“I didn’t know getting lost in daydreams was odd until a couple of years ago when I asked an old girlfriend what she daydreamed about. She answered nothing. How does a person daydream about nothing? I wondered. But she explained she lived in the now and worked with whatever was really happening.“
Until I read this, I had no idea that everybody didn’t daydream! It’s weird to me. I think to myself how could anybody not mentally escape their daily grind and simply place themselves in other situations, with different people in different places and times? You’ve probably all heard me say that I have a rather short attention span. This might be ADD (I don’t know) but it’s not just other stuff that steals my interest away from a certain subject, it also day dreams.
My mind wanders quite a bit. My mind begins to create stories out of objects or settings almost like a reflex. When I fully engage, great story ideas are born. So I guess in that sense this whole daydreaming thing is a good thing.
The con of this situation would be that I spend too much time day dreaming and not enough time fighting to make these day dreams a reality. I dream too much and I can’t stop. Am I supposed to stop? Or am I just supposed to take these dreams I have and do something with them?
"Could it be so bad to follow all these dreams I have and use them for Your glory?" - Number One Gun
So my question for you all is this: am I alone I daydreaming? Do you day dream? And if so, what about?
2 comments:
But daydreaming can be beneficial in many ways and, ironically, can actually boost productivity. Plus, it's something almost everyone does naturally. Psychologists estimate that we daydream for one-third to one-half of our waking hours, although a single daydream lasts only a few minutes.
At their best, daydreams allow you "a range of possibilities which, in the hard cold light of reality, aren't possible," psychiatrist Stuart Twemlow tells WebMD. Twemlow is director of the Hope Program at The Menninger Clinic in Houston.
(http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/why-does-daydreaming-get-such-bad-rap)
Everybody daydreams, whether they admit it or not — or are even aware of it. Psychologists estimate that one-third to one-half of a person’s thoughts while awake are daydreams. Most psychologists consider daydreams a natural component of the mental process for most individuals.
(http://anxietypanichealth.com/2008/08/13/daydreaming-escapism-and-ptsd/)
It is also noted that those who daydream more frequently also have higher IQs.
I daydream about things from my therapy sessions, what ifs, fantasy, random thoughts, psychology, biblical things, social issues, etc.
My daydreaming gets me into trouble when I start thinking about negative things that might happen.
I also wonder if people dream in color or black and white?
Happy dreaming,
CC
I love daydreaming--- no one's gonna stop me, lol i guess we gotta dream- and do our best to make the dreams come true.
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