Cordellia Amethyste Rose

44, Female

Portland, OR

United States

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Katrina

thanks! Back at ya :) Thank you sooo much for making this thread. i just discovered this condition today, and it helps knowing that i'm not alone...

Dec 7, 2010
Drake

Thanks for the welcome! I'll make an intro post later :3

Dec 10, 2010
Tila

Hey,

I will try to publicize the article....anyone who is interested in cognitive psychology will nerd out about MD I think. Haha!

Thanks again.

Dec 10, 2010
rebecka

thanks and no problem!

Dec 10, 2010
lxxxphysixxxl @ yahoocom

hey thanks for the welcome. i am so happy i came across this network.

It looks very nice and i admire your courage. Thank you so much for your efforts.

Dec 11, 2010
Ashley Ledbetter

thanks for the welcome :)

Dec 11, 2010
latrice

thank you for make this website i really thought i was alone in this

Dec 11, 2010
Steph

Thanks! I'm so happy to have found this site and I'm really eager to learn more about this. it seems there are so many different manifestations of this. Take care!

Dec 15, 2010
Jenny johnson

hi, today i found out im not alone in secret fantasy problem,im so glad! ive struggled for so long not knowing what was wrong with me, ive missed out on so many great times in my real world because i cudnt escape from the clutches of my fantasy world! i feel its robbed me of so much and yet it feels like such a safe place to be.it has taken me to such heights and then left me in a dark place waiting to face reality again,exhausted and confused!as much as is possible i act out my wot in my head trying to live in both worlds is so draining.Im tired i need to stop.thanx for all ur help

Dec 19, 2010
pine cone

heyy thankx. :3 <3 this site is very informative. and

im glad this actually has a name for it now. and im not alone.

and also..there a quite a bit of positive things on here. like how to

distract yourself ..ect. very helpful! <3

Dec 23, 2010
Danielle

Thanks. :]

Dec 29, 2010
sanat kumar sahu

hi,i am continiously seeking solution for this problem(md)for the last 3 years.as my memory goes back ,i had the symptoms of md as described by others of our group as well as in other sites since childhood but it has become really devasting for me since my class5 th onwards.i am now into 3rd year of my engineering,but has very dismal performance in all my semester exams because of md.i am a hindu and our religious book the srimad bhagvat gita as described by god himself has come to my rescue very much .i really feel better, but till my problem is completely over i cant say it's the solution.i would say if you could read it then you could feel the same.take care

Jan 7, 2011
James

Well thank you! I'm happy to be here.

Jan 12, 2011
sada

   Hi Cordellia Amethyste Rose

  this sada , and i m a great day dreamer , i thought i was alone in planet , now i am more confidence i m on line all time,

   i never went to therpist , can i live normal life again ever ,,,,,,

i have no same but we must get out of its side effect like

like instant gratification , make one chance for bad habit , i thing there is very advantage of day dream like cretivity....

but no one can achieve any thing without persistent and regularity .............

i m confident boy and one day i will get all of you out of this   .

knowing your enemy is first step win

Let me start i will share my experience with all of you

   We are together

Jan 14, 2011
Mila Wayland

Thank you! I've suffered from MD for years - I'm almost 19 now - and I'm just so relieved that I'm not the only one and that I can now put a name to it. I don't feel so "weird" or "alone" anymore :)

Jan 22, 2011
Andrew

Thanks for having me! And thanks for creating such a humble and comforting site!

Jan 28, 2011
Gemma

Thanks, i think your cats are gorgeous and this site is amazing when i found it i actually cried because i now know whats been the matter with me all these years.

So thank you very much.

Jan 30, 2011
xenophrenia

Wow ... saw a retweet from @NewPsychologist regarding this 'disorder' ... (I have a hard time with that term since it seems to be so overused these days) ... maybe it's not us but society that's the problem? ... we live in world that believes in dog eat dog ... it's not surprising to me that many would retreat inwards ... just some random thoughts on this - I've dealt with this for more than 30 years ... never really thought of it as a 'disorder' ... knew it was a problem though ... hmm

Feb 4, 2011
xenophrenia

;-) .. I hope you don't feel I was criticizing ... they were just random thoughts regarding this new 'name' for something I've lived with for a long as I can remember. I have a tendency to come across as difficult sometimes - mostly without trying to be ... I like what you've done here and I really like knowing I'm not the only one ... thank you ... now to try to figure out how this site works ...

Feb 5, 2011
xenophrenia

Thanks ... and yes ... getting the message out is important - I keep thinking that this isn't the right 'place' for this conversation ... never used Ning before so this is like bumping your way around a new place in half light. I keep seeing a reference to a survey of some sort - is there a link? ;-)

Are you anywhere else besides here and Twitter? Just curious ... I'll go back to exploring (I am on Twitter too - xenophrenia ... I'm xenophrenia everywhere ... ;-)

Feb 5, 2011
Anaa

Thank you for your welcome!

And thank you for making this website possible. Though I somehow feel I shattered my illusions of 'only having' ADD, I'm surprised by the quantity of people who have the same "issue" (at times, when it's not destroying my chance at being someone in life I can't call it an issue - but, a . . . hobby) than me.

