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  2. Maladaptive daydreaming - Wikipedia

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    It is a proposed diagnosis of a disordered form of dissociative absorption, associated with excessive fantasy that is not recognized by any major medical or psychological criteria. Maladaptive daydreaming can result in distress , can replace human interaction and may interfere with normal functioning such as social life or work. [ 1 ]

  3. Daydreaming - Wikipedia

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    This is likely because daydreams are often focused on the mental representations of social events, experiences, and people. The correlation between social daydreaming and positive social relationships suggests that daydreaming about close others can enhance social well-being, [ 12 ] reduce loneliness, [ 13 ] and increase relationship ...

  4. Fantasy (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, fantasy is a broad range of mental experiences, mediated by the faculty of imagination in the human brain, and marked by an expression of certain desires through vivid mental imagery. Fantasies are generally associated with scenarios that are impossible or unlikely to happen.

  5. List of fictional towns in literature - Wikipedia

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    Designated SCP-2200-3, this is a rural North American town inhabited by silver golems (SCP-2200-4) possessed by the souls of persons killed by an Iron Age sword and its wielders (SCP-2200-1 and SCP-2200-2 respectively). The souls of the inhabitants permanently leave their bodies if they go outside the 50 km² area of the town.

  6. Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming - Wikipedia

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    Freud began his talk by raising the question of where writers drew their material from, suggesting that children at play, and adults day-dreaming, both provided cognate activities to those of the literary artist. [3] Heroic and erotic daydreams or preconscious phantasies in both men and women were seen by Freud as providing substitute ...

  7. Role-playing game terms - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Armor Class (or AC): The difficulty to hit a specified target, abstracted from its dodging capacity and armor. [3] [4] "This term was inherited from a naval battle game". [3]: 203 Many role-playing games that came after Dungeons & Dragons have "abandoned the notion of defining defense as armor class". [3]: 54

  8. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Wikipedia

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    The name Walter Mitty and the derivative word "Mittyesque" have entered the English language, [6] denoting an ineffectual person who spends more time in heroic daydreams than paying attention to the real world, or more seriously, one who intentionally attempts to mislead or convince others that he is something that he is not.

  9. List of fictional rabbits and hares - Wikipedia

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    A pink bunny rabbit who lives in the town of Funny Animalville. One day he decides to emulate his hero Captain Marvel and speaks the magic word "Shazam!". Surprisingly, the magic word transforms Hoppy into Captain Marvel Bunny. Hops Hare Fix und Foxi: A hare who forms a duo with Stops the hedgehog. [14] Jack and Jill Rabbits Funny Bunnies: Jack ...