Is it normal to play out events in your mind/daydream?

Sometimes when I am bored or at night I make up situations including me and other people just to see how things play out. Sometimes I say some things that happen in it aloud. It's sort of like daydreaming but I control it and I'm wide awake. Does anyone else do this?

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Based on 42 votes (38 yes)
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  • amiaphycho

    yes i do its fun cuz your controling everything, your not alone

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  • same omg i thought i was the only one but i HAVE to do it to fall asleep i do it all the tiem

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  • tapdancingrocks

    I have to do that to fall asleep too!!!! Only, I will usually pretend that I am in Harry Potter...idk why, it's just really calming I guess.

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  • SamuraiPeeper

    I do this all the time to the point of distraction. But then, I've been really lonely for a while now...

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  • BrokenHeartz

    Me too

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  • hotchickie81

    I do it all the time!

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  • whyamisoparanoid

    haha exactly. i totally do this. sometimes it even makes me feel better because i'll have a situation where i get to confront someone who has been mean to me or something. i'm such a nerd.

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  • insognity

    I voted "not normal" because although it IS normal to hate homework it's not normal to feel suicidal because of it, (speaking from personal experience, I hate doing homework and procrastinate all the time but it's an effect not a cause for me) and I think you probably have other issues and not just the homework that is piling you over ... maybe it is those issues, or maybe you simply have TOO MUCH WORK swamped on you, I don't know. but I feel for ya

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    • insognity

      Oops seems liek I posted the comment on the wrong one, the pages automatically changing is confusing me, they should fix this so it's not automatic ..

      Anyway at TS I used to play out fantasy stories in my mind with fake characters/settings and everything but it's diff from what you do, kind of, cuz I HAVE to do this to fall asleep early, I think it wouldnt be normal if you did it a lot and started getting behind in work or soething, but if you don't fall behind in other things and enjoy it I see no probs wit it

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      • 2livebymusic

        Yes i was wondering what your first post meant but yes i'm just like you in the aspect that i have to do it to fall asleep.

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  • PoisonFlowers

    Yeah, expecially at night. It's a bit like a type of thought experiment. You create a situation and see what happens and what the people say.

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