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We all day-dream
at some time. We have strong desires about things that make us wish for
events to happen, or possessions to arrive our way. In a sense we can
time-travel, as when we project ourselves into the past, by reliving some
experiences in our mind. Equally we can temporarily live in a self-created
future. But throughout all these mindsets, we have control over our existing
situation. We click back into reality when the train reaches the station,
the film finishes, or the person stops talking. If we've really get deeply
into our daydream, then it'll be a jolt when circumstances force it to
end.
On occasions however the daydream is something deeper, when a situation
that needs support or correction is what's being thought about. The
various possibilities will be conceived in the mind, creating scenarios
in which all the characters play out the roles they've been assigned,
and the consequences are followed through. This is okay for providing
solutions to academic, workplace and social problems. A personal soap
opera has been developed and assessments are made as to how everyone
might act. Thus the background to a directional plan has been formulated.
The more serious consequence of this is when the scenarios created in
the mind, begin to become accepted by the individual. Now when other worlds
in the mind are visited, they are accepted as a personal vision of reality,
where our rule is law. In order to accept alternative opinions of this
newly established perspective, the apparent mismatched views of the surrounding
crowd are acknowledged. This is not simply looking at things through 'rose-coloured
spectacles', this is recreating the world to reflect a personal view.
Soon it seems that a perverse nature appears to emerge from the differing
views of others compared to those of the individual. It becomes apparent
that people are deliberately attempting to undermine the reality which
contains the greater truth. Their opinions grate uncomfortably and while
an attempt may be made to accommodate them at first, the simple solution
is to ignore them completely. Thus there is no longer any discussion of
the subject or, an opportunity to present any contributory views.
The day-dream, which is now the established reality, appears and reappears
like a Jekyll and Hyde condition. At times the individual is in touch
with the accepted reality of the world, but more often they're not. They
can suddenly become enveloped by their own thoughts without an apparent
trigger. The consequence can be violence in words or deeds, or a quiet
withdrawal into a closed and unquestioned environment. As others begin
to ignore or avoid this uncompromising stance, they too have their pleas
of rationality ignored. This results in obscuring any real sense contained
in either world.
Breakdown mode is now being entered, for this new truth appears further
away from that operated by the majority of people. The old reality is
full of horror and contains rules that make no sense other than with the
sole purpose to torture unremittingly. It is far easier to ignore totally
the old reality, than submit to something that is no longer understood.
The power of reason has been lost and feelings can only be directed to
whatever end satisfies them. The individual is left to live in their own
reality, because its conditions are too obscure for anyone else to comprehend.
This simply adds to the perversity that is seen in everyone's reaction.
Which reality is real is no longer a consideration, for this aspect has
no meaning to the individual. A daily survival is what becomes most important
to the individual. Re-adjustments are also made on an almost daily basis
in order to maintain individual sanity. The world is totally open in their
mind. There is no conscious or sub-conscious state, there is simply sleep
or wakening and a dream may extend into the wakened state. There are safe
houses, but they may have complex routes to reach them. Only by chance
does the individual's reality co-join with that of the generally accepted
version. On these days there appears to be no difference in their behaviour
to that of anyone else's. It is on these occasions that a rationalised
reality can be offered to re-establish a path back to the common reality.
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