Labels:text | font | screenshot OCR: Until recently daydreaming was generally considered either a waste of time or a symptom of neurotic tendencies, and many psychologists and psychiatrists branded habitual daydreaming as evidence of maladjustment or an escape from life's realities and responsibilities. For the most part, they maintained that habitual lapses into daydreaming would eventually alienate people from society and reduce their effectiveness in coping with real problems. At its best, daydreaming was things in life. considered " a sublimated drive gratification," a compensatory substitute for the real There is, however, a growing body of evidence to support the fact that most people suffer from a lack of daydreaming rather than an excess of it. We are now beginning to learn how valuable it really is and that when individuals are completely prevented from daydreaming, their emotional balance is rendered precarious. Not only are they less able to deal with the pressures of day-to-day existence, but also their self-control and self-direction become endangered.
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