daydreaming

It was so normalized that I didn't realize until I was standing in the bedroom section of an IKEA that I wasn't really allowed to touch things growing up — I don't know how to start this. I remember going to IKEA before and being incredibly uncomfortable (angry even) in more customizable areas like the bedrooms, but I was still a teen and so I think I ju…

My arguments against manifestation — 1. **Maladaptive daydreaming proves that manifestation isn't real**; Manifestation doctrine teaches that what you focus on expands and manifests in your physical reality. Do not split hairs and try to…

I found 2 tricks to help focusing on my breath. Beginner + Adhd here. — H56, overstimulated by screen (shows, movies, youtube podcast, chess online), stimulants (amphets like), and since my childhood, overthinking (the worst addiction ever). Sorry my English is not perf…

A Lucid Dreaming Technique I Accidentally Discovered (Using Multi-Sensory Daydreaming) — Last night I accidentally triggered sleep paralysis while drifting off, and it made me realize a pattern that has happened during several of my past lucid dream or sleep paralysis experiences. I thin…

Avoidance and not being able to access emotions when deactivating — Wondering if this is something other avoidants have felt and how to deal with it. I’m in therapy but I don’t know that it’s helping that much with my attachment stuff. I’m in a relationship with a wo…

Daydreaming — I've thought for a while now that maybe I daydreams a bit much. But I recently heard it was a codependent thing, used for escapism and caused by trauma. So I started paying attention. I daydream when …

Easiest way to Lucid Dream — I’ll keep this short and simple. Stay awake all day. No naps. Do whatever you normally do all day. Do not think about sleep until you are at the point where you’re struggling to keep your eyes open, …

Does anyone use lucid dreaming to play out stories they make in their heads? — I have a lot of stories I make up in my head, and I always feel the urge to do something with them other than daydreaming. However, I’m too lazy to draw or write them (plus im already writing a story …

It’s Been Four Years 😢 — If anyone can share some advice, I’d really appreciate it. It’s so embarrassing for me to share this, but I need to get it off my chest. I still haven’t gotten over my ex-situationship (would’ve been …

Aphantasia — This is my first post despite I’ve been highly lurking around both reality shifting forums and popping up around other people posts but there’s something that’s been itching my brain I cannot get my h…

Fantasies about being rescued? — Did anyone else used to fantasize about being rescued or saved from traumatic situations? Like, I know now adaptive daydreaming is a thing and it's a thing I've also experienced, but did anyone ever f…

I am fucked totally (17y Male) — Originally i wanted to post this on r/selfimprovement but couldn't due to having a New account. (read the full story to understand the whole issue please) TL;dr :- The person is struggling with sever…

Can meditation help with serve rumination and maladaptive daydreaming and how can I start practising — for the past 2 years or so I've been ruminating 24/7 I can't stop i ruminate about traumatic memories and past bullying. how can I stop, it's really impossible for me to not ruminate. I'm genuinely je…

How to get on track of life — I am 18 m here is my list of regrets or lame excuses 1never put effort in anything 2 had negativity fron too long time 3 never explored myself 4 always procrastinated 5 failed each time to build …

Mind is a time machine — Here’s my reasoning. Please don’t think I am crazy. While I was grieving a lost one, I started to have an obsession with the past. I was dreaming, daydreaming, overall imagining myself as my old sel…

Tried daydreaming after my meditation, it was awesome — Admittedly, I normally finish my meditations and then go right back to my phone, but I decided I'd just stay there after my meditation and see how it felt to daydream. Since the meditation had cleare…

If a skeptic can manifest anything, then so can you. — I was raised in a religious household by parents who loved to preach about manifestation and the law of attraction. I never really believed them, though, because what they talked about sounded too clo…

DID I ALMOST SHIFT IN A CAR — So, I was in the car with my family and we were going somewhere like we usually do on the weekend. However, while I was daydreaming about scenarios in the backseat, I felt a shift in the tempature, an…

