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.