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Post by littlebelle on Jun 15, 2022 3:15:27 GMT
Hi I’m Bekah I’m 27 years old and I day dream all the time. I always did it for as long as I remember. In middle and high school I would love being on the school bus because that was my day dream time and would go to bed at 8 to lay in bed and day dream for a couple of hours. Now my work commute is 45 each way and I find myself for the ride because I can day dream the whole time. I usually find myself looking for the perfect songs to go along with the day dream. I use to think it was something that I would out grow as an adult but here I am almost 28 and it’s just as bad… if not worse. It’s like a whole other life I’m living but it does change up. I often feel lonely in my real life.. I just have a hard time making and keeping serious friendships and now I feel like I self sabotage them because as long as I have my day dreams I feel okay and then I don’t have to actually go out since I’m a homebody. I feel so much relief knowing I’m not alone in this and that even though it’s not “normal” I’m not the only person doing this…
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Post by piphirho on Feb 23, 2023 11:26:06 GMT
Well, some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that I am 66 years old and I never "outgrew" it. I do it less that I did when I was 27, which was less that when I was 17, which was maybe a little less than when I was 7. The good news is that although I never stopped I eventually learned to integrate it better into my life. It sounds to me like you are well on your way to doing the same. That's the good news. It doesn't have to run your life. The trick is not to do away with the daydreaming, the trick is to remove the "maladaptive" part.
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Post by karen on Jan 9, 2024 20:49:19 GMT
Hey I am new here I thought I would outgrow it do. I am just starting my journey now to reduce the amount of time I daydream. It's really hard right now all I want to do is plug my earphones in and daydream to music. May God help us all.
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fairytale
Active Daydreamer
you are not a mistake
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Post by fairytale on Jan 11, 2024 20:46:45 GMT
Hey I am new here I thought I would outgrow it do. I am just starting my journey now to reduce the amount of time I daydream. It's really hard right now all I want to do is plug my earphones in and daydream to music. May God help us all. hi, welcome to the forum. Its all about finding a perfect balance. Its hard to get there but I m sure we all can. I m not there myself but I can see myself getting better. Although I seem to have no change when I look back into the day-before but when I look months and years before, I m improving. Small steps at a time. No matter how insignificant it seems it is a still improvement. The thing about addiction is that the more you restrict it the more you want to do it. So instead of trying to stop all of it, its ok to DD a bit now and then. After all the reality is boring and our dd world is so much fun. Just make sure it does not affect your real life. let me know if you have any questions.
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