Why do we daydream?

CrowdScience

BBC

Science, Technology

4.8 • 985 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever been through a romantic break up, unable to shift the ex from your thoughts? You are, obviously, not alone…

Listener Elkin, experienced just that. But rather than wallowing in self-pity, he sought out an explanation. Where better to get it, than from CrowdScience. Now, Alex Lathbridge is putting on his thinking cap to find out why we daydream?

Presenter: Alex Lathbridge Producer: Harrison Lewis Editor: Martin Smith Production: Jonathan Harris

Featuring:

Giulia Poerio, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Sussex. Kalina Christoff, Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia. Eli Sommer, Israeli Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Haifa. Sophie Forster, Reader in Psychology, University of Sussex

(Photo: Man daydreaming surrounded by clouds. Credit: jacquesdurocher / Getty Images)

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0:00.0	Take some time for yourself with soothing classical music from the mindful mix, the Science of
0:07.0	Happiness Podcast.
0:08.0	For the last 20 years I've dedicated my career to exploring the science of living a happier more meaningful life and I want
0:14.4	to share that science with you.
0:16.1	And just one thing, deep calm with Michael Mosley.
0:19.4	I want to help you tap in to your hidden relaxation response system and open the door to that
0:25.5	calmer place within. Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.7	Hi, I'm Una Chaplin and I'm the host of a new podcast called Hollywood Exiles.
0:37.0	It tells the story of how my grandfather, Charlie Chaplin, and many others, were caught up in a campaign to root out communism in
0:45.7	Hollywood.
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0:51.6	Find it wherever you get your podcasts.
0:55.0	Okay, um, I'm Kayla Turnowski. I, uh, sorry.
1:06.0	Hi everyone, my name is Taylor Dickinson, but you might know me better as feminine.
1:11.0	Hi, I'm Samo and I'm a maladaptive daydreamer. Oh also I'm a maladaph
1:16.4	daydreamer that's why I'm here. I daydream every day and it could last for like five minutes to five hours.
1:30.0	If I'm like hours in the day, I'd spend a good 20 hours in it.
1:35.7	My daydreaming is rocking back and forth in my bed for hours at a time.
1:40.7	I started around 11 years old and I'm 24 now. I always felt like there was something
1:48.8	different about me like I never fit in. I've never really told my family about it.
1:54.0	No one knows.
1:56.0	Because I'm worried about their reaction.
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