I had woken up and wanted to go back to sleep, but instead I decided to daydream a bit. It was something simple, I had been at a friends house and wanted to look around (the house was nice). I walked upstairs and when I turned the corner there was this man. Everything was in a red tint and a creepy voice said, "You messed up, you let you mind into your mind". That sounds stupid, but I had just had a nightmare about having something evil going into my mind, and being half asleep my word worded it like that. For some reason I started shaking uncontrollably for about a minute because of fear (it really scared me for some reason). This isn't the first time something like this has happened (sometimes I don't even need to have a nightmare beforehand).
Aren't you supposed to be able to control your daydreams, not have them turn into nightmares?
Daydreaming becomes nightmare?
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- 3+ months ago by Moon487
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- sleep, nightmare, daydream, daydreaming
Answers (1)
People, young and old, that one prominent researcher called it “one of the central features of human life.” Some believe that up to a third of our waking hours are taken up by daydreaming in one form or another. Scientists are not exactly sure how and why these fleeting thoughts are formed, nor do they universally agree on just what a daydream is. One dictionary defines a daydream as “a pleasant visionary . . . creation of the imagination.”
It’s only natural to have a little anxiety when facing stressful situations but you accomplish little by creating frightening mental image. Daydreaming may also play a legitimate role in solving problems. Says Dr. Klinger: “Daydreams are themselves a way of discovering creative solutions to problems. People who daydream imaginatively can sometimes find solutions that would not occur to them were they to work on the problems deliberately.”
(Compare Ecclesiastes 11:4.). Interestingly, excessive or inappropriate daydreaming can pose yet other dangers. Some, for example, creating frightening mental images of defeat and rejection. (Compare Ecclesiastes 11:4.) and nurture sexual fantasies. Others find that daydreaming is interfering with their concentration.
Daydreaming is not a waste of time but rather a needed escape to help us function better.” Just be careful what you feed your mind with.
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