will MDD be stick to me the whole life ?!!! - Wild Minds network2024-03-29T09:06:19Zhttps://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/will-mdd-be-stick-to-me-the-whole-life?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A143980&feed=yes&xn_auth=noNo I do not believe that we n…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-08-09:4661400:Comment:1529772013-08-09T11:56:10.740ZDreamerhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Stephen
<p>No I do not believe that we need to be afflicted with MDD our whole lives. I am approaching the half century and I guess I must be one of the oldest members here. I have seen how my MDD has intensified, modified and expanded over the decades. My reasoning is that if maladaptive day dreaming can grow it can be reversed.</p>
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<p>However I believe it to be an addiction and we must tackle it the same way as we would tackle any other addiction. We will never be cured of it but I am…</p>
<p>No I do not believe that we need to be afflicted with MDD our whole lives. I am approaching the half century and I guess I must be one of the oldest members here. I have seen how my MDD has intensified, modified and expanded over the decades. My reasoning is that if maladaptive day dreaming can grow it can be reversed.</p>
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<p>However I believe it to be an addiction and we must tackle it the same way as we would tackle any other addiction. We will never be cured of it but I am confident that we can learn to manage it. For some of us, MDD may continue to intrude into our lives slightly but not sufficiently to affect our quality of life. </p> Thanks for that - very beauti…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-08-09:4661400:Comment:1529742013-08-09T11:48:22.833ZDreamerhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Stephen
<p>Thanks for that - very beautiful</p>
<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>Creative Writer said:</cite></p>
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<p>Adult with imaginary friends.</p>
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<p>Any adult that still has imaginary friends</p>
<p>Will never know normal life or even where to begin</p>
<p>To explain why…</p>
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<p>Thanks for that - very beautiful</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Creative Writer said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/will-mdd-be-stick-to-me-the-whole-life#4661400Comment145435"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I have no answer to your question but I wrote a poem about it.</p>
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<p>Adult with imaginary friends.</p>
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<p>Any adult that still has imaginary friends</p>
<p>Will never know normal life or even where to begin</p>
<p>To explain why you’re almost 50 still playing pretend</p>
<p>With maladaptive daydreaming that has no end</p>
<p>It may be hereditary or chemical imbalance in the brain</p>
<p>It may be a result of abuse but not all stories are the same</p>
<p>I have never known life without these imaginary friends</p>
<p>They were with me when I was born and I guess</p>
<p>They’ll be with me when life ends.</p>
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</blockquote> I've had MD since I ca rememb…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-08-09:4661400:Comment:1529652013-08-09T04:14:10.298ZDreamingFishhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/DreamingFish
<p>I've had MD since I ca remember. It's honestly a love/hate relationship. In a way I am proud of my MD because it helps with creativity. I don't want to get rid of it because it is part of who I am. I would like to control it though. School would be so much easier if I could control MD. I space out in class and it is very difficult to complete assignments. It affects me in the work place as well. I want to take control of my life. I want to be an organized person. I wish people would take MD…</p>
<p>I've had MD since I ca remember. It's honestly a love/hate relationship. In a way I am proud of my MD because it helps with creativity. I don't want to get rid of it because it is part of who I am. I would like to control it though. School would be so much easier if I could control MD. I space out in class and it is very difficult to complete assignments. It affects me in the work place as well. I want to take control of my life. I want to be an organized person. I wish people would take MD seriously... because it is real and it can dramatically affect your life. </p> Exactly me tootag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-08-05:4661400:Comment:1523992013-08-05T03:18:27.542ZKrisinahttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Krisina
<p>Exactly me too</p>
<p>Exactly me too</p> I don't even know if I want t…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-08-03:4661400:Comment:1523152013-08-03T12:27:50.302ZAna Suauhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/AnaSuauRodriguez
<p>I don't even know if I want to get rid of it yet, but the sad things is I don't even think I'll be able to if someday I have enough and want it to stop. I feel like, bad as it gets sometimes, I NEED it. My life sucks as it is, without it would be completely empty, I'd have nothing to fill it with if the DDs are gone.</p>
