Anybody else daydream excessively?

[Wishmaster]

Sometimes I am so caught up in my thoughts that when someone is asking or telling me something I don't catch all or any of what they said, other than my name which grabs my attention.

I can for the most part turn this off when I need to fully focus, like in my classes. But yeah, to avoid being rude sometimes I just pretend that I heard what the person said instead of repetively asking "what?" lol.

I don't know, am I the only one that feels so overwhelmed at times by my own thoughts? Is it not so weird and I am just overanalyzing?

 

[vj288]

You're not the only one, I spend so much time daydreaming it's ridiculous. All the time, and they tend to get pretty elaborate too.

 

[awkwardamanda]

I'm always daydreaming, imaging things I wish would happen. Often it's quite enjoyable but every now and then it makes me feel sad because I realize it's all in my head.

 

[Forgotten-Children]

Pretty much all I do is daydream, unless I'm playing video games or talking to my boyfriend.

 

[missjesss]

I'm exactly the same!! LOL

 

[Dj SL]

I daydream a lot too. when I had a brain spect scan 3 years ago; they found anxiety, depression and ADD.

Does anyone thinks ADD can cause SAD???

 

[Wishmaster]

I daydream a lot too. when I had a brain spect scan 3 years ago; they found anxiety, depression and ADD.

Does anyone thinks ADD can cause SAD???

I had no idea you could scan your brain for those lol. And idk, maybe it could be a contributing factor but I have no real proof at hand to really back that up.

 

[JamesSmith]

The issue for me is I'm bored cuz i never talk to people so I daydream a lot. It's partly the anxiety, but you know I think a ton of people would daydream as much as us if they were alone all of the time.

 

[*Amy*]

Yeah, I can tell you I spend a lot of my time daydreaming, but certainly not when they're talking to me (I wish I could daydream then so that I wouldn't be so focused on the conversation and hence wouldn't blush or have other symptoms: I think it'a a way to evade ourselves from real life, from the life we don't like.

 

[Kiwong]

My thoughts might be more appropriately called day nigthmaring. Some days my mind is dominated by worrying thoughts more akin to a nightmare.
I wished I daydreamed more because this can can be pleasant and creative if you are using your imagination.

 

[los77]

i daydream a lot, i like it sometimes but it has its negative impacts on me too since i tend to tune out a lot during class even when i want to pay attention

 

[DRAGON]

some times i like to wake up very early to go to the park when is completely alone and i would lay down below a tree to listen to music and daydream for hours, i love doing it since it helps me avoid bad situations by simple focusing in something else. I realised that I am the only one in my family who can sleep without being bothered when there is some noise outside like dogs barking or some loud music, this is because I simply dont listen to the noise... so the more i do daydreaming the more it helps me control my thoughts.

 

[los77]

some times i like to wake up very early to go to the park when is completely alone and i would lay down below a tree to listen to music and daydream for hours, i love doing it since it helps me avoid bad situations by simple focusing in something else. I realised that I am the only one in my family who can sleep without being bothered when there is some noise outside like dogs barking or some loud music, this is because I simply dont listen to the noise... so the more i do daydreaming the more it helps me control my thoughts.

you sound just like me... in fact sometimes i need noise to be able to go to sleep

 

[mozart87]

well this is definately my vice like smoking is for other people...I heard it's a symptom of AvPD but...who cares
the good side I think is I know exactly what I want when it comes to clothes, food, or how to spend a holiday...of course a lot of dreams are hard to make true because I don't have the money for them...but at least I try...each small dream come true is a step to the life I want to live...
well one of my dreams was to just stay and watch the sea... I fell inlove with the sea 7 years ago when I first saw it...and this year I finally managed to have a holiday at the sea...and it was even better than in my dreams...I started the evenings just feeling the waves as the darkness was coming

 

[Dr. Doom]

Yes I do alot. And then the Teacher will say" Harris read line 5...and I'm like oh okay, "blah blah-wrong line-blah?" ....."No, Harris we're on chapter 3 now."

Pretty embarresing.

 

[springk]

I'm always daydreaming, imaging things I wish would happen. Often it's quite enjoyable but every now and then it makes me feel sad because I realize it's all in my head.

i could say the same

i dont day dream all the time but i do quite a lot. LOL

 

[missjesss]

I daydream a lot too. when I had a brain spect scan 3 years ago; they found anxiety, depression and ADD.

Does anyone thinks ADD can cause SAD???

I didn't know they could actually proove these disorders with brain scans ? Also what are the signs u have add bcoz I fidgit alot and move around constantly wen I have to sit still or wen I have to go to sleep I'm never sure if it is anxiety or not...

 

[Falkor]

Yes, I daydream everyday. I just love escaping from reality, and be whomever I wanna be :: and think about the past, good old memories, cool things to look forward to.. Yes, I keep doing it.
But not while during a conversation, Well.. Sometimes I catch myself doing that, but then I just start listening again to what the person says to me

 

[Wishmaster]

I'm not sure if my daydreams are exactly escaping from reality or not. Maybe a little bit at times. I usually think about realistic things, but sometimes maybe in an idealistic way lol.

 

[kuze]

I daydream alot, everyday. I'm always off in some other world, sometimes I prefer my dreams to reality.