People who do this tend to “lose themselves” in extremely vivid and detailed daydreams. Research also shows this kind of daydreaming might be compulsive. That means it’s difficult — if not impossible — to control that you’re doing it.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh look, another symptom…

I think I have this, but I don’t JRR Tolkien level have this

[–] HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago

I might be up there, but who knows. I describe it as a "constant white noise of thought". Wish it was JRR Tolkien-style fantasy instead of anxiety over "what would I do if X?" and "let's make up drama to react to".