elioelioelio
New Daydreamer
I think too much and care too much but tomorrow I’ll do better
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Post by elioelioelio on Mar 26, 2019 23:33:18 GMT
I find that when I sleep I have really powerful, vivid dreams that’s stay with me and I’ll think about these dreams (that have often conceded or centred around previous - failed - relationships where they’re still objects of desire in my subconscious even though I’m in a relationship) and I’ll wake up from my slumber and feel disorientated. I have this feeling of longing from the dream that stays with me and I’ll try my hardest to retain it or remember it? I guess that sometimes spurs on my MD tendencies, but recently I had one about my most previous ex and then when I woke up and checked social media (his) I saw that he had posted a picture with a girl he’s been seeing (even though I’ve been in a separate relationship for well over a year now) and I felt slighted and taken aback as though my dream was real where he was interested or whatever ? I’m unsure if that made sense. Also, I read somewhere (I find that I’m always so reminiscent of the past and nostalgia tricks you into believing the past is better than the present) that when you have experienced trauma or undergone shock in anyway you’re trapped in that moment forever. And I assimilate to this so much, I genuinely believe that to be true. I’m always always always remembering situations (my life I feel and all of my encounters with everyone) in great, minute detail and will try and glimpse into the lives of my previous relationships and their girlfriends and make some kind of comparison to my own life. It’s super unhealthy I know but it’s almost become a habit. I’ll imagine their lives and wonder what they’re doing as though I know them but I’m trapped in the moment of when I experienced heartbreak for the first time let’s say? I do this and I daydream and sleep excessively when I’m or bored but I think my life is going past me way too quickly and I’m trying to recapture the past which isn’t possible.
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Post by Dimmer on Mar 28, 2019 23:41:44 GMT
I don't usually remember my dreams but I have absolutely had a few that have made me feel this way, and like you, I tried to use MD to recapture them. Never really worked though, dreaming and daydreaming, no matter how vivid, are just different experiences.
I hear you about the nostalgia trap, and I have no idea how to get past it either... I guess by building your life up to feel fulfilling and having futures to look forward to.
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Post by trex56 on Mar 29, 2019 12:27:05 GMT
I have an imaginary universe that is based on a dream I had. I can go through weeks where I'll have really vivid dreams and weeks where I don't remember anything I dream about.... Moving on from previous relationships is tough, whether there is MD involved or not. Did you get a chance to kind of process the breakup and get over it? I think nostalgia can make you see the past as better than it actually was, and when you throw MD into the mix, you end up with this idealized view of these people's lives. And it's fine if it's fictional characters I guess, but having this idealized view of what you think real people are like is going to make you feel bad every time. About comparing yourself to others - I read this book called Self-Esteem (by Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning). It was super helpful for me as far as comparing myself to others. There was a chapter that explains that we compare ourselves to others because maybe 1 out of 10 times we find that the comparison works in our favor, so we get validation and we feel good about ourselves. But it becomes this unhealthy habit that makes you feel bad when the comparison isn't in your favor..but you keep doing it because once in a while it feels good. And the book explains that you need t to develop a sense of worth so that you can get that positive feeling about yourself from something healthy instead of using comparisons...There were some exercises to do that, let me know if that sounds like something you want to try and I can write something a lot more detailed about it
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