the state of reverie is actually just a name. It is a label introduced to make the patient feel that his statehas altered and that he has gone into a state where his memory is very good or where he can d o something he couldn't ordinarily do before. The actuality is that he is able to do it all the time anyway. It is not a strange state. The person is wide awake, but merely by asking him to close his eyes h e is technically in reverie. —DMSMH Glossary (app. 14.7.90)