[enigma]

I've always wondered if excessive daydreaming could cause/worsen Dp.

I've never seen anything in any of the literature about a possible relationship between the two (typically they primarily discuss anxiety and drug usage as causal factors), but as an adolescent (when the DP/DR first hit) I thought daydreaming to be the prime suspect for bringing it on (funny that I forgot to mention it in a previous post about my dp/dr onset) and I felt convinced then that if I could simply break this habit that the dp/dr would lift.

Except that I was never able to do so,and even these days I live perpetually within daydreams.

Is anyone else here a chronic habitual daydreamer? And if so, do you feel there's any tie between this and your sense of disconnect from reality?

e

 

[Monkeydust]

Yeah I'm a bad daydreamer, and had been for a couple of years before my DP came on.

I guess it's uncertain as to whether it's a causal factor in bringing about DP, or whether it's another symptom of the underlying traits that eventually bring DP about.

I'm pretty sceptical about daydreaming being some underlying cause because, if that were the case, a lot more daydreamers would be complaining by now. :wink:

All I can say is that, if anything, daydreaming has a negative influence in contributing to DP. It certainly can't help.

 

[kenc127]

I don't think daydreaming causes DP. I think it's the other way around.
Daydreaming is a form of dissociation as is DP. So I would tend to lean toward the idea that DP causes a higher frequency of daydreaming episodes.

Ken

 

[jft]

Enigma. Funny that i jsut posted a similiar thread a couple weeks ago. I find myself wanting to daydream when I get symptomatic and made the observation that my mind feels "weak" if I do it too long, but that it is almost a catharsis for me to do so, and was wondering if people found it a good thing or bad to daydream as an escape from symptoms.
jft

 

[enigma]

was wondering if people found it a good thing or bad to daydream as an escape from symptoms.
jft

Personally I've always thought it bad (a sign of my personal weakness).

But still, I've never been able keep myself from doing so (an escape from an unbearable reality as much as from anything else).

 

[shadowness]

now that this has been mentioned...

when i did not have dp/dr...when i used to daydream i used be able to 'bend' reality...things would distort and although i would find it scary it was not too scary...

i feel like this 24/7 now and when i daydream now...things distort to the point where my head really hurts and i feel like i have completely lost it...

everything is a constant daydream...

i just cannot see it as a positive thing...

just something more disturbing...