This post it's super long, so I appreciate each and everyone who has taken the time to read this

So yeah.. I just found out today about two hours ago about Maladaptive Daydreaming. I have been daydreaming like for serious for about I dunno.. 10 years or so? At first it didn't mattered, I mean I was 9 years old, so what does it matter a little escapade to fantasy once in a while? It was about years later and still today that it has really became a problem. I'm in college (that should give you some clue about my age) and like I said it has really became a big trouble, I have stopped doing normal things or important things for daydreaming. I mean, i have been burdened with tons and tons of school work, exams, house chores, etc. And i just lay in my bed daydreaming, i swear i have become the worst time of procrastinator, i will procrastinate for like hours just to daydream, like it  has (and I'm sure it has) became an addiction. I'm sick and tired of it, at first it was interesting and exciting, now it's just kind of painful, because while I daydream i feel this immense feeling of culpability! I have stopped paying attention as I should on classes just to daydream and I can't even finish watching a movie or reading a book before i start daydreaming and adding the plot of the book or the movie to my daydream. My usual method of daydreaming is to pace back and forth while I listen to music. Of course as many of you, I haven't told a single word to my family or friends, once or twice they have caught me and they mocked me about, not severely of course, but enough as to make me do my best effort to hide this. I found out about Maladaptive daydreaming this afternoon, I just searched "Daydream too much"  on google, I was expecting to see some stuff about how great is daydreaming and that is the door to creativity, blah blah... but the first or second search result was "Maladaptive daydreaming" I clicked on it out of curiosity just to found out i met all symptoms, like all of them (except a traumatic or painful experience), returning to google i found out the site "Are you daydreaming your life away?" which i guess some of you know, I kid you not, I was almost on tears, I couldn't believe some other people experienced the same!! So I found some recommended treatment (which i intend to try right this night) and this beautiful group. This is my absolutely first time on a group of this type, I don't mean to brag or anything, but I have always been the strong one, the one everyone looks up in times of anguish, so I feel confused but with a new strength to fight this. 

I know it sounds tremendously premature, but if any of you would like to be my friend and start/continue this trip to get rid or controlled daydreaming together that would be nice (that sounded so cheesy.. haha)

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Comment by Queen Dopamine on January 31, 2014 at 8:23am

Hi Dessa!! Nice to meet you. :) I've felt very similarly to you, and as you may have noticed, I think we all do. I can't remember how I found out about MD, but it was similar. I was googling around for it. I didn't call it daydreaming, but I still fit the bill. I was so relieved that other people did this. I was so embarrassed to be a grown up playing in an imaginary world. I have a horrible time with the concentration, as well. While we all deal with it in various ways (some more successful than others), I don't think that all of us want to totally eliminate daydreaming. For instance, I like to sort of allot time for daydreaming. Concentration is really difficult for me as well, but it seems to help when I let myself daydream for certain periods of time. It's not always successful though! I mean, it feels like an addiction. But I like being able to talk about things here because it definitely helps you to feel like you're not alone.

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