Just as we take our reality

Just as we take our reality within the night dream to be completely real (e.g. if someone is chasing us in the dream we run),  in a similar way, during the "daydream" we take our projections to be real ("that person doesn't like me, I suck at my job, I'm in love and now everything is going to be perfect, I need chocolate ice cream right now"). We rarely, if ever, have a good look at the quality of our mental activity to see how much of it is fabricated and distorted, and how much of it is accurate and clear. - David Nichtern