I am going to quit MD for good.

[trapmoneyslim]

I have daydreamed my whole life, and it has made me underachieve so much. If I could focus for even a few minutes I could actually accomplish things but I can't even do that. I waste so much time daydreaming. It has made me so miserable, and I hate it. I have daydreamed today for probably around 3-3.5 hrs alone. I am going to keep myself accountable through this forum and post daily about how much I have daydreamed. Ideally I just keep getting better slowly and through time I will decrease my daydream time.

If you have any tips or words of advice that would be great. 

[SA]

Keep going!!!

[trapmoneyslim]

Day 10: Got a cat yesterday and she helps a lot. Gives me something to do during my downtime besides daydream.

[trapmoneyslim]

Day 11: Made progress. It still is a struggle to start my day without daydreaming though.

[trapmoneyslim]

Day 12: Daydreaming in the morning is the worst. That is by far the hardest to stop.

[Jessica Ballantyne]

I don't believe you'll fully pull yourself out of daydreaming. That's needs professional therapy or prescription. 

[trapmoneyslim]

Why do you say say that?

[Jessica Ballantyne]

It seems to be better or worse, but not completely cured. Reading your posts. It will at least take a while. Who can really fully suppress daydreaming? I still can't do this. 

[trapmoneyslim]

Yeah I agree. It will definitely take a while...but that's apart of it. I just have to make my current life as good or better than my daydreams by pursuing worthy fantasies. It is only hard because daydreaming is just a coping mechanism for current unmet needs.

[Jessica Ballantyne]

Daydreaming did help me cope with unmet needs, but it ruined my "real life." So I never met those needs anyway! I could've if I didn't go and do MD. In the end it hurt a lot. I'm very sorry and regret what I did. Too late.

[trapmoneyslim]

Why is it too late? In my opinion, I think MD causes a lot of guilt and makes me feel like I have wasted so much that I can't ever make it up.

[Jessica Ballantyne]

Ok, I take that back. It's not too late. But it did do some damage andI wasted a lot of years. I wish that I stopped, and thought hard about exactly what the hell I think I'm doing. But I was young and frivolous back then, so I didn't care. I actually loved it at the time. 

[trapmoneyslim]

I feel that. It is very damaging because while daydreaming is the problem it also temporarily relieves us from a lot of problems.