She’s 45 today. She’s spending the day with her family. Her husband surprised her with a pair of jellyfish earrings that he made himself. They’re very beautiful. She loves them and wore them all day.

Her older children and grandchildren as well as a few close friends will be coming over to the house to have a nice dinner together to celebrate.

The past few years on her birthday, she did a charity concert (Serena is a very famous singer in my paracosm) but since the 1st lands on a Sunday this year (Serena doesn’t work Sundays), the concert has been moved to the 7th.

Serena is very grateful for everything in her life. I love that she surrounds herself with her family and close friends. I also love that after everything she’s been through in her life, she has found peace and comfort and love. I’m very happy for her.

Hi everyone!

As some of you may not know, every year around this time, I have my annual xmas vacation which is usually one to two weeks depending on how the year has gone. And as per tradition, I always invite all my tulpas to take a break from their lives in the inner worlds and join me in our big castle for a big party. But, any banquet and party worth its salt needs a good menu, so every year I take some time and create a fancy menu that I sent to all the tulpas.

I'll of course post again in January, detailing all the fun we had and then some, but for now, here's the menu and the recipes for the stuff that's new.

If you have any comments or questions, we'd love to hear from you as always.

Happy holidays to everyone!

I started deliberately immersive daydreaming after a concussion a few years ago. (I think I always did it to some degree, but this had continuity of storylines.) In part it was a way to cope with the post-concussion self-care instructions: no screens, no reading, no books on tape (for a few days). And it part it was just coping.

At the time, I thought about the documentary Marwencol (not the fiction film of that name), about a man with a serious brain injury who responds by building a model Belgian village, giving it a WWII story, and peopling it with Barbies and Kens he paints and costumes. There is really a story there in "Marwencol," the name he made up for the village. Or multiple stories. I would say more but don't want to spoil it for anyone. I recommended it (cw trauma).

The rest of the time I meditated while looking at the trees. I kind of miss that time. I don't even daydream immersively that often anymore.

I often see posts on here from people who are having issues daydreaming when sick, dealing with mental issues, or otherwise distressed.

I want to share something that has helped me as I am going through a major health flare-up, deterioration in my abilities which is temporary (I hope), and I am not able to do the type of intense activities that I usually do with writing and multimedia to keep my para alive.

Since I have a chronic condition, I’ve created a parallel universe where my heroine is suffering from a heart murmur.

This will not be a part of the main story canon, but I just found it difficult to write about Denise—some of you may remember her as an R&B diva who is also a little, in a DDLG relationship. She met her husband Jesse when she went to his recording studio to record some gospel tracks at her father’s request for the Tabernacle of the Apostles, but secretly wanted to sing R&B. She has since become a major rhythm-and-blues star. In her tale, there is no heart murmur, but I found it difficult to focus so much on the sexual aspects of their romance and their career triumphs when I’m working through such a difficult illness.

Rather, what has helped is giving my diva the heart murmur, and right now, most of my story generation is done through dictation, focusing on how Jesse creates a supportive environment through which she can learn to cope with her condition.

When something happens in my life that is painful, or I don’t get the understanding that I need, I have been able to write a positive narrative where Denise does get the nurturing that she needs, even if I’m not getting it.

I’ve found it profoundly healing. It makes me cry sometimes, but not with a bad feeling—it’s more like a cathartic release.

I shared this with my therapist, who let me know that this is a completely healthy way of coping and getting my needs met. They even encouraged me to save my favorite parts so that I could replay them in my AI narration software.

I’m not suggesting you do exactly what I do if you are falling on hard times daydreaming. But what I am suggesting is that maybe you tweak your narrative temporarily so that it supports your current struggles, issues, or mental state.

Know that it is temporary, and you don’t have to add it to the canon if you don’t want to after it has served its purpose.

I know this suggestion is long, and if you read this much, thanks for reading.

I hope this helps someone; let me know if it does.

