Thank you for the welcome :)

nice to meet u :)

How's Grendel?

Thank goodness.  Although I'm a wreck when they have to wear those collars.  They look so pitiful.  My 15 1/2 year old, Mr. Good Kitty is really going down hill.  It's so sad.  But he's looked like an old cat since he was young, and has been asthmatic for years.  So my husband & I have always thought he would die young, and he's still here.  So who knows.   

Hello, I wonder if you can give me any advice. I'm a teacher and have a boy of 7 years old in my class. He daydreams alot and I was looking for ways to help him when I came across MD. He also has problems with socialising. At play times he will often pace up and down the playground on his own seemingly in his own little world. Most of the time he doesn't get much work done as he seems to be daydreaming. He also makes noises every now and then but doesn't seem to be daydreaming when he does this. He reads, spells and does most other things well for his age. I first thought he was showing slight symptoms of Aspergers. I spoke to him today and asked him to try and explain what happens when he looses concentration and he said "things come in through the window and get into my head". I know lots of children daydream every now and then but this is something more extreme and I'm pretty sure he is not deliberately not doing his work and it is something he has no control over. Are there any tips or anything that might have helped you when you were at school. Thank you in advance for any help you can give. Sam  

Thanks for adding me as a member.

Another thing. I thought I was on the verge of schizophrenia, dementia or sure to  suffer a brain aneurysm or something with my constant over thinking and fantasizing. I wake up and the first thing that pops into my head is an elaborate fantasy, live of my alter ego, blah blah.

It doesn't help that I am an aspiring writer, so I live vicariously through my characters, living their lives in my head as if it's my own. I thought I could "write" the characters out of my head, but writing down the fantasy lives doesn't help, because I just move on to a new one.

 Consequences? I am so forgetful, because it's so easy for me to slip into a fantasy world. I have lost stuff on the subway three weeks in a row, because I fell into fantasies. The last time I lost something, I hadn't gotten it back and had to pay $200 to replace it. Ouch! My biggest fear is that I'll slip into a fantasy while driving...I just hope that doesn't happen.

 Also, I'd like the pacing to stop. I can walk past people and not notice them, because I'm a mind away.

Thank u:)

Thank you for the sweet welcome! :)

Thank you very much. I am hopeful of finding people I can talk to about all this.

thanks! its great to know there is other people out there like me.

thankyou :)!

no, thank you!  i can tell this site is going to help me a lot and i cant tell you how good it feels to relate to people! lol

Thank you for letting me join. Your website is amazing! I can't put in to words what a great consolation it is to me to know there are others who can truly understand what I'm going through.

Thank you.  I'm pretty freaked out at the moment. I'm hoping that talking to some other people who might understand this might help. 

Thank you!

Thanks! I'm glad I found this place

thanks :)

"Maladaptative Daydreaming" !!!! I've been searching a name or a definition of my problem half my whole live. Thank You.

Thank you :)

Thank You Cordellia.  Nice to meet you.  I've been reading through this forum for a couple of days.  Just like many others I discovered the term 'Maladaptive Dreaming' on Google just the other day after spending my whole life wondering it was :)

Hi, How are you?  How are your kitties?  I have a phone consultation with an assistant to Dr. Daniel Amen, neuro-psychiatrist, on Thurs.  See last couple entries in Longstanding DD & Facts Getting  in Way (sasi's) .  I couldn't access link to Sci Amer. article but am actually thinking your info on the home page might be the most efficient way to explain this, and back up with Cynthia's article.  I only have 1/2 hour to explain.  Any thoughts?  I will see if she is interested in giving her thoughts on-line?  Maybe in Longstanding DD forum.  If not, I will just give her impressions there.  Dr. Amen has a ton of books on the brain & thought he & assistant might find this syndrome very interesting. 

Thanks, that worked fine.  I'm still thinking, though, that your comments on the wall of your home page might be the best.  I will also refer her to you.  They brain-image people - for like $2000 - to look at brain when in love, when anxious, when praying, etc.  I would love to have then brain-image someone while DD'ing, our style.  Would you be available.  They are in Berkley, Cal.

I, of course, would tell them they would have to pay for the scan & your transportation there.  If I ordered another phone consultation for you, I would make it after 2 weeks and it would be paid for.  I'll just play this by ear.  If she has never heard of this, she may not be as interested as I think she would be.  We'll see.

Thank you for hosting this site, Cordelia.

Thank you for having this site. I had no idea that I wasn't alone. 

thank-you for allowing me to join. Your doing a fabulous job here and I hope to learn more about MD and learn how to live with it.

Thank you!

thanks so much for the welcome.

Thanks for the welcome and congratulations on graduating!

Thanks!:) I'm so happy I found this website!

Thank you! I'm so glad I was able to find this site and I look forward to contributing to it.

Thanks for the welcome! I am super excited to find this site!

Thank you for the welcome :)

Thank you for creating this site.  I'm no longer alone!!!! :)

Thank you for hosting this site! As I said in my message, it's nice to know what I've been doing for the last 28 years. :-)

Thanks for making this website.

Your that lady from Youtube.

The first time i saw one of ur video, i was like wow i can't believe she put herself out there like 

that... U r a very brave lady

P.S ty 4 the welcome

Thank you for creating this website and building a community:)

Jordy.

Thank you for welcoming me lovely:)

ty for welcoming me :)