Is it normal that i can craft an imaginary world within my mind?

I am 18 years old and have always had a very active imagination. When I was little I could create entire worlds that I could play in with imaginary friends, people and animals. Now it's gotten worse. I seem to prefer the idea of my world inside my head. Even during the day my mind travels as I sit in class I could be out on a boat in the middle of the ocean. (I want to be a marine biologist and have since I was three) I have a few other eccentricities such as: twitching, not paying attention well, and losing myself in conversations about sea life. But I am most worried about the stories that go on in my head. I try to find ways to escape real life and I can talk to the people I make up in my brain. It's as if I am the main character in a movie that I write as I go and never really leave. I do actually speak out loud to my characters when no one is around. Please let me know if this is normal. I can give more details if necessary.

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  • Faithfully

    Sounds like you're a really creative person.
    You can literally live off your world if you become a writer :D

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  • evil_elvis

    Find an outlet for all that creativity! Writing, art, game design are a few that come to mind.

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  • SoccerStud88

    ok JK Rowling we get it

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  • Dizzee

    Don't worry about it too much. You just need to balance it. Make sure you know what's going on in your surroundings and know when it's an okay time to go to your world. I was the same way once too, especially in high school because I hated it there. I have so many imaginary friends and characters, it's not even funny. I talk to them too, they each have different personalities and traits that make them special to me. I try to make sure to write their story down before they go away and soon they all will have books about them. I'm not too sure if I want to publish them, but I want everyone to know about my friend's adventures. (does that make any sense? LOL)

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  • Start writting books, you sound like an intresting person, and why not put your skills to good use? And it's pretty normal. I actually do the exact same thing as you accept somehow my imaginery is a an Anime. Due to the fact that I watch and read alot of Anime. It's very fun to have an imaginary world in your head, you get to be the boss and all haha. But seriously think about maybe writting a book.

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  • Waiting4Superman

    I do a similar thing but I'm not a character in it but my different personalities are in all the characters. It's kinda what I wish life was. Mine is more unrealistic though with super powers and things like that, I watch a lot of super hero movies

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  • WingGlow163

    It's very normal I'd say, let your mind wander. It can't hurt.
    If I feel particularly sad every now and then, I often imagine myself at Hogwarts... Everyone has a place they feel safe!

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  • davesumba

    the mind is a powerful thing. you can use it to move objects, start fires, move energy, and what not by focusing your Chi.

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  • 1000yrVampireKing

    We had to create a perfect economy in school once. I already had an idea of what I wanted to reform. So yes it is normal. I do it all the time but no matter how perfect the world can be some are just not in the position to do so.

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  • coolio75650932

    lol like the minecraft credits say......wake up

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  • trollx1

    go play minecraft

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    • coolio75650932

      FUCK you beat me to it

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  • marissachan

    I thought you were gonna start talking about minecraft! Lol if you don't play it, you should.

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  • meloceankiss

    Sounds like you're an escapist. With the way the world is now it doesn't really suprise that we're all becoming escapists. I'm one. It also feels like a defense mechanism, for me personlly, against what I dislike about my life and allows me to get lost in another world of thought. Sometimes it can blur reality and fantasy, not in the sense of what I believe is happening now.. I don't hallucinate... but it makes me think anything is possible, even if it is beyond the realms of this worlds reality. It gives me hope. And it definitely gives you the potential to become a writer, especially for fantasy books whether its romance, action etc,especially since you can look at it through your eyes as if you're living that life.

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  • Who_Fan4Life

    For fucks sake, is this a mini bio of me? Lol. I can't pay attention to save my life and have a weird fondness for anything that has to do with sea life/marine topics.

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  • becauseican

    become an artist, and express yourself with different media.

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  • Fishgal3224

    What?

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  • Fishgal3224

    I understand that this means im creative and all. But my life outside of my mind isn't bad, I just prefer to create my own world a lot. I like playing out scenes that would never happen in real life or imagining my drive to school through the African jungle. I sound immature but I like it better this way.

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  • AppleSpice

    I like Faithfully's idea :D
    I think its good to be creative like this, because sometimes if youre in a bad situation, you just need to get away. i actually rather envy you for this! XD
    But sometimes you may need to draw the line, as you don't want to get them mixed up, and you need to concentrate for stuff like GCSEs.

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  • Legion

    That sounds awesome. I happen to have several imaginary worlds, and all my personal thoughts in my head are stored away in a military installation.

    Thats the only part thats like that though.

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    • Dizzee

      Wow, my personal thoughts are in a safe located in a library of all my memories that I have.

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      • NormalIsOverratedBeANinja

        Seriously? Me too! I thought I was the only one that did that!

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  • DolphinAngel

    Haha nice... You are the same as I am... I also want to become a marine biologist because I love the ocean and of course dolphins! Also I write stories and live in my imagination... However, I don't think it is normal^^

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    • Dizzee

      I honestly thought this was you when I read the marine biologist part. Sorry for assuming.

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      • DolphinAngel

        Haha doesn't matter as I said that could be me...

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        • Dizzee

          Fair enough. :3

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  • Fishgal3224

    Thanks! I love writing, I haven't written a full story mostly just essays riddled with imagery. Haha

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  • theabider

    You sound like you could be me--we are the same age and everything! But I don't usually fantasize about science...I guess I'm not that intellectual. :(

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