Question? — silly question but can anyone tell for me visualising from my sp perspective is very easy I mean i can easily visualise him loving me and yearning for me and telling me he really loves me without any …

can't trust myself — If bodies could do mutinies to brains i would've walked the plank before i hit double digits of age with the amount of self neglect i do. Like apparently maslow's basic hierachy of needs i just do not…

Manifesting vs daydreaming? — daydreaming vs manifesting am I daydreaming or manifesting? i broke up with my sp in feb as im manifesting him back i want to know something as it said live in the end like its already done and feel…

Nightmares during problem solving exercise — I just redid wave 2 tape 2 and had a really freaky experience While doing the tape I was slipping in and out of nightmares, but it felt more like daydreaming where I’m just picturing something while …

I think my mother has NPD — Hi everyone. I’m really looking for someone to talk to who grew up in a destructive home. I’m a woman in my late 20s, but I feel like I’m stuck in childhood. I’ve only just started to realize how tru…

How I manifested my dream partner but only realizing now after 8 years — about 8 years ago, I was in a very toxic relationship I couldn't let go of. It became so bad that I spent a lot of time in my bed with lights turned off, not eating, showering, in a depressive state. …

I can’t stay present. I'm always chasing the next thing and still feeling empty — I (F30) been feeling this constant sense of meaninglessness and it’s making me feel depressed, low energy, and kind of flat. Every day feels the same: work, gym, home, sleep. I’m always searching for…

Struggling with maladaptive daydreaming and confused with how that impact manifestation — Hi, so I have realized that I have been struggling with maladaptive daydreaming lot. I realized for the past year or so I haven’t fully felt real if that makes sense. I think it could be a mix of soci…

My game changer and it took me so long to — Guys, this was my game changer and I swear to God it took me 2 years to understand! Visualising is good. Nice and pleasing. Imagining having what you want - exactly the same thing. Bit the feeling …

Genuinely struggling to know if I should bring this up with him or not, I feel horrible. — Before my boyfriend (22M) and I (23F) started dating, there was a guy I was rather limerent about for at least two years. He was some kind of authority figure, someone unattainable, yet someone I‘d se…

Daydreams/Fantasies??? — I daydream and fantasize every single day of my life. When I do this, I always visualize specific situations I really want to be in real life and sometimes I find myself saying things that I say in my…

I think I was daydreaming — I wanted to understand what happened, because it was the first time. I was about to sleep, the day had been good after many bad days, so I was relaxed and my mind had that cozy emptiness, not worrying…

Dissociative daydreaming — so starting at the age of three and continuing at 5-6, and 8 I was molested by a Sunday school teacher, classmate, and babysitter, respectively. i dealt with the pain of this my retreating inward. I w…

How to come back to normal as someone with anxious attachment? — It's been 1.5 years after breakup and almost 10 days of no contact now. Why am I so obsessed with him? I keep thinking about him or daydreaming. I keep hoping he would come back (even though I know th…

My accidental lucid dream was way more effective than my intentional — A couple years ago, I had a huge lucid dreaming phase lasting months and only managed to conjure up two short-lived lucid dreams I gave it another shot a couple weeks back using the wake back to bed …

How do I pull myself out of this version after spending almost 3 years with this — so I am 18, my childhood was pretty weird ig it kinda resulted mw into day dreaming 24/7, from last 3 years I've been neglecting my studies and anything productive and caving back in those tendencies.…

How to come back to being normal as someone with anxious attachment? — It's been 1.5 years after breakup and almost 10 days of no contact now. Why am I so obsessed with him? I keep thinking about him or daydreaming. I keep hoping he would come back (even though I know th…

Can you help me differentiate between daydreaming and visualisation. — I have been an introvert, visualising or imagining things consitute almost an hour a day, but i have manifested only a few random things . i have realised i am just day dreaming, in order to escape r…

1. That is why it’s called maladaptive daydreaming. The person does so to escape their current reality. They are not making actual changes, thinking different thoughts, reconditioning the subconscious…

