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[Mara Smith Anderson]

Hi everyone,

Before this day, I practically felt that I'm the only person on this planet who suffers from excessive daydreaming. It all started when I was 13 and has continued for over 15 years now. I practise this habit on a daily basis and tried all possible ways to stop it, but I always fail. However, I haven't tried psychotherapy, as I feel so ashamed to talk about it to anyone. I'm single, sick, disappointed, lonely and I realy want to share this burden wth people who can feel my pain. I've terrible stories which when I remember, I hate myself even more. I would like to tell them one day, may be you can help me make sense of them. I even thought of suicide, but I'm too scared to do it. Please write any comments that may help me feel alive,

thanks

[Cordellia Amethyste Rose]

You are not alone.  It takes a lot of strength, intelligence, and creativity to live like this.  This condition comes with many gifts and many potential struggles.  It's a very mystifying way to live.  I'm sure we all go through our ups and downs.  The ups come when we're inspired and work with our brains rather than against them.  The downs are when we put ourself down for living like this.  There's no point in putting ourselves down.  We're not doing anything wrong.  You're not doing anything wrong.  I believe there was a study done that said people spend, on average, about 30% of their time daydreaming.  That's NORMAL people.  We do it more, sometimes a lot more, but we're still doing what everyone else does.  There are so many worse things you could be addicted to.  Many drug addicts steal or even hurt people.  We THINK too much.  I know a lot of people in this world who could stand to think a bit more.  Please try not to judge yourself.  They say it gets better, but life never gets better until you accept yourself and work with your brain rather than against it.