Imagining various impossible/unreal situations

[Alanas]

Hello, everyone.

I have always had a vivid imagination. A lot of my time that I spend in my head, when not thinking about theories or possibilities, is being about various impossible imagined situations. These situations may include things such as being last person (and being the only person who can) to save the day from various corrupt authorities by making extremely mastermindish decisions or by being so powerful that I could do so (save the day [or ruin it]) all by myself; being somehow able to know such information that is very very personal and that I knew that information all along and made appropriate decisions/plans to achieve what I need; being very influential, a la ‘eminence grise’, type of decision maker who mostly wants to be left alone, but somehow is dragged into all that people drama and being able to conquer all of that nonsense and get what I want; etc etc etc. These imagined situations usually occur in a way where I am in a position of power and superiority (mental, physical, knowledge-wise, ability-wise, etc). These imaginations usually happen when I am alone walking somewhere, possibly listening to music, too. Sometimes while being in bed trying to sleep.

Now I know these situations are not real, and I do not ‘experience’ them or anything (thus, they are not hallucinations). It usually is just normal walking while listening to music and imagining various aforementioned situations. Or while being in bed before going to sleep.

So, anyway, I was wondering if is it an INTP thing, or it is just me. Maybe it is some kind of psychological defense reaction, considering that most of those imagined situations are linked in my relatively low-confidence to actually get anything very important non-academic done and fear of inferiority? Maybe I have some kind of psychological problems? Any of you had anything like this?

Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Alanas]

So, no one has experienced anything like this? :/

 

[Cognisant]

Lurk more.

 

[Ex-User (9062)]

Do you mean delusions of grandeur?
Sometimes.
The dose makes the poison.

 

[Alanas]

After I googled the term, I can say that there some similarities. I really do have those grandiose thoughts. Most symptoms that are mentioned on Wikipedia (power, knowledge, identity, special relationship with, in my case, famous person) tend to apply to me. However, there is 1 important difference: I don't really believe these imaginations (that stay in my head - there are no 'visions' or hallucinations regarding them) are actually real. I mean, although I often fantasize and dream about being very powerful (on just in physical sense of the meaning), intelligent, knowledgeable, influential (eminence grise style), etc, I never actually think I really am..

Maybe its grandiose disorder that is not at its worst?

 

[PhoenixRising]

It sounds like you probably have Ne (possibly high up in your functional stack). Ne users will often play out scenarios in their head, and sometimes perform small skits where a scenario is acted out. This particular behavior happens especially when the scenario is something associated to the topic being discussed, often being an abstraction of the meaning or a play on words, etc.

 

[Ex-User (9062)]

After I googled the term, I can say that there some similarities. I really do have those grandiose thoughts. Most symptoms that are mentioned on Wikipedia (power, knowledge, identity, special relationship with, in my case, famous person) tend to apply to me. However, there is 1 important difference: I don't really believe these imaginations (that stay in my head - there are no 'visions' or hallucinations regarding them) are actually real. I mean, although I often fantasize and dream about being very powerful (on just in physical sense of the meaning), intelligent, knowledgeable, influential (eminence grise style), etc, I never actually think I really am..

Maybe its grandiose disorder that is not at its worst?

As long as you are conscious and realistic about it,
i wouldn't worry too much.
Delusion implies that you lost grips with reality.
What you experience is just another form of daydreaming/strategizing/simulating.
I do get carried away by my imagination sometimes as well,
when it comes to experiencing historic events in my head that i read about.
But, that's just imagination combined with a lot of small details that have accumulated over time to compose a believable picture.
I would imagine most movie directors experience something similar when they read a good script for the first time.
Nothing sick about that.

 

[TheScornedReflex]

I do the same thing. It's similar in how I am solving problems. Or, just as often, I am creating big problems.

 

[Alanas]

I see. I guess there is nothing I should be worried about then. Thank you for your input, guys. =]