I used to be able to do it all the time and got a lot of satisfaction out of it. Years later, and I can only fantasize about quick mental scenarios or actual projects.

How can I get it back? I don't even know what I would want to daydream about. I just would like to do it again like I did in the past.

Through out the day especially at work I look forward to the quiet moments where I can escape and daydream even if its just for a minutes or two. Let my little story play while I use the restroom or have quiet busy work. Sometimes I get myself a little too distracted with it and get frustrated when someone interrupts me mid thought. Snap back to reality.

Also hello fellow daydreamers.

Anyway, the plot that is happening is just SO good and I can lead the story in so many different ways. Kinda have two plots at the moment but idk if I want to connect them or not. At the moment they are just a “doing the same thing but for different reasons”.

I really like focusing on this one guy, though. His name is Ossis (might change but who knows) and I’m essentially following him through how he becomes obsessed with this guy to the point that he wants to be him and have everything he has.

Kinda idolizes him over simple acts and gestures which leads to envy, desire, all that kinda stuff. PLUS he’s just a neat looking guy lol.

So yeah, there’s a bit of the thing I have going on!

I’m hitting a lot of writer’s block recently and because the daydream is a fanfic with a self insert OC, nobody else wants to read it. Anything might be useful, image generation, chat, a finisher for a partial story.

Though if anyone does want to look with their real person eyeballs, my stuff is at https://oh-what-can-it-mean.dreamwidth.org. No pressure, though, it’s not like I read many self-insert fics myself.

For starters, I have maladaptive daydreaming. But I don’t want to get into the gloomy aspects and whatnot, so that’s why I’m posting here! Now, onto the concept

I’m thinking, a band from a blank world where doors to every universe exist. They go around having adventures in different worlds and play music along the way!

Ask me questions so I can get it more developed pls!/nf >_<

I sometimes find myself trying to craft the perfect timeline.. it’s so time consuming

it became the problem when i stopped doing that.
i really wanna restart that but i can't only it can stop my daydreaming i guess but i don't have any friends like that

Sometimes I get so invested in my daydream because there are times where a storyline will blow me away. This has happened to me several times. I just have my jaw on the floor watching it unravel. Sometimes I don't feel like I'm the one creating, I feel like it creates itself if that makes sense. I feel like I'm in a corner watching it come together. Especially with the plot twists and things I didn't expect one of my ocs to do. I love when this happens because it makes my daydream more enriched and more expanded.

Does this happen to you too?

I've always wondered why I felt different and thought differently. After years, I find out TODAY that at least one of my parents has it. I wish I would have known sooner? Similar habits...and the daydreaming? Checks out. I guess that's why I have had multiple worlds with lore and one that ran for a decade all inside of my mind. I refused to believe I just was naturally a daydreamer, there had to be something in there. Maybe I'm wrong, but it was even so noticeable since I was a child, but because I wasn't bouncing off the walls, nobody thought much of it.

For me my favorite was Christmas Eve 2021, I was visiting my family. I remember standing in the kitchen drinking a coke talking to my sister and the idea just came to me and I was like 'omg yes!' I remember feeling super giddy the rest of the day. I was doing some changes to my daydream and the idea was just too perfect.

Have you had any satisfying moments while daydreaming? I'd love to know!

Imaginary friends are one thing but imaginary relationships are more exciting I think. For me it's been about approximately 8 years, I actually created him with my sister. We made an imaginary world together with all of our characters. I would describe his personality and appearance here but I already sound cringy enough, however I will say that he's an incubus and there was a time I really believed I somehow brought him to life and he haunted me.

Anyway, I would like to hear from anyone willing to share.

And I didn’t realize it til a few days ago, and it makes me love them even more. It’s my own twist on it and I’m quite proud of it. Their names are Serena and Lionel their ship name is LionHeart. I’ve talked about them on here before but I need to gush about them!

Serena is a very famous singer in my paracosm (my daydream is a Harry Potter crossover fanfic) and Lionel has a magical autoimmune disease called emerald skin and it makes him feel ugly but Serena sees the beauty in him as a man.

