I guess I do sometimes....
Of course, since then, it's pretty much narrowed down to myself making this terrible thing happen to me when I don't do something doable. Most popular is If I don't make it to the end of the hallway by the time the toilet is completely done flushing, a giant dragon made of water will come and eat me! Variations on the theme include If I don't make it into the next room by the time the sink completely drains one of those zombie guys from Zelda will attack me! and If I don't jump in the pool before I count to one hundred I'll bite myself!
I kinda do that too. I'll think something like "if I take too long getting a bottle of water from the cellar fridge, then a murderer or monster will attack me" Then I'll think "oh crap, it's coming!" as I'm going up the stairs. I reach the top in time to avoid being attacked. I guess it's a mix of a minor fear of the dark (used to be worse, but the dark doesn't bother me so much now. I think it's kinda cool sometimes too) and wishing something adventurous would happen in life, though being attacked by a monster wouldn't be anywhere near my first choice of an adventure!
Sometimes I'll come up with one randomly that I just don't like... "If I don't have my feet on the floor in 5 seconds, then a disaster will occur!" I don't know why. I guess it happens out of random boredom. Sometimes it gets really annoying when I lose, though the disasters, fortunately, do not happen.
When I was younger, I used to play pretend games with friends and cousins. One was based on Super Mario Bros. (each person would be a character from it), One was some kind of prisoner of war game (though it was kinda like tag), another was house (usually with my cousins. they always wanted me to be the kid), and games where one person is the bad guy and the other is a police officer.... sometimes we'd all be police and the bad guys were just imaginary. I remember a lot of pretending to die, then saying "go on without me! save yourself!" Fun times....
Now I prefer RPs on the internet, but I only have a few people to RP with. Also, another way I use my imagination is by attempting to write stores (though I only share very few of the stories I write). Sometimes at night, I try to play through a scene for an RP or story in my head before I go to sleep. I guess I kinda wish the RP/story would happen in my dreams or something. Every once in a while, stuff that I'm thinking will end up in dreams, but not too often.
Reality is so.... unadventurous.
