Indeed I dont daydream anymore.

Wonder if these changes are more like jettisoning luxuries rather than getting dumber.

pavel_lishin 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Father of a ten year old here; I definitely still daydream, and I think I did for most of the time I've been a father - but it's genuinely difficult to remember that sort of thing.

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trelane 8 hours ago | parent [-]

I also still daydream and have well before and after kids. If anything, sleep depravation with a newborn made it more vibrant and integrated.

	▲	pavel_lishin 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I wonder if it's some sort of adaptive mechanism, to prevent new sleep-deprived parents from completely losing the plot. Less daydreaming might mean more paying attention to this screaming thing that just fell out of you, and to every predator it's probably attracting from miles around.

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HPsquared 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The brain switching away from "explore" mode.

	▲	Aurornis 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Becoming a parent changes a lot of how you think, but to be honest spending time with my kids did more to reignite my explore mode. Childlike curiosity is slightly contagious. It’s also fun to experience it by proxy through your kids seeing things for the first time.

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xenocratus 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mostly stopped daydreaming at some point in my 20s too, after a fairly intense daydreaming life until then. Oh, and no kids yet :) so it could just be "life"

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idiotsecant 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I wonder what people mean when they talk about daydreaming? I think perhaps it's an experience I don't have, or perhaps constantly have? I have pretty strong and untreated inattentive type ADHD so maybe my whole life is a daydream.

When you say you don't daydream, you mean you don't think about non task related things? How do you experience daydreams? Is it a nonvoluntary thing or is it more like actually going to sleep - deliberately entering a contemplative state where your mind wanders?

	▲	7thpower 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yes, this thread made me realize I may not understand what daydreaming is.
	▲	jazzyb 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Yeah, saying "I don't daydream" sounds like "I don't have thoughts" to me. Am I always daydreaming, or have I never daydreamed?
	▲	lostmsu 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		My interpretation of "daydreaming" is pre-nap or early into a nap (your nap, no kids involved) state where your mind wanders, but the experience is closer to dreaming than to thinking of random stuff.