Age 33
she/her
The States
Seen 23 Hours Ago
Posted November 8th, 2021
Don't get me wrong, I drift dangerously close to maladaptive daydreaming, but believe it or not, that is NOT the reason I'll space out when someone talks to me. It's because... I've probably lost interest in the conversation and tuned it out whoops. Or in other cases, I'll be doing something, a different thing distracts me, and I space out. Or I go to another room and forgot what I was going there for in the first place.
Actually, I find the older I get, the more I'm able to buckle down and not daydream when I need to be focused on here and now. Daydreaming is for dead times mentally -- walking to work and back, menial work tasks, when I'm extra bored at home and don't have anything better to do, and when I'm lying in bed to sleep. In the past the idea of letting go of my huge daydream worlds gave me anxiety but now I'm just like... it's alright if I can't escape there, because real life needs to take priority, and there will inevitably be brain downtime at some point.
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