The Reality of Daydreams Daydreams can give us new insight—or they can entertain or energize us. They are as unique as the individual dreaming them up. Still, researchers have found some generalizations. The younger you are, the more you daydream; children and teenagers daydream the most. As we get older, we still daydream about the future, but less about goals or sex—and we have fewer hostile or revenge daydreams. Eric Klinger, professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota, breaks daydreams into the two most common recurring themes: the conquering hero and the suffering martyr. The
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