ams that I wanted to know more about was daydreaming. Daydreams are usually simple, undisguised wish fulfillments (Hartmann 140). We daydream things the way we would like for them to be (Hartmann 140). When you have daydreams you are usually fully aware you are dreaming, but you can get so caught up in them sometimes you are not sure if they were a dream or what you were just thinking really did happen (Hartmann 140). Most people surveyed said that daydreaming usually occurs when they are somewhere where they are alone (Singer 55).There are two general categories of daydreams. The first type of daydream is an elaborate fantasy. They seem to occur spontaneously in association with events noticed in the outside world or in chains of sequence to early memories (Singer 16). The other category in daydreaming is the recurring fantasy. These daydreams usually involve adventures with heroic figures or a person that is famous because of high accomplishments. These fantasies grow of watching television, reading, listening to the radio, or watching movies (Singer 17-18).Unlike nightmares we daydream quite frequently. Daydreaming is at its peak in late adolescence or what you might think of as the latter part of your teen years. Daydreaming never completely goes away though, people tested that were in their eighties still showed some evidence of daydreaming. But even though you dont stop daydreaming it does gradually start to decline when you reach your fifties (Singer 58). Daydreams may always be a mystery, but no matter what you will always have them as long as you are alive.In my research I learned a lot about dream, nightmares, daydreaming, and etc.Dreams are a review of our everyday lives and that is the only thing that controls them. Dreams and the interpretation of them have been an interest of people since way back in the Greek era. Every time people are asleep they are dreaming and their dreams all show symbolism to their li...
