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Limerence and maladaptive daydreaming

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🐌 Notice:this is a slow paced forum. It's not a social network. 🐢

Be patient ant take your time to explore.

It's a pretty old style forum but here you can read and leverage more than 10 YEARS of experiences about maladaptive daydreaming from thousands of people from all over the world.

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In the following video, Prof. Eli Somer explains what the ISMD is.


We are thrilled to announce that we have formally established the ISMD: a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the 
lives of persons with Maladaptive Daydreaming.
Our Mission:
• Promotion of public and professional education
• Community engagement and advocacy
• Support for pioneering research
• Promotion of innovative therapies through professional collaboration
• Enhancement of communication between professionals and those
with lived experience
• Raising awareness
We now call on the MD community, interested professionals, and others to join our society!


To learn more, visit the website:

www.maladaptivedaydreamingsociety.com

 

WELCOME

Maladaptive daydreaming is an extensive fantasy activity that interferes with an individual's life.

Maladaptive daydreamers feel an urgency to daydream, which is similar to an addiction. Their fantasies are complex stories, with characters and plots, and they are very emotionally intense.

On this website, maladaptive daydreamers can speak openly about this problem, sharing stories, resources, solutions, ideas, or just feel part of a community.

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This might sound dumb

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My daydreaming has reduced

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Maladaptive daydreaming is taking over my life

Started by Poppy_ᕦ⁠ʕ⁠ ⁠•⁠ᴥ⁠•⁠ʔ⁠ᕤ in General topics. Last reply by Jessica Ballantyne Jul 7. 5 Replies

My journey with MD

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Lesson Learned

Started by Jessica Ballantyne in General topics Jul 1. 0 Replies

I feel sad...disappointed.

Started by Jessica Ballantyne in General topics. Last reply by Mina May 27. 1 Reply

Dare to dream

Started by Jessica Ballantyne in General topics. Last reply by Mina May 21. 1 Reply

friends don't come out of daydreams

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