Daydreams?

[thewingdancer]

I sometimes drift into daydreams, they can be so vivid almost real. What is the state of consiousness do they fall into? During a daydream you're not sleeping, are you?

[arby]

I'm trying to figure out the discrepancy at the moment. But is seems most people don't see them as vividly as you (or me =P)

[devilkitty999]

I get those a lot. I experimented will controling them. If I'm deep enough into sleep I can simply use them to have vivid daydreams and after a while they begin to behave like normal dreams.

[Vex Kitten]

I think that state of mind is simply called spacing out. I used to daydream a lot. I still do when I have the time. I think day dreaming isn't actually dreaming (as in sleep dreaming) but merely one fantasizing and letting that fantasy go where it will until something snaps you back to reality. Of course, you could fall asleep during a day dream, turning it into a sleeping dream.

[ninja9578]

I space out a lot, but I never actually see anything. Are you sure that you didn't just fall into a nap and had a real dream?

[arby]

I space out a lot, but I never actually see anything. Are you sure that you didn't just fall into a nap and had a real dream? A daydream in no way requires a lack of imagery. I often daydream with vivid imagery. One of the REALLY defining factors of a daydream is how much you have to make things. Mostly nothing will happen/exist if you don't consciously think it up. A daydream really comes down to a steam of thought. The only thing that makes it seem differently from our end is how we perceive that thought. We might use words, images, emotions, the senses... etc.