1. Daydreaming that makes you feel emotional isn’t what Murphy or Goddard are talking about. It is about feeling the reality of what you want to have happen now, that is the feeling. Emotions might co…

I agree with most here, daydreaming (wishful thinking) gives you nice emotions but emotions alone gives you most often nothing in reality. But it's not necessary to have a first person view in your sc…

Love these arguments. Point 1: There is a difference between hypnosis (true authentic feelings of experience of here and now of the desired outcome) and daydreaming. When you give your mind and your…

my maladaptive daydreaming does happen, but also you need to believe it is possible subconsciously if you daydream about a fantasy you think will never happen it won’t happen. This is the key principl…

Is there really? At the end of the day, they’re all just scenes you conjured up in your mind. One may feel more “real”, but it’s still just your imagination. I and many other people who left manifesta…

Daydreaming can give result, but rarely. And most of the times wether you THINK it during or not, you know it's just bullshit playing out and or wishful thinking. Your subconconcious knows. It always …

Yeah so.. If not clear. I was trying to make a point that you can conciously 'believe' or 'assume' something yet your subconscious gets it's way. You sit around thinking you believe x but always gets …

I’ll take a crack at it Point 1: The answer is sm vs cm thought. Daydreaming is not focused with intent, the mind often wonders and you still feel it’s not true in the end or with emotions that are …

"Point 1: Simple. Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) is a proposed mental disorder where someone excessively daydreams in a vivid and immersive way, **often to the point of neglecting real-life responsibili…

Daydreaming doesn't manifest for the same reason dreams don't manifest. They don't mean anything. https://www.reddit.com/r/JosephMurphy/comments/iovf6g/comment/g4kvgjf/?context=3

\>Daydreams and dreams serve a similar function. Neither involve looping a specific scene. Both involve a sort of mind wandering. Except one you are unconscious and the other you are awake. So I disag…

>Daydreaming is just like watching a movie, we just live in some place as an escape, but it doesn't change our self-concept nor the beliefs we hold about our 3D. Once we come out of daydreaming, ***th…

I have many, many personal anecdotes that prove our beliefs create reality. Some goals/desires achieved are beyond the realm of mere coincidence and far exceed a free cup of coffee. My response to th…

You will find the answer here - Moonlight Mailed Me ! : The No1 reason why people fail with their alpha programming. *Hi Everybody, I am one of moonlight's new cubs and his best for sure. I have a …

I'm a FA femdom and you sound pretty boilerplate FA to me. Classic. I once heard a therapist describe FA as "basically anxious attachment but so far on the spectrum that they circle around and do beha…

I think from chatting to avoidant or secure people replace Limerance with daydreaming about themselves, their own career or hobby goals, in the time we spend daydreaming about another person. So you c…

A re-framing that has been helpful for me: reminding myself that I’m not daydreaming about how this other person makes me feel, I’m daydreaming about how I make MYSELF feel. There is nobody here but m…

I type out messages with vulnerable content so that I can send them to my SO, but I end up deleting them because it feels icky and unsafe. Even if he's been supportive in a way that is both caring and…

Likely: You’re not in alpha, or deep enough SH when practicing. This is the same as when you lie on the couch imagining - that’s daydreaming. Those thought changes happen, but they’re nothing to go o…

>Likely: You’re not in alpha, or deep enough SH when practicing. This is the same as when you lie on the couch imagining - that’s daydreaming. Hey, thanks for the comment, but I am not sure how to a…

Here's my thoughts after being on this subreddit for a while, and I am someone who has been daily practicing for the past 8+ months with no physical results. 1. Maladaptive daydreaming proves that ma…

Release? No, not for me. Yes, connection. The most exciting and fun game, it's like an amusement park but much better. Expression of love, love language.  Sexual chemistry is super important, for su…

There has been an ongoing flirtation with a guy who I saw a few times before I moved at the end of the year. Since I relocated, I've enjoyed these continued conversations, including very spicy ones, a…

You're daydreaming about kissing him and writing paragraphs about how sweet he is. That's pretty obviously some kind of feeling. You don't have to tell him, but at least be honest with yourself.