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<p>So apart from the difficulty of actually getting rid of what I consider an addiction, I really fear I'll have nothing to live for without it, hence why I can't…</p>
<p>I don't even know if I want to get rid of it yet, but the sad things is I don't even think I'll be able to if someday I have enough and want it to stop. I feel like, bad as it gets sometimes, I NEED it. My life sucks as it is, without it would be completely empty, I'd have nothing to fill it with if the DDs are gone.</p>
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<p>So apart from the difficulty of actually getting rid of what I consider an addiction, I really fear I'll have nothing to live for without it, hence why I can't even consider it seriously, because if I try it's like: "Oh great, sure, get rid of it. Then what? You'll have nothing!". Seriously, I depend so much on DD to get a sense of satisfaction and realization, but at the time when I crash back to really once in a while, I realize how it doesn't really make any good to my life and it makes me so sad and frustrated...</p>
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<p>So I can relate to the OP in that DD it's mostly what gives me joy and makes me happy, hence why it's scary to think of getting rid of it</p> HI Mohamed
I understand your…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-06-27:4661400:Comment:1454742013-06-27T18:40:35.754ZMelissa C. Waterhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/MelissaCWater
<p>HI Mohamed</p>
<p>I understand your fear. I had many years where I tried to concentrate on what was really going on...even just for a few seconds, but I would slip into my own thoughts and disappear...or incorporate things that were going on into the world in my head. I thought it would never go away. I spent 10 years of my life in the same world with an ongoing story.</p>
<p>If it helps you to know...I havent slipped into that world or any other world in my head for about 5 years.</p>
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<p>HI Mohamed</p>
<p>I understand your fear. I had many years where I tried to concentrate on what was really going on...even just for a few seconds, but I would slip into my own thoughts and disappear...or incorporate things that were going on into the world in my head. I thought it would never go away. I spent 10 years of my life in the same world with an ongoing story.</p>
<p>If it helps you to know...I havent slipped into that world or any other world in my head for about 5 years.</p>
<p>It can stop....</p>
<p></p> Thanks....you're words make s…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-06-25:4661400:Comment:1452852013-06-25T22:28:54.729ZLisa phttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Lisap
<p>Thanks....you're words make sense to me and are so true. I really appreciate it..it's been a rough 2 days. <br></br> <br></br> <cite>mohamed bahaa eldin hussien said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/will-mdd-be-stick-to-me-the-whole-life#4661400Comment145375"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>yeah a lot of stories about DDing but I think they are the same they are all meeting at one point which is they can't stop DDing because it gives them the happiness…</p>
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<p>Thanks....you're words make sense to me and are so true. I really appreciate it..it's been a rough 2 days. <br/> <br/> <cite>mohamed bahaa eldin hussien said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/will-mdd-be-stick-to-me-the-whole-life#4661400Comment145375"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>yeah a lot of stories about DDing but I think they are the same they are all meeting at one point which is they can't stop DDing because it gives them the happiness or the relief they couldn't find some where else I think that is the point and if we should start healing the DDing we should begin at this point. <br/> <br/> <cite>Lisa p said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/will-mdd-be-stick-to-me-the-whole-life?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A145368&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4661400Comment145368"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I am so like you that I feel your words are mine:-). How I developed this I'm not sure. I'm not shy, an extrovert, had no abuse as a child other than maybe some verbal kid stuff yet I turn to the fantasy cuz I'm happiest while I'm there. My therapist said that it was a coping mechanism that now doesn't work for me. What I was coping from still eludes me. Loneliness is all I can think of. I, like someone else posted, couldn't wait or would opt out of going out with others just so I could be in my fantasy world. Ugh I want it to go away. i'm going to try keeping busy etc like others suggested. My therapist said to write about it as I'm in it cuz it's helpful....looking for any and all ideas...thanks!!</p>
