Is it normal to want to sleep all the time, because imaginary world > reality?

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I naturally become obsessive about various things and make up mental stories about my interactions with certain people (real and imaginary).

These stories can be fleeting, but sometimes they occupy my thoughts, especially whilst I sleep, for weeks on end. I'm lucky (or unlucky?) in that I can control the eventualities of about 80% of my dreams, so this is prime time for living out this imaginary world I am absorbed in.

During this time, the imaginary world is all I can think about at any given moment. So in reality I'm often distant, distracted and will stay in bed for hours, just dreaming of this world. I've spent until 5pm in bed before, only to go back at 11pm. I just hate being awake, because I feel as if I'm losing precious time in the other world!

It becomes a never-ending cycle I can't escape for weeks!

So, yeah: anyone else experience this?
And if so, is it normal?

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  • whatsfordinner62
    12 years ago

    Your really fucking lucky if you can control your dreams. My dreams suck ass. Id sleep all the time too if my dreams were controllable

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Well.. It's normal but it seems like you're doing it for too long. Don't lose touch with reality :/

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  • twimftt
    12 years ago

    Buddy you and me both. I've wished so many times id be put into a coma or if I could some way self induce a coma. How are we even sure what is real when what you feel in this so called "reality" can be felt inside of our supposedly "fake" dream world. I lucid dream 80% of the time as well and wish id never wake. You're essentially "god" in your dreams. It feels amazing

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  • rahfluffzi
    12 years ago

    Yes! It is completely normal.
    Lucid dreaming is preferred to reality, for me.

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  • randomguy111
    12 years ago

    i just daydream all the time about stuff - simply because you can imagine what you want and it seems so good unlike the real world where everyones wants don't work and so it all "backfires" on you

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  • SarahShy
    11 years ago

    I agree with Solid, this is normal to an extent. Sometimes I even lay in bed for hours in my own dream world.. But not daily, or even weekly. In all seriousness, write out your fantasy world! Date it, write who you were with, what you were doing, etc. then take it a therapist. This seems like a sort of escape for you, but we can't always escape the real world.

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  • SolidSponge
    12 years ago

    Its normal to some extent, but if its all the time you want do this, then you might have an underlying problem. Depression maybe?

    Or it could be quite serious like a dissociative syndrome or even mild schizophrenia. The formentioned can change the way you think. It can turn you more onto the internal thinking processes.

    This is sometimes a coping mechanism for various factors in your life. Your concentrating on the better, internal thoughts and fantasy world and distancing yourself from the real world.

    If it causes you distress, id seek some advice.

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  • indecisive
    12 years ago

    Yes i feel like life is better there sometimes. I do it practicaly anywere even if i am in reality, and not in my bed. I carry it with me.

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  • Ghost121
    12 years ago

    Wow you are so lucky! That sounds awesome :D

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  • DannyKanes
    12 years ago

    Lucky, I seem to always dream about zombies. I'd rather dream about Scarlett Johannson or something :P

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