What do our daydreams tell us about ourselves?

[OnceMore]

I've been a chronic day-dreamer for many years now. I've always done this; a lot during school and it's carried on in to my twenties. I always thought it was just my immense laziness and general lack of ability to focus in on the real world, and that day-dreaming was just silly and that being lost in such fantasies are unproductive. That my daydreams are more fun than the real world. Mostly I think that sort of thinking might be correct - that daydreaming is just me being lazy and using fantastical scenarios to entertain myself. That my daydreams are just a distraction from whatever task I need to complete. 

But what if daydreams tell us more about ourselves and what we really want? What if our daydreams are like as if our subconscious mind is just using the ideas and labels of things we already know, to tell us what our authentic self yearn for? Largely my daydreams are to do with me doing things like adventuring, or travelling, or meeting new people, like triumphing over a difficult obstacle with a sword in my hand and dirt on my face, being courageous. 

All the while I'm doing this whilst sitting on my chair.

Do you have day dreams? What do you day dream about? And do you think it says anything about what you need to do / want to do, but aren't confessing it out loud?

 

This question was provoked from watching this vid: 

 

Edited January 3, 2018 by OnceMore

[Guest Annetta]

Yeah, I used to daydream a lot - more like a constant flood of thoughts that wouldn't stop - but I've been doing shamanic journeying - which is similar to Carl Jungs 'active imagination' - a technique that helped him reintegrate his fragmented self and cure his psychosis.  

Originally, I misunderstood the way this process worked and thought you could control the direction of thoughts but it is better not to make a story out of anything.

Try letting go of the narrative and letting your subconscious lead the way.  A simple rhythmic and predictable sound, like a drum or a clock beat can help to center your focus.  

It is a difficult habit to break.

Let's see here.  Maybe steps would help explain, I'm shit when it comes to explanations. 

1. Sit somewhere comfortable, with a pen and notepad.

2. Put on something with a sound to center you with:

 

3. Let go of controlling the narrative, that is in the back of the mind, focus on the area between your eyes.

4. After 30-1 hr write down what you find.  Takes some practice.  ❤?

It can help to retrieve areas in the subconscious that are not in the light that might be causing the excessive daydreaming.

I really hope you can find some use of this.  Gl.