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Trying to stop Maladaptive daydreaming.

Recently i have decided that it's got to the point, after realizing what it is i do and how much control it has over me, that i want to stop.

I have been trying extremely hard to, but now that i'm trying i can't tell if i'm either doing it more often or just suddenly noticing how excessive this MDD actually is for me.

I've realized that i have even less control over it than i previously thought. I thought that i actually notice when i've started pacing/speaking aloud and chose to continue because i enjoyed the daydream. But i have now noticed that i don't even realize that i'm doing it, until a certain amount of time into the daydream and this has scared me quite a bit really.

I really want to stop, but am finding it very difficult. Are there any suggestions that could help me?

(bearing in mind, there isn't really anything in particular that sets me off into the daydreams; it can literally be anything that will provoke a different train of thought. I don't know if this is due to my adhd which i have recently been diagnosed with, that maybe intensifies it?).

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Permalink Reply by Ivy White on March 20, 2015 at 6:13am

Hey Roxy, you can go over to my blog, I'm trying to get some of it under control with meditation, it seems to work up till a point. At least practicing meditation and mindfulness gives me a tool to notice when I have been daydreaming and snap back out of it. That's basically what meditation is about, it is not going to help you to stop thinking, you try to clear your head but will always think about other things, but the point is to keep trying not to surf those waves and run away with your thoughts. If that makes sense. So I found that I could snap out of daydreaming more easily.

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Permalink Reply by Alvi on March 25, 2015 at 5:44am

Hello, I'm also trying to stop and like Ivy I've been trying to practice Mindfulness Meditation. I've been trying this for a while and not been very successful but I've heard so many positive things about it I'm going to stick with it in the hope it helps even if its just a tiny bit. Maybe try a small meditation like a 3 minute breathing space which you can listen to on youtube and see if that helps at all?