Your doing a great job with this! Again, thank you. :)

Feb 6, 2011
kay

Thanks for the welcome!

I'm so happy and relieved to find out about this site and that there are other people out there just like me. Thanks for helping make it possible.

Feb 13, 2011
Hunter

Thank you for the welcome. It's much appreciated. (:

Feb 16, 2011
Tom

Thanks for the welcome.

I found out about this site in Scientific American MIND, and almost couldn't wait to finish the article to check out this site. It seems interesting so far.

Feb 17, 2011
Tom

I hope you don't mind, I advertised this site on another forum I post on: http://www.intpforum.com/showthread.php?t=9518

I agree about the article. It definitely resonated with me, and your story was very inspiring.

Feb 17, 2011
Tom

I didn't mean to make it sound like I was calling this one of those disorders. It has more to do with the history of the other forum, which is based on a personality type for introverted people (based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator). Many of the people on that forum have at one time or another wondered if our social ineptitude was because of some sort of personality disorder (autism spectrum, schitzotypal etc), and I was attempting to preface my thread by saying that MD wasn't just me diagnosing myself with another personality disorder in an attempt to explain my introvertedness.

Feb 18, 2011
Roxie

Thanks : )

Feb 18, 2011
Elise

No problem, thanks for creating this network!

Feb 19, 2011
Julie

thank you Cordellia for making this great network!!! I didn't even know there was a name for excessive daydreaming, let alone a website where people can gather and talk about it

Feb 22, 2011
Pseudo Life

This is the first time, I've seen anything like this. You mean I'm not alone? I've been doing this on and off for years. I do lots of volunteer work and I am a great grandmother. I've decided that daydreaming helps me if I can be kinder to real people. I have this ongoing dialogue with God or Buddha about being present in the moment vs daydreaming.

Nan

Feb 23, 2011
Pseudo Life

Do I just ask the question? Create a discussion.

Feb 23, 2011
curious

Thank you!

Feb 23, 2011
Zhipeng Ou

Thanks.

I am training myself to acquire a clear imagination which can help me a lot in some aspects, but the Scientific American Mind shows negative perspective toward daydreaming. I am wondering whether I am right.

Feb 23, 2011
Zhipeng Ou

Thanks.

What you said is thoughtful.

Could I ask you a question that when you are daydreaming, could you see the images clearly or just vaguely?

Feb 23, 2011
Pseudo Life

where do I do that?

Feb 24, 2011
Kira

Thank you for the welcome. :)

Feb 24, 2011
ECP

Thanks for welcoming me, I'm thrilled I found this network!!

Feb 24, 2011
Rhiannon Augustus

and thank you Cordellia

Feb 26, 2011
Teri

Thank you, Cordellia! I'm so happy to have found your site, which I first learned about yesterday while reading an article on daydreaming in Scientific American Mind magazine.

Feb 27, 2011
Lori

Thanks very much. I think this is going to be helpful.

Feb 28, 2011
Gemma

Red Ribbon

Mar 1, 2011
Maria

Thank you for the welcome Cordellia. I'm quite excited and little anxious to have found this place :]

Mar 1, 2011
Cory D.

Thanks! I'm a real shy person and Iove to daydream.

Mar 3, 2011
Coraline

Hi Cordelia,

Thank you for your welcome. It's great knowing that we are in the same town. I saw an article in this month's Scientific American Mind about MD. I was quite amused and encouraged to find that there are others who find daydreaming to be an actual problem. I'm looking forward to talking with you and others on this forum about our struggles in dealing with an over-active imagination.

Thank you so much for your courageousness in starting up this website. You are an inspiration.

Charline

Mar 4, 2011
Christina

Hi,

I also read about this site in Scientific American Mind and was thrilled to find other people who daydream constantly. As a child and teen, I thought everyone did this and just never talked about it. When I learned that most people's fantasies are more mundane (like rehearsing speeches, thinking about retirement, etc) I couldn't believe it. Though I feel pride that dreams like ours are more exciting and creative than average, it hasn't improved my real life in any way. I'm waist-deep in my 30s and should have more accomplishments. I've joined to find help and tips for controlling my thoughts and any advice, aside from drugs, is welcome.

Many thanks!

Mar 4, 2011
Marianella

Thank you!

Mar 9, 2011
magistermundi

About a year ago, after losing several bouts of my least favorite game of lets-see-how-long-I-can-NOT-daydream, I googled "compulsive daydreaming" on a whim. I was very surprised to find a fair number of people having that same strange issue. I fit the bill, its odd, this aspect of myself that I considered my own eccentricity being so well described by so many.

Mar 9, 2011
Reena Patel

Thank you Cordellia and I want to thank you for creating this network. It helped me so much to find that there were many many others having MD as I always thought that it was just me and something was wrong with me. I am very grateful.

Mar 10, 2011
Casey

Thanks for the welcome :)

I'm looking forward to chatting about MD...I don't think I've ever said that I have it--but I do--and I guess this place feels like a refuge already!

Have a good one :)

Mar 14, 2011
Days go by as I wonder

Thank you Cordellia, this is my new journal to write about my feelings and moods til I one day get better. =)

Mar 17, 2011