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Daydreaming has always had a bad reputation, but now scientific research has revealed that daydreaming may actually improve your mental health and creativity. It can even help you achieve your desired goals.
白日做夢的名聲一向不好，但現在科學研究已揭示，白日做夢也許真能增進心理健康和提高創造力。白日做夢甚至可幫助你實現你渴望達到的目標。
Daydream a Little
做點白日夢
Eugene Raudsepp
尤金·羅德賽普
“Daydreaming again, Barb? You'll never amount to anything if you spend your time that way! Can't you find something useful to do?”
“又在白日做夢啦，巴勃？你要是老這樣消磨時間，你將一事無成！難道你就不能找點有益的事做嗎？”
Many youngsters have heard words like those from their parents. And until recently this hostile attitude towards daydreaming was the most common one. Daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it was considered an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very healthy thing to do.
許多年輕人都聽到他們的父母講過類似的話。直到最近，這種對白日做夢的敵視態度仍是人們最常見的態度。白日做夢被視為浪費時間，或被看成是逃避現實生活及其責任的一種不健康傾向。但現在有人對此持一種新的見解。有些人認為，白日做夢或許是一件十分有益于健康的事情。
Attitudes towards daydreaming are changing in much the same way that attitudes towards night dreaming have changed.Once it was thought that nighttime dreams interfered with our needed rest. But then researchers tried interrupting the dreams of sleepers. They learned that sleepers who aren't allowed to dream lose the benefits of rest. They become tense and anxious. They become irritable. They have trouble concentrating. Their mental health is temporarily damaged. To feel well again, they must be allowed to dream.
人們對白日做夢的態度正在改變，這與人們對夜間做夢的看法的變化有非常相似之處。人們曾一度以為夜間做夢干擾我們所需的休息。后來，研究人員設法打斷睡眠者的夢。他們獲悉不讓睡眠者做夢，他們反而得不到有益的休息。這些人變得緊張不安，煩躁易怒。他們的注意力難以集中。他們會暫時在精神上受到損害。要恢復健康，就得讓他們做夢。
