Why is MD'ing being dismissed when its obvious it's a real thing?

[Steve C]

What is the argument against MD? Do they think we're lying? Do they think the MDing is a result of a deeper problem?

I think MDing is very hard to understand and accept if you've never experienced it, but on the other hand there are obviously a lot of us out there who mostly all share the very specific symptoms. Secrecy as a major one, its no surprise that it's not a very talked about topic. I feel like I would have been living a better life if only when I was younger I knew that other people like me existed, struggling, the same as me.

[Tani]

I don't think they understand the extent of our daydreaming; I often hear 'Oh but everyone daydreams. It's normal.' When quite obviously 'normal' isn't a word we can relate to in its broad sense. However, usually when I tell people that I never leave my bedroom for pretty much the whole day, and never on a weekend, they begin to understand why I'm (and others are) oviously concerned.

I also think that they assume we mean little pointless daydreams - like what they have- and not complete fantasy worlds built from scratch in our heads.

It's hard to understand something when one doesn't have it, I agree. I'll never know why a murderer does what he does, only he does. I'll never understand why some people take pleasure out of Geograhpy lessons, but they do, haha.

[Jared]

It is because there are very few studies on it, and it has not been brought to the attention of the larger psychological community. Once it is brought into the spotlight, people will start learning about it, and then it will no longer be dismissed.