Daydreaming has been growing into a bigger and bigger issue

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The discussion revolves around the issue of daydreaming, particularly in academic settings, and its impact on focus and productivity. Participants share personal experiences, potential causes, and methods for managing daydreaming, including sleep patterns, hydration, and exercise.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant describes frequent daydreaming during class and questions how to improve focus, suggesting dehydration might be a contributing factor.
  • Another participant suggests consulting a doctor about the issue, while others express skepticism about the necessity of medical advice.
  • Some participants share personal experiences with undiagnosed ADD and how it relates to their daydreaming, with one humorously interpreting ADD as "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons."
  • Several participants note that lack of sleep exacerbates their daydreaming, with one stating that young people need more than six hours of sleep to function well.
  • One participant mentions that exercise helps them maintain focus, while another admits to not exercising despite having a gym membership.
  • A participant shares a recent experience of a lucid dream and questions the nature of their dreaming and its control.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a mix of agreement and disagreement regarding the need for medical consultation and the impact of sleep and exercise on daydreaming. There is no consensus on the best approach to manage daydreaming or its underlying causes.

Contextual Notes

Some participants mention personal habits like low water intake and internet addiction as potential factors contributing to their daydreaming, but these are not universally accepted as causes. The discussion includes various assumptions about sleep needs and the relationship between daydreaming and mental health.

Who May Find This Useful

This discussion may be of interest to individuals experiencing similar challenges with focus and daydreaming, as well as those exploring the relationship between lifestyle factors and cognitive performance.

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My daydreaming has been growing into a bigger and bigger issue. For example, whenever I am in class, I very frequently just daze off into my wonderland, and then i 'wake up' 5 minutes later and i have no idea what is going on. This happens all the time except when talking to fellow geeks from school. I mostly daydream about philosophy and experiments, but this is getting just out of hand. I can't focus for crap. I find a lot of things to boring so I just create my own stuff in my mind.

How does one learn how to focus on the task at hand so as to get things done efficiently?

Would dehydration be a source for daydreaming, or just feeling hazy all the time?
 
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Have you talked to your doctor about this?
 


I agree with MIH. My ADD was undiagnosed until I was about 45, and some of my symptoms resembled what you described.
 


Danger said:
I agree with MIH. My ADD was undiagnosed until I was about 45, and some of my symptoms resembled what you described.

ADD = Advanced Dungeons & Dragons?
I'm 40 and I'm still able to daydream. I'll never let anyone to "cure" me. It is not a big issue for me. It doesn't happen uncontrolled very often. Only when I'm extremely bored, say If I'm waiting for a bus.

However my ability to daydream is much worse than when I was a child. I was able to daydream a chessboard and play chess with friends without actually looking at the physical chessboard. Now that's impossible to me.
 


I don't think I want to talk to my doctor about this. I am looking for methods of really focusing on the task at hand instead of daydreaming about extreme twists of the task at hand whatever it may be.

Even If I was to be diagnosed how is this going to change anything? This is really a source of inspiration, not something that is harmful. But it interferes with tasks such as doing homework.

I also don't drink much water... maybe that's it.
 


I also don't understand this mentality that as soon as something seems not 'normal' people must talk to their doctor about it -_-
 


My daydreaming gets a lot worse when I don't sleep enough at night. I think sleep deprivation is almost an epidemic amongst young people! How much are you sleeping? Do you need the alarm to wake up on time, most of the time?

Also, if I don't exercise enough I find it hard to stay focussed. Are you exercising regularly?
 


I don't sleep much, usually ~6 hours. I have a gym membership but I don't exercise et all.
The internet is very addicting.

I guess there lies my problem.
 


haxtor21 said:
I also don't understand this mentality that as soon as something seems not 'normal' people must talk to their doctor about it -_-
I guess it is good that Einstein didn't talk about relativity to his doctor first...:smile:

haxtor21 said:
I don't sleep much, usually ~6 hours. I have a gym membership but I don't exercise et all.
The internet is very addicting.

I guess there lies my problem.

I don't exercise in a gym, but I like to walk a lot. When I was younger I usually walked home from the computer club, it took me about 2 hours a day (well, actually I was walking home at night). And this type of exercise is very comfortable accompanied by daydreaming. :-p

Edit: Actually night-dreaming...
 
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haxtor21 said:
I don't sleep much, usually ~6 hours. I have a gym membership but I don't exercise et all.
The internet is very addicting.

I guess there lies my problem.

Very likely. I was going to ask the same question. I used to end up daydreaming a lot in school too, and it was also when I was just too tired. Young people need more than 6 hours of sleep a night to function well (heck, I need more sleep than that, and I'm NOT that young). Try going to sleep a few hours earlier at night and see if it starts to improve your attention; the exercise can help too.
 
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haha.. this morning after reading the responses to this thread I decided to take a short nap. As I was closing my eyes and thinking, I felt like a thump on my head, and somehow I was able to control it. I did it 2 times, and then i think i started having a lucid dream. The dream itself was kind of scary towards the end, a rap star was holding me by the arms with anger, then his face turned soft with humility. I also remember that somehow I caused a girl with a violet blause to get skin cacer and that my divorced parents were arguing. Very weird stuff lol! What does this mean?

Is this a lucid dream or is this just dreaming. Could the thump be signaling me going into REM sleep directly?

Is there a way to control this?
 

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