wish fulfilment
Getting your desire
Wish fulfilment is the satisfaction of a desire, especially one achieved through fantasy, dreams, or imagination rather than reality.
In psychoanalysis, Freud proposed that dreams represent disguised wish fulfilment—the mind satisfying repressed desires symbolically.
The term often carries a dismissive edge: The ending felt like pure wish fulfilment.
Also spelled wish fulfillment.
Conscious fantasy while awake
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- dreamworldImaginary realm during slumber
fairytale · storybook · escapism · romanticism · idealization · utopia · fantasia · enchantment
Sleeping mind's narrative
- desireIntense wanting
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
ambition · goal · vision · quest · pursuit · intention · aim · objective
State of fulfilled desires
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
- pleasureHappy, satisfied feeling
- joyIntense positive emotion
- delightIntense pleasure or satisfaction
happiness · bliss · euphoria · elation · triumph · relief · reward · indulgence
Founder of psychoanalysis
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- projectionSomething that extends outward
defense mechanism · compensation · regression · id · libido · neurosis · therapeutic · psychoanalysis
Thing diverting one's attention
- diversionRedirection of attention
- entertainmentAgreeable diversion of attention
- relaxationState of being unwound
- leisureFree time for relaxation
recreation · fantasy novels · movies · videogames · adventure · anonymity · alternate reality · immersion
daydream
Conscious fantasy while awake
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
dreamworld · fairytale · storybook · escapism · romanticism · idealization · utopia · fantasia · enchantment · unreality
dream
Sleeping mind's narrative
yearning · ambition · goal · vision · quest · pursuit · intention · aim · objective · purpose
satisfaction
State of fulfilled desires
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
- pleasureHappy, satisfied feeling
- joyIntense positive emotion
delight · happiness · bliss · euphoria · elation · triumph · relief · reward · indulgence · enjoyment
Freud
Founder of psychoanalysis
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
projection · defense mechanism · compensation · regression · id · libido · neurosis · therapeutic · psychoanalysis · displacement
distraction
Thing diverting one's attention
- diversionRedirection of attention
- entertainmentAgreeable diversion of attention
- relaxationState of being unwound
leisure · recreation · fantasy novels · movies · videogames · adventure · anonymity · alternate reality · immersion · roleplay
wish fulfilmentfrustration
Displeasure from blocked efforts
disappointment · dashed hopes · denial · deprivation · heartbreak
wish fulfilmentreality testing
Assessing perception against actuality
harsh truth · disillusionment · facing facts · coming to terms · renunciation
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