Have you ever forgotten your dreams didn't come true and subconciously started to daydream about them?

[marish01]

My dreams are not pipe dreams yet. There is still hope they'll come true but the opposite scares me to death.

It's not just the pain of remembering immediately they didn't come true but the fear that I am mentally ill for not remembering they didn't come true.

I think it's cognitive inertia.

When you used to daydreaming about somethings most of your life therefore are adapted to thinking about them and it will be nearly impossible to pin the fact that they didn't come true in your head in such a way that you never mistake them as your future.

[TommyMountainFigure]

I started off by contemplating an answer to your question. The problem now is, you have me wondering the difference between cognitive inertia and selective amnesia.

[marish01]

I wanted to find an alternatuve term. Thanks for offerring.
Is it selective amnesia when you really and to accept your dreams didn't come true as being reminded about it hurts badly?

[TommyMountainFigure]

@marish01, You're welcome. I honestly don't know.. I have a feeling they might be the same.. I'm off to go find out.. will let you know my findings.

[TommyMountainFigure]

Cognitive Inertia is :- When you make a bad decision, in order to justify that decision you make further decisions based on that 1st decision being right, or rather refusing to accept it was a bad decision.

Selective Amnesia is clearly not that. It is forgetting certain events your brain chooses to block out.

[marish01]

I tried to find the right term the whole day and couldn't. You would do a great favor if you do find it for me

[TommyMountainFigure]

Did you encounter phobias such as Kakorrhaphiophobia or atychiphobia? They are similar in they are a fear of failure to achieve your goals. Do you also fear rejection? if so, it could be Kakorrhaphiophobia , else it is likely to be atychiphobia

[marish01]

I am afraid of not being mentally able to remember my dreams are left in the past.

Not accept but remember.
I am adapted to daydreaming for 23 years. If my dreams don't come true I hope I won't accidentally daydream about them

[TommyMountainFigure]

look up 'Maladaptive Daydreaming' and tell me if the symptoms seem similar?

[marish01]

I read about it a week ago.
I didn't see anything about what I descibed in my previous comment.
My daydreamung is not escapism. It is the means for my creativity. But I daydream because I have hopes it will come true. I'm not delusional. If i know my dream won't come true I will try to view it as my past. I am afraid if forgetting for a second that it didn't come true.

[TommyMountainFigure]

I can't believe there is no medical term for what you're going through, it's just locating it is proving to be very difficult.

[marish01]

I have been lookimg for it for about a week lol. Still couldn't find any article addressing it.

[TommyMountainFigure]

There are about 5,000 phobias. if it is an irrational fear, then it's just a case of sifting through 5,000 phobias to find it.. Although, as I say that... damn...

[marish01]

I am afraid that in the future when I learn my dreams didn't come true I might daydream for 2 seconds about dreams that are in the past.

[TommyMountainFigure]

Do you have trouble with insomnia?

[marish01]

Not really.
I sleep very well

[Berethor]

Dreams are illusions, so not being able to tell dream from reality can be a sigh of illness.

[marish01]

I meant daydreams

[NathanDavis]

happiness was mine...

we're still on the go... day by day (=

[Anonymous]

I usually remember my dreams, and if they are nice, I also daydream about them.

[elaphe]

What is/are your dream (s)?

[maj1nall]

Too many times

[eagle1951]

yeah