Fairy tales in my life ,why ,and is it mental or just an escape thing?

Question

i remember my first time i started to live with other people in my mind ,i was about 8 my mother left my father and took us with her ,i remember stumbling the stairs and she was pulling us and my brother fell many times because she was pulling us with force with her

then

i started that night to imagine before i sleep things ,like another place,culture,life

it kept with me for many years ,off and on

then i started to imagine whole stories ,people live and dye ,have a happy life or bad life even when my mother got her divorce after years ,this didnt stop

now i m in my 30s and i still do that sometimes ,does this mean i m crazy?

plz be honest i want to know if i m insane

Answer 1

This is a defence mechanism - that in fact helps you cope with certain situations.

This does not make you crazy - it's a good and helpful defense mechanism.

Is there anything now in your real life that you find unsatisfying, or maybe your life is not the way you wanted it?

Or maybe it's just that you have developed a great imagination. You can still separte imagination from reality, so it's ok.

Answer 2

It probably is just a coping mechanism to stressful situations, it sounds fascinating though, like someone else said, maybe you should write these things down, you could end up making a fortune from it. :)

Answer 3

Sounds like a pretty healthy survival mechanism to me.

It might make a great story book.

You may be a writer and not know it.

If you feel really concerned about this, get yourself a therapist and explore it further.

I've got another life going on in my head and it has helped me a lot.

Answer 4

I hope there is nothing wrong with you, because I do the exact same thing! Sometimes during the day, but mostly before I go to sleep, I play out stories in my head, always with me in a different situation then I am right now. Whenever I read a book, watch a movie, hear a song, they start to be incorperated into by 'daydreams'. either the characters or the place or just the basic ideas.

I don't think you have anything to worry about, you just have a very active imagination. You probably did start it as an escapism, and now it happens when you need to escape from your world or even just out of habit. For me, it started when I got really sick and had a lot of time where I couldn't do much. It was kind of an escape, in my head I could do the things and be the person I couldn't be yet in real life.

As long as you keep your reality and imagination seperate, and don;t confuse the two, then I wouldn't say you had any medical condition, like insanity. It is just part of who you are, part of what you do inside your head. I don't think it is that uncommon, maybe for you and me it is a bit more involved but I think everyone daydreams.

If you are really worried, ask a counsillor or someone you trust what their opinion is, but I am sure you are fine.

Maybe you could even channel it into something productive. For me, I have written stories, poems, songs, just getting this stuff out of my head. I think it is a great source to tap into for creativity.

Good luck and don't stress, just embrace who you are.

Answer 5

Just write it down, it sounds like you just have a lot of imagination and you seek escapism. I wouldn't worry if I were you.