Why we daydream and what goes on in our brain when we do - CrowdScience podcast, BBC World Service
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Why do we daydream and what goes on in our brain when our minds wander?
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Have you ever been through a romantic break up, unable to shift the ex from your thoughts? You are, obviously, not alone. CrowdScience listener Elkin, experienced just that. But rather than wallowing in self-pity, he sought out an explanation.
So, presenter Alex Lathbridge puts on his thinking cap to find out what role daydreaming plays and whether anything can be done to stop it.
0:00 Introduction
2:40 Elkin wants to know why he daydreams so much and how to reduce it
4:39 How science defines daydreaming
6:03 Why we daydream and how much time on average we do it
6:56 Alex takes part in a seven day, daydreaming test
9:47 Are we in control of our daydreams? Here's what happening in our brain
12:56 How long does it take a thought to form?
16:05 Meet Taylor, she's a maladaptive daydreamer
16:46 What is maladaptive daydreaming?
22:04 How common is maladaptive daydreaming?
24:13 Alex takes part in an attention span experiment
26:09 Load theory or theory of attention
26:47 Activities to try to help you daydream less
28:45 Conclusion
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WTF... I assumed everyone did this. Thats my alone time. If its not available in reality its waiting in the imagination
I daydream while listening to this podcast 😂
I’m daydreaming as I’m reading your comment 😅
@@dunidahorizons5082I am daydreaming as I am writing this comment 😅
I daydream too .. in a positive way.... I can be wealthy and famous ... used it to influence and help their situation that is injustice .
Actually, daydreaming can be a motivation for me, like wanting to get rich has inspired me to work harder
Fascinating!! Thank you!
it's a heart touching thing,
This has really affected my life ,i think mine is 99%🥺daydreaming
Catastrophizing
Fear
Anxiety
Imaginations
23 never dated no girlfriend
I hink am gucked up😭😭
Hmm.. Same, but I dated since I was 17. Only after my middle age crisis I stopped 🥺
I'm 20 and our life so similar
I'm sorry
The culprit appears to be the Default Mode Network - which is also active during dreams/REM sleep! We have a video all about this 🧠😁
It was very interesting and helpful! Thanks a lot!
I think it's healthy to escape from reality. I find it therapeutic. What I'm hearing here sounds a bit extreme. It's better than not switchong off from mobile phones and social media.
I daydream everyday - in bed, at work, when I’m walking my dogs or when I’m driving and I would catch myself giggling because of the scenarios in my head I create. I write down the dialogues & events I come up with on my journal so I could go back and daydream about some of them again. Im wiser in my daydreams unlike in my real life where in I make a lot of mistakes. I love the feeling of creating a Finish/Ending for my daydreams.
Wow! I found myself here 🙂. The difference is I don't giggle.
@@paladimeghana8513 even when you daydream about something fun or when you catch yourself daydreaming while in a busy place, like you just come out of your own little fun imaginary world? I daydream about things I didn’t do & couldn’t do to how I could do them so much better, so sometimes when I “wake up” from a daydream in a busy place I smile/giggle/grin at myself for being silly.. being aware again that the people around me have no idea I just stepped out from a daydream.
I do this all the time
To a point where i completely lose touch with my surroundings and reality, all day automatically
I create full on personalities for myself and new lives
I'm unrecognisable there and I'm there almost all the time
When I'm not
I'm miserable and feel so ashamed tired depressed angry and lost
I thought they were taking about me I always daydreaming in the future
Whatever it is, it is clearly a process of simulating the environment in the human brain, but we have very little control over the process or we are not conscious when we dream. But imagine if we could control our dreams and customize them. Who wants to wake up? I don't think there should be .
1:17 you described me
😱 i feel the same ,
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My day dreaming used to be future oriented because it was not only gratifying but also the only eascape from my miserable life.
Nowadays it is predominantly about the past, reliving the past events that hurt me and revisiting the decisions I regret making for which I hate myself.
Why do some people prefer to be lonely all the time than meet up with people
14:01
Am I daydreaming if I’m thinking of daydreaming?
Wich accent is that british or american?
I think it is a British accent. There accent is hard to understand comparted to American accent.
Daydreaming can reveal the deepest desire and may lead to lifetime call or purpose. 500 years ago St Ignatius of Loyola discerned his daydreaming God's call. He observed daydreams may originate from God's spirit or evil spirit. The source can be identified by their after effects. Those accompanied by peace, joy, hope and charity are from God and they should be followed. Those accompanied by restlessness, anxiety and bad mood in general are from the evil spirit and be rejected. St Ignatius seems truly master than the experts in this broadcast.
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It’s totally a NORMAL THING
No it's not, we need to evaluate you
Daydream is normal.
Daily Seed Tree, Dreaming Saint Realm.