Is it normal that i have created multiple fantasy worlds in my head?

I have been daydreaming/fantasizing in my head for about 7 years now. It started when I was about 15. I don't know why it started, I just wanted to make up interesting stories, something that I would like to read if it was a book/comic (I actually wrote one of my stories on paper for a school essay and got a 10!). Usually I start by getting inspiration from some tv show, comic, book, anything really. For example if there was a tv show about ancient Egypt, I would think of a story set in ancient Egypt. Then I just make up characters and a storyline and I "play it in my head".
I'm always getting inspiration from everywhere and currently I think I have about 5-10 different stories I continue in my head almost daily. I have known the characters for years and it would be very difficult to let go.
I'm not sure if it's escapism I'm doing, but sometimes I do escape to these fantasy worlds when I'm bored/something bad happens to me..If I'm sad in real life, I'll imagine a situation where one of my main characters is sad and someone will comfort them. It makes me feel better too.
I have thought of everything really. Names, ages, height&weight, family backgrounds for the characters. They almost mean more to me than the real people in my life.
The stories are usually very sad and brutal, but I want them to have a happy ending. Some of the themes have been kidnapping, rape, war, abuse, bullying, depression, deformities and so on. My main characters usually suffer a lot, but they end up finding a loving person who takes care of them.
I seriously have no idea what makes me do this! I just like it so much..Does anyone else feel this way? What kind of daydreams do you have? I have never told anyone about this, because it's so important to me and I'm afraid my friends wouldn't understand.

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  • dmxice22

    just out of curiosity but the main character in some of your fantasy worlds are they in a way some form of yourself? and in answer to your question if anyone dose this then Yes I am guilty as a person who makes up a fantasy world and acts its out alone I'm 22 and ive been doing it since I was young.I do it more or less on a daily bases when I find myself by myself in a room I find it really soothing .Most of my characters are based on me in some form of different plain main theme is self-destruction or a what if life/ alien / billionaire / medieval knight etc.

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  • SchizoidPsycho

    I been doing this since a little child. I have always have a few fantasies going on at the same time, each of which I am the main character.

    Daydreaming is my life, it causes quite a few problems for me but idc, without these fantasies I would never have been able to cope with reality.

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  • Damn, you just about described me perfectly. I like what you said about escapism, and how if you are sad, you will make your character sad and then envision people comforting them. I find that "fantasizing" or daydreaming is a huge stress reliever for me and could not imagine myself if I did not do this. When I was little, I used to imagine myself as a female ninja turtle and create plots and stories to go along with that :P

    Now that I am older, I only have one world and one set of characters I am committed to; the ones I am writing a book about. I will imagine scenarios and then write them down. Do you ever incorporate music too? I love listening to a song and then weaving it (almost like the music in a movie) into to certain mental scenes in my book.

    I totally understand what you mean about the characters being very dear to you. Mine are very important to me, and are almost like mental friends XD that sounds weird but true. I honestly cannot think what life would be like if I did not have this world. My main character is definitely a version of me which aids in the stress relieving part, but I have also found it very engaging to imagine the same scenario but from a different perspective. I also created the perfect "man" for this version of me and (ok, I probably sound weird) he is an extremely calming presence.

    In a nutshell...aw yeah. Super duper normal.

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  • megadriver

    Nicely said. I agree. Media sites are about showing off and spamming the "like" button, whenever someone says something like "I went to the pub" 50 likes. Why? What's so special about going to the pub?
    At least here people type what they actually think.
    I too like to create stuff in my head. Got my own fantasy. Even draw parts of what I think. Fantasy worlds, spaceships, other concept vehicles.

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  • Pika-girl

    tell me the story! tell me the story!

    I'm currently making 2 mangas: one which is fully mine and another which is a creepypasta fanfic! The one which was mine was started when I was 7.

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  • Thelaconicallsocialist

    I escape too, not to fantasy worlds but to thoughts. Random trivial shit, but it's an escape from what goes on around me. If you wonder why you have these, it's probably the result of understimulation, whereas you don't have enough action in your life to fill these cravings, such as sexual cravings, only for your brain stimulus. If you want to have these fantasyland daydreams go away, read a good book. (But I wouldn't want to let them go if I were you, they sound amazingly wonderful. :P) And if you can write well, I'd happily be the first one to buy your book. I like reading fantasyland stories more than I like to think them up myself, as the uncreative dumbfounded that I am. :)

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  • vexron

    i do it alot then i use it and create stories

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  • Holzman_67

    That's really interesting thanks for sharing. One of the reasons I like this site, it's more insightful and introspective of people's real selves than other social media sites, which are all about showing off.

    I bet you're really talented, you should tap into that as much as you can.

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