Daze

**Onahappynote** · 12-11-2008 01:08 PM

Have you ever suddenly started to stare off at something for a period of time? Where you felt you couldn't take your eyes off of that certain spot untill your eyes started watering? Feeling almost as if you were in a trance like state? Well, I have, alot actually. And Iv'e discussed this with two of my friends and it happends to them too. And this makes me think that everyone has felt like this at one time or another. And many people call this state a "daze". What I want to know is why we have dazes and what they truely are?
So if any could be so kind as to tell me, I'd be very pleased.
Any thoughts?

**Rozzy** · 12-12-2008 12:27 AM

happens to me too, i dont know what it is... i guess daydreaming?

**dajo** · 12-12-2008 01:09 AM

yeah..

that is a form of mind-alteration, I think. There is a lot of 'brain' we don't use on a daily basis.

**drewmandan** · 12-12-2008 01:33 AM

It's called "spacing out". I can't believe this is new to you.

**Onahappynote** · 12-12-2008 04:12 AM

No this is not new to me and no I don't think it's exactly day-dreaming either. I've thought about this a lot. And it does'nt feel like daydreaming all the time. It's like stareing at nothing but something at the same time...
you know what I mean?

I agree it's like spacing out, but what is it exactly? And why does it occur? Sometimes I think about something that is random in a daze but more than not I don't really have thoughts in a daze. But sometimes I notice I'm in a daze befor I have to blink, but other times I dont notice untill my eyes start to burn and water. And thats when I realize what Im starring at. Grrrrr! This is very difficult to describe the right way in words. I hope theres someone out there that can relate and shed some light on my thoughts.
Sorry if this sounds stupid and juvenile(sp). I've practically confused myself...sort of...
Nevermind.
Thanks everyone.

**dajo** · 12-12-2008 11:57 AM

maybe you dazed off

**Onahappynote** · 12-12-2008 12:56 PM

Haha very funny....lol

**Howie** · 12-12-2008 05:15 PM

Not too often can I find myself drifting off into sapce. I wish I could.

I'm thinking there are a lot of scenarios and variables to account for in each subjective experience of a "daze"
I know our mind like's steady ambient beets and rhythms. The mind likes order even in what sometimes looks abstract. It finds pleasing patterns in almost anything.
This may be why we find ourselves staring of into a bed of sand or the hum of the city streets or whatever……

**drewmandan** · 12-12-2008 05:37 PM

It's just the mind resting. You can't think all the time.

**ClouD** · 12-12-2008 05:40 PM

Some idiots call it meditation.

Pfft

**Onahappynote** · 12-12-2008 09:35 PM

But sometimes it happens when I should be paying attention and how can you call it meditation?

**Howie** · 12-12-2008 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Onahappynote

But sometimes it happens when I should be paying attention and how can you call it meditation?

I believe he was being sarcastic.

**Bonsay** · 12-12-2008 10:22 PM

Never happened to me. It sounds really strange. You told it as if you are aware of the "stare" and yet you can't look away. I mean, unless there is something "wrong" mentally or you're paralyzed, I don't know what you mean.

Apart from that, I do zone out a lot, which includes daydreaming, remembering something... but I'm not "there" when I'm doing it. I'm somewhere in my head, so I can't really say I'm aware of the outside world at that time. After it's done, then yes, I do find myself regaining awareness, but it happens instantly, so there is no "I can't move my eyes until they water" or something like that. If I ever get into such a state, it's intentional.

**Onahappynote** · 12-13-2008 12:17 AM

oh...
I feel stupid.
...
...lol.

**Onahappynote** · 12-13-2008 12:31 AM

Thats really interesting.
But I think the signature of a daze is the eyes not blinking. A state where you just cant help but stare at anything. Sometimes your aware and sometimes you arn't, and sometimes your thinking about something totally off topic. But eventually you have to blink because your eyes start to sting and water but even when you do blink you don't always snap out of it (...the urge to stare). Theres also a feeling that goes with this. But it is very difficult to describe clearly and precisly.
Im not crazy...I dont think...
Anyway, I have noticed other people dazing and my friends have had the same sort of experience. We talk alot about this subject and how difficult it is to put into words. Its something you have to feel for your self.
But I really like hearing other's opinions.
So thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Sorry if it seemed like I am argueing with you. I just want people to understand.
Thanks.

**Bonsay** · 12-13-2008 01:58 AM

I never meant to say anyone was crazy. I just understood it like that - aware, but out of control. That's not normal, but I'm guessing that isn't how you wanted "me" to understand it.

**Onahappynote** · 12-15-2008 03:14 AM

Wow, I guess my friends and I are freaks or somethin' because not many people have responded or related to this...
Or people think I'm crazy, which I can understand-
But arn't we all just a little bit crazy?
Thanks to the people who did reply.

**DeathCell** · 12-16-2008 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Onahappynote

oh...
I feel stupid.
...
...lol.

Did you mean it compels you to continue staring, not like an impossibility to break concentration.

I've deft stared off into nothing and been compelled to continue staring at nothing..

**Onahappynote** · 12-21-2008 06:53 AM

Oooh! That sounds very likely to be exactly what I mean. I think you have experienced what I have! Yay! This is so exciting! Thanks

**LifeStandsStill** · 12-21-2008 08:15 AM

I do that all the time. At least five times a day no doubt.
In fact, I usually start out a conversation, like "Oh, I forgot to tell you" (or whatever) and then just look away at nothing but completely forget I was about to tell someone something, and I look back at them and everyones staring at me like I'm insane.

**Onahappynote** · 12-21-2008 05:12 PM

Lol I know how that is.

**Revan Soul** · 01-14-2009 04:59 AM

it always happens to me. i reckon its c001

**Amethyst Star** · 01-14-2009 05:40 PM

I can get distracted by things around me or by my own thoughts and lose track with what's going on in the real world, but usually not in mid-sentence. If I'm just sitting by myself, I can stare forward while thinking of what to do next and my mind will go off on a tangent. If that's the case, I'm no longer actively looking at anything, but rather I have noticed a sort of haze over my vision. It's vivid daydreaming and I can even initiate it if I so desire.

There are other times where I'll be talking to someone and even if I want to hear what I'm saying, my thoughts will go off on their own and when I come back I realize I haven't heard a word they say. I'll nod and say "Mhm" at all the right points in the conversation, but I'm not actually listening. It's embarassing sometimes when I have to ask them to repeat themselves and sometimes I just pretend I heard and try to piece things back together. That's also happened while I'm talking for any length of time and my mind goes faster than my mouth and then I'll realize I've been talking but don't know what I said.

Not sure if this is what you're talking about, but this has been my experience. Sometimes I enjoy it (interesting tangents), but sometimes it can be a nuisance.

**Techno** · 01-15-2009 08:58 AM

I daze off a few times during the day, especially when I'm thinking about random thoughts and letting my mindstream flow by. But often I'll catch myself in a few seconds and realize what I'm doing, then backtrack my chain of thought and be fascinated by how I came to such thoughts. The mind is a very amazing thing to me, because it provides me entertainment even when the rest of the world fails at it! >8D

EDIT: Ame, I think you and me have the same thing going on here.

Conversations while dazing off are horrible, because sometimes I've actually yawned because I stopped paying attention to what someone was saying and letting my thoughts go by. A very embarrassing moment!