>I use it to swap red light timers to green early. I use it for convenient parking spaces. I use it for compliments from attractive people. I use it for free food. And pain relief. And gifts. And for …

fantasizing: daydreaming but having the conscious and subconscious belief that "it'll never happen, but it's nice to think about", or "it's nice to dream, but i have to get back to reality at some poi…

I understand what you’re asking, but I struggle to answer it logically, so I decided to share a story instead—maybe it’ll make things clearer. Years ago, I was working at a company as an assistant …

It's possible to astral project with some degree of OCD, because I have. It's helpful if it doesn't bother you all the time though. For instance, mine typically bothers me when I'm going to go out and…

I also agree with that! Sometimes I struggle in telling if I am tired or I actually am being lazy. I spent most of my childhood addicted to my devices or maladaptive daydreaming so daily tasks are inc…

“I’m sorry it has to end this way” “There’s no future for us, we’re only daydreaming” That’s b.sh1t.

Yea. Art was one of my ways of coping, I think. Idk. I did art as a kid cuz it was one of the things I was 'good' at, but I wasn't actually good at all, was just one of my only interests outside of vi…

LMAO exactly. she hates missing out and knowing people out there are dating him for real. keep daydreaming ig 💔

I do strain my eyes when I'm trying when closed. But visualising open I can do it focused on something else with my eyes. I suppose it's just daydreaming.

Not unless you are meditating in the bath, which is certainly possible, I do this sometimes. But just sitting in bath itself, no. Meditating is not just relaxing, daydreaming or doing an enjoyable act…

Wow! I honestly didn't even realize I did this until right now. Yes I do this daydreaming, turning off your emotions, I'm very good at it. I can turn on someone and cut them off no warning. But I do…

I used to have a really active imagination, always off in my own world daydreaming. But some tough experiences really messed with my nervous system, and it kind of shut down that creative thinking par…

I used to have a really active imagination, always off in my own world daydreaming. But some tough experiences really messed with my nervous system, and it kind of shut down that creative thinking par…

I can absolutely relate to this. Last year I felt really stuck and wanted to run away from everything. I started neglecting college which was my only responsibility, had to drop out of one class and n…

Never knew that about codependency. Makes sense looking at my 24 years as a coda. I would guess, under the surface, I didn't like my reality but didn't do anything about it. Was never bad enough to ma…

I like the username. Also, I agree that I'm daydreaming less now that I'm actively working on myself. But I'm still daydreaming more than I'd like to. Most of my daydreams these days are like prepar…

I do a lot of that too and still. If anything, it has taught me I don't remember the rock solid arguments I came up with while daydreaming and just fumble over words like a buffoon. Great job on reco…

Yeah, daydreaming is a way to self medicate against boredom and depression. I have this problem as well. Treat it as any other addictive behaviour or substance. Clear rules of when it's appropriate…

That's true! I often find myself daydreaming when I don't have enough stimulation. Or when I don't have a clear direction for my thoughts, they kind of wander. I used to listen to music, so maybe I'll…

I have CPTSD and daydreaming for me seems to be a mild expression of disassociation. When I’m overwhelmed either due to feeling too vulnerable or by painful triggers, I daydream to mentally distance.

Yes this is true and forever will be sadly. Of course her words will tell you the opposite, but obviously she's fully capable of extensively lying so that's a cross you'll bare forever... never knowin…

Yeah I see her from time to time zoning out daydreaming and looking sad and my intuition tells me exactly that, that she's thinking of him. Or that she's deeply paranoid that I'm going to try and reve…

While not trying to gatekeep, this is a fair question. For instance Ive seen people describe their meditation practice as 'just zoning out and relaxing', 'sitting in a bath daydreaming', etc. While t…

One thing that nearly everyone in meditation circles will agree is NOT meditation, is sitting lost in your own thoughts or daydreaming. I would disagree that "concentration" style practices are the on…

That also is not meditation, but just another kind of daydreaming