Etymologically the word fantasy comes from the Latin Phantasia, which in turn is derived from the Greek. Its etymology descends from Phantasos, who was the son or servant of the dream. Fantasy is a term used in psychology to refer to an imaginary fact created in the mind of the human being and that serves to counteract an opposite reality.
Fantasy is the way a person can express their wishes, fears, goals, even their immoralities. This illusion allows creating circumstances at the mental level that may or may not occur in real life. For example, a subject can imagine a trip to the field, and this is something that can be done, but if on the contrary, he imagines that his dog can talk to him, in this case it would be something impossible to do. On the other hand, man often feels self-conscious about doing certain things, motivated by the moral standards of society, so he resorts to fantasy as an escape route.
There are individuals who make productive use of their ability to fantasize, this can be developed in art, through painting, sculpture, among others, or through literature, writing different stories, creating characters with peculiar characteristics, everything the imagination can give. Since imagination and fantasy are two terms that are very close, because they represent the cognitive capacity of man, which allows him to be able to recreate images in his mind of past events and lived experiences.
In everyday life, some people tend to associate fantasy with sex and eroticism as ideas not satisfied by the person. However, the fantasy can occur in different types of realities, for example the fantasy of having an excellent job, of having a huge house with all the luxuries, among others.
All humans have the ability to fantasize (adults, children, the elderly), but without a doubt those who do it the most are children, they have an immense ability to create fantastic stories and even imagine having friends that only they can see Without a doubt, children are the kings of fantasy, always telling stories where the fantastic is present at all times, in history, in its characters, etc.
