ABSTRACT
Most.people.understand.the.meaning.of.daydreaming.and.fantasy.intuitively..They.have.had.the. experience.of.reading.text.and.suddenly.realizing.that.while.their.eyes.had.traversed.half.a.page. their.minds.had.been.on.something.altogether.different,.perhaps.an.upcoming.business.meeting.or. a.romance..They.have.imagined.themselves.as.an.alluring.person.able.to.win.a.coveted.partner.or. as.one.of.unusual.strength.or.agility.able.to.defeat.an.opponent..They.have.seen.and.enjoyed.fiction. in.books.and.films..They.have.been.told.to.stop.daydreaming.and.get.back.to.work,.or.that.some. belief.of.theirs.is.pure.fantasy..Most.people.view.their.daydreams.as.very.private.affairs.that.they. feel. less.comfortable.describing.to.other.people.than.when.they.are.describing.their.real.experiences.(Klinger,.Murphy,.Ostrem,.&.Stark-Wroblewski,.2004-2005)..That.is,.they.have.experienced. daydreaming.and.fantasy.as.their.own.perfectly.natural.states,.and.they.have.experienced.the.limits. of.social.tolerance.for.them.
