Is it normal to pretend to be a book character?

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Ever since I was about 13, I would finish a book and not be completely satisfied with the ending. I would find myself sitting up late at night pretending I was that character, and making up an "extension" to what I'd read. Not like dressing up like them, it was all in my mind. I would make up new scenarios and turn situations like my persona was doing them instead of myself. I still do it. But I'm 19 now, and I am a little busier, but I still pretend when I'm at work, or lying in bed. I have a few different people, but I stick to one, usually. Am I abnormal?

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  • Mellifluous
    11 years ago

    I think it's perfectly normal. Why shouldn't we aspire to be something greater than reality?

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  • Anime7
    12 years ago

    I think this is fairly normal. I usually read books where the main character is an extension of myself but with a different life, so it is very easy for me to be vicarious and live their life. However, there are some scenes that I simply cannot imagine playing in my head. I remember that I read this very engaging modern novel called "The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and GothGirl." I have to say that I completely empathized with Fanboy and by the end of the novel I was completely jealous of him.

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  • Who_Fan4Life
    12 years ago

    IIN that I did the same thing?

    What I did was re-create the Bible. I made it all so believable.

    ...and then I woke up.

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  • Llarees
    7 years ago

    I literally do the same thing.
    Omg I'm so glad I'm not alone...
    Seeing other people talk about it makes me feel like '' hey, maybe I'm not insane after all'' lol.

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  • nAt2017
    11 years ago

    Normal. Imagination is an awesome thing.

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