"Thank you for explaining Theaxe. Now, since my MD is no longer a cause for distress, dysfunction, or disadvantage, I'll call it immersive daydreaming."
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From MALadaptive to EUadaptive daydreaming
Started this discussion. Last reply by Medea Soak Nov 11, 2020. 5 Replies 0 Likes
MAL: prefix meaning 'BAD, poor, abnormal'EU: prefix meaning 'well, easily, GOOD, true'So this is my first post after years of silently witnessing this community.I've been daydreaming my whole life:…Continue
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"I live peacefully now with with daydreaming now but Heather L. Keller wrote a really good post about it here https://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/how-i-helped-myself
Suffice to say I agree with you: I think integrating our daydreaming is better…"
"Thanks Ariane!
Theaxe, should I call what I have 'immersive daydreaming'?"
"Hi Medea,
That was a really interesting post to read! I completely agree that blaming your MD and trying to fix it is counterproductive. I find that it goes away on its own the more my irl life is fulfilling. It's a coping mechanism, it's…"
"I wish I had read this years ago."
"That's great you still get your job done! And that you see a therapist. It sounds like you're managing really well! (Not that I'm trying to downplay your struggle.)"
From MALadaptive to EUadaptive daydreaming
MAL: prefix meaning 'BAD, poor, abnormal'EU: prefix meaning 'well, easily, GOOD, true'So this is my first post after years of silently witnessing this community.I've been daydreaming my whole life: from playing by myself as an autistic child, to sitting in waiting rooms for cancer, to coping with helpless situations in adolescence, to now.I'm not 'cured'. My daydreaming hasn't stopped and probably never will. But I don't mind. Because now I would call my daydreaming a healthy (or at least…See More
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