Hi, I'm new and wanted to introduce myself

[Christa]

Hi, I'm christa, I found this site through asking a question on yahoo answers about excessive daydreaming, and I got linked to the yahoo group which helped me find this page. I'm 19 and currently going to school full-time for an associates in arts. I have many "quirks" and I'm considered strange by many people. I have social anxiety and I strongly believe this quickly developed my maladaptive daydreaming. I dont remember a time when I havent daydreamed, most of my first memories are of daydreams i've had. I usually find myself listening to music and pacing the room making random actions that correlate to my daydream, my mom thinks I just dance weird. She doesnt know my daydreaming problem, even if she did she would only be annoyed, since most of my other mental in capabilities seems to bother her. The only person who knows is my boyfriend of two years but I mention it to noone else seeing as i dont need to seem weirder than i already am. To add a little more my interests include art, writing, and singing. I have a strong love for music though it also fuels my daydreaming. My favorite bands are radiohead, pink floyd, and the talking heads. I have a weird taste in movies, i mainly watch surrealism, like salvador dali and david lynch films. I love animals, and im soon taking a break in my art degree to get training as a groomer. My soft spot it definitely cats, especially siamese cats, though i currently dont own one. I have two cats, Margot and Fyodor, two rats, Lulabelle and ChiChi, and a maltese poodle mix named nimbus. Anyways, I cant wait to talk and learn more about this and hope to make tons of fellow friends in the same mindset as me! Thanks for reading!

[Cordellia Amethyste Rose]

There is nothing wrong with you, and no one has a right to judge you. Your brain just works differently than others. That doesn't mean it's defective or any less wonderful. There are a lot of wonderful gifts associated with this condition, like extreme creativity and the ability to work out many problems on our own that would require years of therapy for other people. Other people HAVE to talk to each other to work out certain issues, but we can often just think our way through them. Of course we have our challenges, and sometimes they can seem unbearable. I should know. I've been living with this for 30 years. It's taken me that long to realize what gifts can come of it and to have the courage to stand up for myself. People judged me too, and those people aren't allowed to be around me anymore. There's nothing special about being "normal." In fact, it can be kinda boring. I hope you'll get a chance to read some of the other forum posts and blogs because we've talked about the challenges and gifts associated with this at length. We've also talked about ways to cope and share this condition with other people. Good for you for acknowledging your strengths and struggles. You sound like a pretty great person to me. I may not always respond to everything, but I get all messages sent directly to my email. Please feel free to contact me any time. We're all here to help and support each other.

P.S. I have a white kitty who's either half Siamese or half Burmese. I can't tell. Her mom was calico but completely dark. She's very funny & very bossy. Her name is Mia. I love kitties.