Affirmations for the Dreamy
"Head in the clouds." "She's in her own world." "Air-headed." "Absent-minded." "In La-La Land." These are things I grew up hearing from every member of my immediate family—save my father who wasn't around. I was a dreamy little girl with an imagination far more interesting than real life, as many children often have, but I tended to live in the extensive mental void, even at times considered most inappropriate I think, because my family consistently made fun of me. I am dreamy by nature, often lost in deep fantasies--sometimes as a way to escape or incorporate my deepest emotions--and I need a lot of time to myself in order to safely access this side of me or I fear being criticized for being so spacey when I s hould be present with the people in front of me. I can't help it. To this day, I'm unsure if my consistent daydreaming and disconnect from my physical environment/body is a result of dissociation from PTSD, my ...