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</blockquote> yeah a lot of stories about D…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-06-25:4661400:Comment:1453752013-06-25T21:57:32.489Zmohamed bahaa eldin hussienhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/mohamedbahaaeldinhussien
<p>yeah a lot of stories about DDing but I think they are the same they are all meeting at one point which is they can't stop DDing because it gives them the happiness or the relief they couldn't find some where else I think that is the point and if we should start healing the DDing we should begin at this point. <br></br> <br></br> <cite>Lisa p said:…</cite></p>
<p>yeah a lot of stories about DDing but I think they are the same they are all meeting at one point which is they can't stop DDing because it gives them the happiness or the relief they couldn't find some where else I think that is the point and if we should start healing the DDing we should begin at this point. <br/> <br/> <cite>Lisa p said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/will-mdd-be-stick-to-me-the-whole-life?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A145368&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4661400Comment145368"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I am so like you that I feel your words are mine:-). How I developed this I'm not sure. I'm not shy, an extrovert, had no abuse as a child other than maybe some verbal kid stuff yet I turn to the fantasy cuz I'm happiest while I'm there. My therapist said that it was a coping mechanism that now doesn't work for me. What I was coping from still eludes me. Loneliness is all I can think of. I, like someone else posted, couldn't wait or would opt out of going out with others just so I could be in my fantasy world. Ugh I want it to go away. i'm going to try keeping busy etc like others suggested. My therapist said to write about it as I'm in it cuz it's helpful....looking for any and all ideas...thanks!!</p>
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</blockquote> wooooooooooow I am so surpris…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-06-25:4661400:Comment:1452842013-06-25T21:53:12.352Zmohamed bahaa eldin hussienhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/mohamedbahaaeldinhussien
<p>wooooooooooow I am so surprised a very good poem good job :D .I think that is the creative part of DDing thanks alot <br></br> <br></br> <cite>CreativeWriter said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/will-mdd-be-stick-to-me-the-whole-life?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A145368&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4661400Comment145435"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I have no answer to your question but I wrote a poem about it.</p>
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<p>wooooooooooow I am so surprised a very good poem good job :D .I think that is the creative part of DDing thanks alot <br/> <br/> <cite>CreativeWriter said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topics/will-mdd-be-stick-to-me-the-whole-life?commentId=4661400%3AComment%3A145368&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4661400Comment145435"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I have no answer to your question but I wrote a poem about it.</p>
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<p>Adult with imaginary friends.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Any adult that still has imaginary friends</p>
<p>Will never know normal life or even where to begin</p>
<p>To explain why you’re almost 50 still playing pretend</p>
<p>With maladaptive daydreaming that has no end</p>
<p>It may be hereditary or chemical imbalance in the brain</p>
<p>It may be a result of abuse but not all stories are the same</p>
<p>I have never known life without these imaginary friends</p>
<p>They were with me when I was born and I guess</p>
<p>They’ll be with me when life ends.</p>
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</blockquote> I am so like you that I feel…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2013-06-25:4661400:Comment:1453682013-06-25T15:28:31.262ZLisa phttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/Lisap
<p>I am so like you that I feel your words are mine:-). How I developed this I'm not sure. I'm not shy, an extrovert, had no abuse as a child other than maybe some verbal kid stuff yet I turn to the fantasy cuz I'm happiest while I'm there. My therapist said that it was a coping mechanism that now doesn't work for me. What I was coping from still eludes me. Loneliness is all I can think of. I, like someone else posted, couldn't wait or would opt out of going out with others just so I…</p>
<p>I am so like you that I feel your words are mine:-). How I developed this I'm not sure. I'm not shy, an extrovert, had no abuse as a child other than maybe some verbal kid stuff yet I turn to the fantasy cuz I'm happiest while I'm there. My therapist said that it was a coping mechanism that now doesn't work for me. What I was coping from still eludes me. Loneliness is all I can think of. I, like someone else posted, couldn't wait or would opt out of going out with others just so I could be in my fantasy world. Ugh I want it to go away. i'm going to try keeping busy etc like others suggested. My therapist said to write about it as I'm in it cuz it's helpful....looking for any and all ideas...thanks!!</p>