I live a separate life in my head?
There is a possibility that you are leading down the road of "dissociation". This is where whatever you are living with/ experiencing becomes too much for you and your anxiety, depression, etc. rises. Your body, in a sense, goes into a sort of "fight or flight" mode where you have memory lapses and literally pull yourself from your situation. There have been case studies that show people living with this disorder began by making these "Utopias" in their minds as a coping strategy. I am in no way diagnosing you, but it is a smart idea to talk with a clinician. You can reach out to a parent, teacher, counselor or trusted adult.
I want to live a simple life. Do you?
It is my opinion that having the responsibilities of parenthood overcomplicate life. If there is some flaw in my logic then let it be spoken. How can it be that anyone could hate me for wanting to make life simple. I think it is bribery; a lack of discipline over the biological processes.
I make up fantasy lives in my head?
I do this as well, I find it very calming to make new lives in my mind. Sometimes they are desirable lives, sometimes not. I find it very useful in stress relief and in relieving feelings of hopelessness or depression. Personally, I think that it is just healthy escapism. Everyone has escapes from life, maybe this one is just a bit less common. I can spend hours fantasizing, just staring at a wall and living through scenarios in my mind. In fact, I prefer it to most social interactions, but this could be due mainly to social anxiety. If it calms you down and you are able to still enjoy your real life, it is nothing to worry about. If it starts interfering with real life, you may want to do something about it. Another thing: Maybe you really aren't happy with your life. What is it that makes you happy in your fantasies? Is it present in real life? Maybe you need a change of scenery, both physical and social. A "good life" is relative and you shouldn't feel bad for being unhappy with your life simply because it is what most people would want. Despite how many times the "starving kids in Africa" situation is pushed down your throat, it is not in the least correct. If aspects of your life are not beneficial to your mental or physical well-being, they are good, despite how many people may love to be in your situation.
Do anybody live a different life in their head?
ok well basically i do exactly as the ? says. im 15 years now and ive been doing this since i was 12 or 13. i live a whole different life in my head. kinda like a fantasy life. my fantasy life is basically about me and im a whole different. i look different, i talk different, i act different than what i am in my real life. i absolutely love my fantasy life better than my real life. my fantasy has really got in the way my actual life. i was always a shy person but now that i do that i would rather live through my fantasy life then my real life. like sometimes i even aviod doing certian things with real people just so i can be happy in my own little perfect world in my head. somtimes i think im kinda crazy but other times i dont care b/c im happy. i sometimes think will i ever stop. but i think i can b/c i've gone days sometime up to weeks w/out doing it but then i go right back to it b/c im bored and have nothing else to do. sorry its a little long but i really need information about this to see if im need help or not.
I have a fake life inside of my head?
Please, just bear with me. A few years ago, i got really bored and made up some fake people in my head. I thought it was funny, then forgot about them. Every time i got bored, I would think of those people, and have them act out little situations I saw happening in real life. I was always that small, quiet girl so it was normal if i just observe, but inside of my head a crazy thing was going on. At some point, i just stopped, but 2 months later it started again. This time, it's gotten more and more real. I will do imagine them when I'm bored, I'll imagine them when I'm supposed to be doing work, I'll imagine them while I'm doing basic things like cooking and watching television. I started to think this was normal, but then it changed again. I started imagining my friends in the situations with the fake people. My fake people were boys, and I imagined my friends in this fun little love triangle with them. I never told any of my friends this, because ism afraid of what they'll think of me. I can't stop imagining my fake little people, and I want to stop. I don't know how. I just need some help. I'm a 14 year old girl, BTW.
Is it possible to live life from your heart rather than your head?
First, thank you for the the answer request @Tom Graves, I have been thinking about the question for a few days now.When I first thought of the question, I thought living through heart would imply caring about others. It made me think of altruism. The sceptical side of me says that true altruism is a unicorn - it doesnt exist no matter how much anyone wants it to.The fact is, I've known a lot of people who live by their heart rather than by their minds. They all end up in one of two places - prison or the morgue.In fact, of all the criminals I've known, very few of them followed their heads. They almost unanimously followed their hearts. They were inpulsive and they did what they felt at any given moment regardless of the consequences. They were dangerous people.They were dangerous just being around them because their impulsive actions would draw unwanted attention for people like me. I have always been one to use my head - especially when it came to involvement in criminal activities.This is the reason I avoided any serious charges for 20 years. I have recently gotten away from illegal activities, but for a long time I was deeply involved with that sort of thing.I tended to not take risks. If there was ever a significant chance of drawing any attention, I would back out of any illegal activity. I just wasnt willing to get caught because I wanted something right now and had to have it.But thats just me, I am unusual.Living by heart is not altruism. Its impulsivity. A person acting altruistic is either virtue signalling or else living according to their rational long term life strategy.Virtue signalling is not dictated by the heart, it is the product of a devious mind.But a person who is truly following a specific religious philosophy will act in a way that appears altruistic, but in fact it is well thought out and determined to be a part of a lifestyle that is beneficial personally, as well as beneficial for family, community and humanity in general. Its beneficial in all those ways right now, as well as next week, next month, next year and ten years from now.Living according to a pure religious philosophy is simultaneously beneficial in all of those ways. And it takes significant thought and introspection and prayer/meditation to live that way. Its not as simple as living by heart.Living by heart is pure impulsivity.
I create fantasy lifes in my head?
i made up 2 lifes in my head, this lifes are of 2 people that have everything i want like wealth, popularity and beauty. like i imagine what they do and they go on vacation,shopping,get their hair done etc. one of them i made up like 3 years ago and the other i made up last year what is this called and am i crazy?
I have an imaginary life in my head. How do I get out of it?
Wake up in the morning, Prepare yourself to go out one day and do nothing but to sit in a place and look at the people who are crossing you and try to imagine what they are going through.You will find kids playing around who don’t know that they should run for money and career in future, you will find old couple laughing with all their heart though they know they have less time, and you can find a person who is working hard with a smile on his face to feed his/her family. Do you think they don’t have any kind of dreams.? No, they will have but they are still happy because they accepted them selves in the way they are, they love themselves because they are happy with what they have.You have all the rights to imagine what you can become, but remember you also have all the right to be happy with what you have and who you are.If you can’t love yourself, You can never feel happy with what you have. Even you become the person you imagined, you will still pretend yourself to become someone else.
Why do I live I a fantasy world inside my head?
We have big, capable brains that most of us do not use productively, but we have to learn that skill. Your brain never sleeps and will keep busy, even entertain you, if you enjoy it, but if it bothers you, as the question suggests, you can moderate that “world” to a point that makes you comfortable, by asking it to do something more productive.Only you can assess whether or not you are involving your muscles enough in your “world”. Your brain will like that because it will keep you healthy which is part of its job. Get up and take a walk; that is what it wants. Lack of movement scares the lower brain that is responsible for your survival, so you may soon join the throngs of young people claiming depression. They are reacting to confusing escape/survival hormones that they feel, and maybe you are beginning to feel these stress-related hormones: The 3 Major Stress Hormones, Explained