Friday 6 June 2008

Daydream believer

Day-dream

n. A dreamlike musing or fantasy while awake, especially of the fulfillment of wishes or hopes.

Do you daydream?

I don't mean just sitting at your desk or wherever lost to the world in your thoughts but really daydream. You might be walking or going about your daily life but thinking about what you might say if that situation arises or if that person walks out of that door what you'd say to them or how you'd react? Do you muse about situations you know are going to occur and let your mind wander into what might happen and how you will respond, or how other people will?

Or is it just me?

15 comments:

  1. I used to do this a lot, running every possible scenario through my head, rehearsing it. I don't do it so much now my head is clearer.

    It paid off _exactly_ once, when I came home at lunch time to find my wife's boyfriend in my house. I had a perfectly rehearsed "Would you kindly f*** off out of my house, thanks" which came out with perfect calm dignity. :)

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  2. Bloody hell Stu! I'm not sure I would have been that polite.

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  3. Oh, I'm afraid I have looooong conversations in my special little head. Sometimes the voices seem so real!!! Actually, I have to be careful that I'm not angry at someone over an imaginary conversation I've had.

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  4. I don't think I could get through the week, much less the day, without daydreaming.

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  5. Yeah, I'm a bit of a dreamer.

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  6. I used to day dream/rehearse a certain pretty morbid/tragic situation. I never actually expected it to happen, but when the it did I just went back into autopilot day dream mode and I swear that that helped me get through it.

    So perhaps it's ok to day dream.

    Emx

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  7. I definitely do. In fact sometimes I murmur the words from the conversations that might happen and my kids ask me what I'm saying. It's good to drift off sometimes.

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  8. I used to think that much. Then my head exploded. Now I try to think very little :o)

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  9. I do not day dream so much as wishful thinking! Wonky knees since aged 17 and I was eligble for Junior Wimbledon and could not go. I often wonder whether my life would have been different if I had been able to continue with tennis and diving. I also wished to be a vet but had to settle for a desk job. Taking of tennis - must sit down and watch the women's final of The Paris Open!

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  10. yes. I'm always putting hypothetical situations into my head and working out the dialog.
    My daughter Karmyn does it too. She even named her blog "Dreaming what ifs"
    I think hers tend to be a little more fantasy and fun, however.

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  11. Sometimes I visit your blog and I'm surprised by how similar we are. I get lost in my fantasy worlds and thoughts all the time. And then I wonder if it's just me.

    So. It's not just you.

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  12. Whole lives get played out in my head... Mom says that may be why I have such an urge to write - to get it all out of there.

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  13. Guilty! All the time! Drives the family nuts as I tend to tune out at the same time! My bad!

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  14. Yes, all the time. To the point that I can almost feel disappointed if a certain situation doesn't arise!

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  15. Definitely & I discuss things with the dogs. Dog walks alone are ideal for such conversations.

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