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Post by seeker on Jan 23, 2019 23:19:08 GMT
Do you make use of free moments by intentionally opening a DD, setting up music or whatever triggers you use, intentionally  on the story, like "where did i elave off with this" in a way like opening a book, starting a movie... OR alternately do you find that they just start on their own, without intention,as your mind wanders and suddenly at some point you find yourself in the DD, one that you maybe did not intentionally create? For myself i think there is both, mostly wandering thought ones that just happen, but before sleeping and upon waking definitely conjured intentionally |
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Post by Dimmer on Jan 24, 2019 0:19:55 GMT
I would say both as well. Many times I start them on purpose, many times I just slip into them before I even notice what's happening.
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Post by sarah on Jan 24, 2019 18:19:42 GMT
Most of the time i intentionally dd. When im out and about i always take my ipod with me and at night when im at home i will use the ipod again to dd while doing repeditive movements. The night time dd session doubles as my exercise. I dont do the repeditive movememts while im dding in public though.
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Post by Sam on Jan 24, 2019 19:19:10 GMT
For me I would say that its both. A lot of the times its unintentional, ie I get triggered by something, I get a strong urge to daydream, and then I daydream whether I really want to or not, just to get rid of the urge. But other times, especially when I'm stressed, I won't really have been triggered by anything, I just purposefully start daydreaming as a coping method for whatever's stressing me out.
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Post by lillyred on Jan 24, 2019 22:08:57 GMT
I am also both. I don't have triggers such as music though. For me it is always there in the back of my head humming away but I can choose to focus on it if I want to. I usually choose to at night as I find it helps me switch off and stop ruminating. However, it is never as intense when I choose to do it as when it happens whether I like it or not.
For example last thursday I really had no choice. I was in it whether I wanted to be there or not and whatever else I was also doing at the time. It's more like involuntary hallucinations when it's like that, but in the inside of my head rather than outside, if that makes sense. I think this is why I find the addiction description doesn't quite sit right for me as it can be more like having internal visions than actively doing something.
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Post by theduke on Jan 28, 2019 7:02:15 GMT
I didn't really try. I've just always daydreamed a lot since I was little and never really stopped.
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Post by Layla Farrell on Jan 28, 2019 22:59:41 GMT
I think it's both for me.
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SpectraNyte
New Daydreamer
An escape from reality is sometimes needed.
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Post by SpectraNyte on Feb 12, 2019 3:36:44 GMT
It's definitely both for me. A lot of the time intentionally DDing and just 'slipping into it' intertwine, so to speak. As in, I'll intentionally start a DD, and then have a heck of a time coming back to reality when I need to. There are times when I'll be getting ready for work in a fog/on autopilot because a DD is still sticking in my mind.
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Post by WonderWonderer on Feb 12, 2019 14:24:23 GMT
For me it used to be both. I spent the largest portion of my walking time falling into dreams. Now I DD only intetionally.
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Post by tryintostop on Feb 19, 2019 18:14:01 GMT
I notice that i intentionally daydream if i know i have a day to myself.
Or like others have said, while doing mindless/repetitive work with my earbuds on..
If i'm laying awake at night, and can't sleep..
Or driving long distances.
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yasmine
Active Daydreamer
i see mdd as a gift but i want to reduce it cause it starts looking like a curse
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Post by yasmine on Feb 20, 2019 12:22:27 GMT
Do you make use of free moments by intentionally opening a DD, setting up music or whatever triggers you use, intentionally on the story, like "where did i elave off with this" in a way like opening a book, starting a movie... OR alternately do you find that they just start on their own, without intention,as your mind wanders and suddenly at some point you find yourself in the DD, one that you maybe did not intentionally create? For myself i think there is both, mostly wandering thought ones that just happen, but before sleeping and upon waking definitely conjured intentionally it depends sometimes i do it intentionally but when in awkward or uncomfortable situations i just fall into it. once i was walking with my crush from school to homeand i woke up from my daydream realizing he was long gone and that i walked like an hour to much |
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yasmine
Active Daydreamer
i see mdd as a gift but i want to reduce it cause it starts looking like a curse
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Post by yasmine on Feb 20, 2019 12:24:27 GMT
I notice that i intentionally daydream if i know i have a day to myself. Or like others have said, while doing mindless/repetitive work with my earbuds on.. If i'm laying awake at night, and can't sleep.. Or driving long distances. i have a question, do you daydream cause you cant sleep or cant you sleep cause you are daydreaming. i have the second one so much that i have now medicine to fall a sleep just wanting to know if there is someone else with the same problem |
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yasmine
Active Daydreamer
i see mdd as a gift but i want to reduce it cause it starts looking like a curse
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Post by yasmine on Feb 20, 2019 12:25:54 GMT
For me it used to be both. I spent the largest portion of my walking time falling into dreams. Now I DD only intetionally. how do you prevent falling into it somedays i walk from school to home only to find myself kilometers to far from home cause i was in a dd? |
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on the story, like "where did i elave off with this" in a way like opening a book, starting a movie...
