2021
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-02439-3
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Reality shifting: psychological features of an emergent online daydreaming culture

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“…Given the large number of alters cited by individuals in our sample as well as the use of fantastical and nonhuman language, it seems likely that such presentations may be common on TikTok. The rise of cultures and communities around “reality shifting” (a practice of self-hypnosis and lucid dreaming in which individuals experience accessing other real or fictional worlds) on TikTok during this same period is also worth noting (Somer et al, 2021). This points to a growing intersection between TikTok, dissociation, and daydreaming, which may also have implications for better understanding the contemporary experience of DID and mental illness.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Given the large number of alters cited by individuals in our sample as well as the use of fantastical and nonhuman language, it seems likely that such presentations may be common on TikTok. The rise of cultures and communities around “reality shifting” (a practice of self-hypnosis and lucid dreaming in which individuals experience accessing other real or fictional worlds) on TikTok during this same period is also worth noting (Somer et al, 2021). This points to a growing intersection between TikTok, dissociation, and daydreaming, which may also have implications for better understanding the contemporary experience of DID and mental illness.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This includes deep meditative states, in which the FP encounter is the desired outcome [34][35][36]. In modern culture, individuals known as Tulpamancers actively engage in meditative practices to intentionally create a Tulpa that is experienced as a FP with a quasi-agentive nature, that over time and practice may become an interactive agent [37][38]. Similarly, the use of the psychedelic Ayahuasca [39][40] can induce powerful, emotionally salient, mystical, and often interactive FPs, that can range in identity from Gods and demons to ancestors and personal social relations (e.g., deceased relative).…”
Section: Philosophy and Phenomenology Of Fpmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The occurrence and nature of a broad spectrum of dysfunctional and maladaptive mental imagery can be a defining hallmark of a wide range of mental illnesses including obsessive compulsive disorder and dissociative disorders ( Somer et al, 2021a ). The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a marked rise of people from the post-millennial generation wishing to leave their day-to-day life in exchange for a reality shifting experience ( Somer et al, 2021b ). This need for an alternative reality may, at first appear to be a flight response as the individuals seek sanctuary within the mental images they can control, by exiting the current paradigm of mental images beyond their control.…”
Section: Emotional Memory Image: Attributesmentioning
confidence: 99%