Their story begins when Serena asked Lionel to commission a painting of her late husband Thomas they formed a friendship and it eventually turned into love. They admitted their feelings for one another after Serena asked Lionel to be her plus one to dance she was invited to.

They’ve been together for almost 10 years, have 2 daughters and they’re so perfect in every way. I just love the way they fell in love and their whole story is just beautiful.

Does anyone her feel the same way as i am? I get so attached to my daydreams and my paras to the point i lose interest in my fandom. It's like my daydream has becoming my sole hyperfixation and it's not fun at all. It's hard to find someone who wants to listen to me yapping about imaginary characters that no one knows. There are people who are very into original characters but it's not the same, they don't get this crazy ass deranged atachment to a whole fictional universe in one's head and it's stressing me out why can't i just get into normal stuff and interact with fellow people who likes the same thing that i do????

I tried getting into different fandoms and consuming different medias but they don't give me the same happiness and excitement that i get from thinking about my paras. I'm bursting with ideas but i don't know where should i let it out because no one even understand what i'm inyo, they're all in my head :(

As the title says.

I imagine the 2 main characters from stories I create in my mind called Roger Edwards and Felicity Hamilton, who are a couple. I imagine both of them exactly similar to each other (I imagine both of them being autistic) and almost always agreeing with each other. I usually imagine both of them having dates on places that aren't very much for dates like McDonald's, Pizza Hut, etc, both of them complaining in a hilarious way normally autistic people do, and both of them refusing to vote in elections. I also imagine both of them hating fancy things, being forced to do things they don't want to do and both of them wanting to always stay at home watching movies. In addition I actually imagine Felicity being a little taller than Roger. I imagine Roger being 173 cm tall and Felicity being 176 cm tall, which often causes Roger to be teased in a friendly way. And to make things even weirder I imagine Roger almost always touching Felicity's bare legs and I imagine Roger touching his sister-in-law Elizabeth's (his older brother James' wife) legs and Elizabeth actually enjoys it. However I just imagine Roger and Elizabeth as siblings-in-law who get along very well without any sexual attraction to each other and I have Elizabeth understand Roger isn't attracted to her sexually

I admit I'm autistic too. Most of my daydreams are usually weird. I also admit I imagine Roger as a semi-fictional version of me

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Hi Guys, it's Zolpi this side. It's a song called 'Parame' that I made

For those of you who are new in this community 'Parame' is a term that means a character in your Paracosm which is based on you and might have traits exactly like yours or the traits that you wish to have in real life.

This song is about the realization of the differences between me and my Parame and how he is everything I wanna be but I'm not. It conveys the emotions of low self worth and feelings of incompetence.

The song is written and produced by me and it's from a little EP that I made called Loner Boy consisting songs about my experiences as a 20 years old lonely daydreamer. I hope you like it.

Thanks for listening

Hello, new to the sub. I have this character Kairi (pronounced Kyrie) I created some 9-10 years ago. She is the anchor of my daydreams. She looks different from me and has a loud personality unlike me. She has very similar likes and dislikes but quite different worldview from me. I think I project whatever I wish to be in her.

I can tell I am addicted to a book, tv show, movie or videogame when Kairi decides to barge into that world and interfere in the events, or the characters somehow make guest appearance and Kairi gives them a chaotic absurd experience of her world.

She has her own lore-rich story where she goes through several ups and downs. I am so attached to her that whenever I put on music and start daydreaming, I don't have fun in the scenarios until I put Kairi in there.

Is she a paraself? I am not familiar with the term.

I strongly believe my characters exist somewhere in this universe or even outside of this universe.

I can never fully get into my day dream if I know there is someone else in the house with me. I’m scared they will hear my music blasting and me running around everywhere haha. Sometimes I’ll lie and say “oh I’m about to workout” which technically I am hehe. How do you go around this and get out of this fear of being caught?