily into calisthenics and lifting. His life is definitely not easy but it's still such a fun life. He also has a lovely partner that's the exact type of partner that I'd want, my dream partner. And so much more.

The main problem is thqt I'm extremely attached to this whole story and want my life to be exactly like his and i want to be exactly like him too. I want to be completely indistinguishable from him and if I dont become him I'd rather die than not be him. The problem is that I literally cannot be him, it's genuinely impossible. We're completely different. Different looks, different personalities, different gender, completely different family and even age wise we're completely different. I also cannot have that lifestyle because I'm old now and he's young, just stepping into life basically. It's just not possible.

I've went to lengths as far as trying reality shifting which did not work. It infact made me dive further deep into my escapism and ever since discovering shifting that's exactly the point where my life was over basically and there's no one else to blame but me.

I cannot accept the fact that I can't have that lifestyle or that I can't be that character I'd rather just die than to live as someone that's not him.f
 
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c4bomba

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Mar 2, 2026
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I'm sorry that not being able to be the character you desire to be can't come to fruition, it sounds very painful. I hope writing this out has made you feel a tiny better. It takes a lot of courage to share your feelings.

Why don't you want to be you?

Do you want to be this character fully? Or have what he has? As in the charisma and attraction?

I'm here to listen if you wanna talk about it more. :)
The reason why I don't wanna be me (holy shit type 0 negative reference) is because of plenty of reasons. 1, I'm a major coward and struggle to face people 2 I'm extremely awkward 3. I'm extremelyyy behind my peers not even exaggerating this part. I've hated myself so much to the point I completely disconnected from myself if that makes sense. Looking at myself in photos is like looking at a complete stranger, I don't know this person and I'm not this person and i shouldn't be this person. My life is a complete humiliation ritual that every attempt to change it has failed terribly. I've also missed out on my major developmental years because of self isolation and feel stuck in this younger state which I hate. Connection with someone is far off the table but even reaching out to someone for help is extremely hard so i resort to this site because i have all these thoughts built up in my head and this is the only place i can share them to.

As for your other question, I want to be this character fully. Looks, personality, values, age, his lifestyle, his friends, family, past, present, future, just about everything. Not just certain traits. I think I can talk about it all day
 
HeyBoogahJr

HeyBoogahJr

I'm still here.
Apr 25, 2026
28
Yeah id understand why you'd want to be someone else entirely. Someone who's got it together.

What have you tried doing to fit this character more? A lot of the things you've mentioned seem like things that can be changed through taking steps.

The reason why I don't wanna be me (holy shit type 0 negative reference) is because of plenty of reasons. 1, I'm a major coward and struggle to face people 2 I'm extremely awkward 3. I'm extremelyyy behind my peers not even exaggerating this part. I've hated myself so much to the point I completely disconnected from myself if that makes sense. Looking at myself in photos is like looking at a complete stranger, I don't know this person and I'm not this person and i shouldn't be this person. My life is a complete humiliation ritual that every attempt to change it has failed terribly. I've also missed out on my major developmental years because of self isolation and feel stuck in this younger state which I hate. Connection with someone is far off the table but even reaching out to someone for help is extremely hard so i resort to this site because i have all these thoughts built up in my head and this is the only place i can share them to.

As for your other question, I want to be this character fully. Looks, personality, values, age, his lifestyle, his friends, family, past, present, future, just about everything. Not just certain traits. I think I can talk about it all day
 

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