Thanks. It looks like you are getting a lot of new folks due to that yahoo article. I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that this site exists and that there are so many people. Wow. I have never met another daydreamer in person. This is kind of crazy. I am actually in a good place with it right now (I am 42 after all!) -- Sometime in my early 30s I discovered that if I wrote the stories down, my brain would stop obsessing uncontrollably. Anyway, I look forward to exploring this site more when I get the chance. !!!

Thanks for providing this site!  Like others, I have lived two lives and thought I was if not the only one, at least an oddity.  Glad to find somewhere, I can meet others who survive in a parallel reality.

so glad a read the yahoo article. Thank you for starting this group

Hi there thank you for having me

Thank you for the add, and thanks for the greeting. I found this on a yahoo article and thought "Wow, I thought I was the only one and thought I was just a little nuts" ok, I am a little nuts but maybe not for this.. I look forward to hearing other's stories.. and maybe getting some pointers on things. 

Thank  you

Thank you Cordellia. I too just read an article about your site on yahoo! I signed up right the way... I have been struggling with day dreaming for years... I am 37 yo and I am a day dreamer since always... In my world I find the love that I just cannot find on Earth. (good friends, loving/respectful partner, financial stability, family time... I have none of that in the "real" world) Okay looking forward to hear other stories.

i really appreciate finding this site as it has hit the nail on the head. i really didnt realize the were others having the same delima as i have had for about 58 years. ice breaker  my first dealings was with my dad when i told him point blank he is my dad but my father is in heaven dont mess with that!! visuns of grandeaur i guess but still go there very often. your history is facinating and your approach is refreshing. i am really seeking some wisdom. you have it and your members will learn.

i sure hope you are doing better with the stomach problem  you havent said what the outcome was or what the diagnosis was. i am not familiar with chatting on line or how to do it but i will have my friend show me how in a couple of days so for how have a happy  thanksgiving to you and all members of this site. if you have a tip on how to live chat please let me know. that would seem a little more human than punching keys and waiting for results. god bless all

Just found this site minutes ago.  Surprised and amazed in finding others similar to my experience.  I may not be as affected as some but it is great to see a place for interacting with others safely.  Have no time now for more comments but want to say THANKS for your efforts.  Dealing with MD may prove beneficial to a whole range of issues that are just waiting for the right answer. 

Thanks, it's incredible to know that I'm not alone over here. :D

Hello,I'm glad to be a part of something that actually has a name??? I always thought as a adult that it was ADD...I was really bad as a child and younger adult,I really questioned if their was a alternate realty many times. It felt so real and right..I don't  know why I was like this I think because i suffered alot of abuse as a young child, but I do know that for some reason in the last 10 years it has gone away. I feel like I have lost a gift.. my best friend...I miss therelationship, babys in my other world, and wonder if they miss me..The world just seems bleak without daydreaming, Sissy

Thank you, Cordellia. This only started a few months ago. I'm not sure I qualify for this website. Will you advise me, pls? While writing a screenplay I started roll playing with the main charaters during the day and now lay awake most nights actually having dual dialogue between them. I am no longer actually writing anything...I'm so consumed with the people involved. I don't share a bedroom with my husband for medical reasons so am not disturbing anyone.  I'm close to seventy and have always had a vivid imagination, but I'm now going to bed at 7p just to be with these characters looking forward to their next meeting. It also goes on during the day but mostly at night. 

      Thanks for this site. It would be SO GREAT if more people knew about this. I've had no luck at all trying to talk to shrinks or anyone about this.

The only feedback I had, which was a little helpful, was when I was told this is a coping mechanism.

I used to call it my brain-crusher, because that's what it felt like.

Thank you for letting me join.  I read about this site in an article that I think was on Yahoo.  I was diagnosed as a kid with ADD, but that never really satisfied me.  I thought of my maladaptive daydreaming as fuel for writing, but I rarely wrote anything.  I just used the possibility of writing as an excuse for it.  I am actually so addicted to daydreams that I had to force myself to take a break from it to come here and sign up.  It feels so good to know I'm not alone.  Thank you for starting this up.  I look forward to reading the stories of others and perhaps learning some methods for self-control.

Cordellia - thank you for having this site and for allowing me to join.   I haven't had a chance to really look at anything here, but I am hopeful of finding some support.  I am closer to 60 than 59.5 and have dealt with this for as long as I can remember, at least single digit age.I have only recently started to discuss this my my therapist, who thankfully did not dismiss the idea.  Just knowing that I'm not alone in this is a HUGE relief.

As an aside - the very first thing that happened to me on this site, after being approved and welcomed by you, was being contacted by one of those spammers you deleted today.  Glad I read that news first and didn't respond to Glorybaby.

Thanks for setting up this site!  I've struggled with this condition all my life, as far back into my childhood as I can remember, and was never able to understand exactly what was "wrong" with me.  It robbed me of an academic career, has all-but-short-circuited my efforts to be a writer--and yet, in some strange way, it's kept me afloat during some very hard times in my life; guess you could say it's been a blessing and a curse, all at the same time!  Knowing now that there are others who have the same malady has given me hope that through reading you guys' stories, I might learn some things about it and maybe how to cope.  This site is definitely a Godsend, and I'm looking forward to exploring further and hopefully interacting with all of you.  Thanks again!!

Hi,

I saw your article on yahoo.com and was fascinated. I personally have never heard of the condition before. I was curious so I wanted to read more and joined your site. Thanks.

Regards

Sonie

Thanks for letting me join .

I all ways thought my life was just so boring that it could not hold my attention . 

I have been this way for as long as I can remember even be fore I started school I think .

I live more in day dreams then in the real world shift between persona's some times repeat the same story line over & over with little or no change .  some times I maintain 2 or 3 story's at one time . Some times I become a character  from a sifi show or movie I make my own spin off . Or a new character I add to the story some times i look like me some times I am male  when I was a kid i would be a grown up or a boy

. when I got older I was a kid . Now I see my self or most of my persona's as looking like my youngest daughter . Some time I tell my self  I should write a book about some of the stores I have placed my self in, but I go into to much detail & never really finish anything !

I am stunned by this topic.  I thought everyone did this and just didn't own up to it.  I have often wondered why some people didn't seem to have a clue what I was talking about.  I have called it the "Walter Mitty" syndrome for years after the movie with Danny Kaye.  Just because it seemed like the daydream is preferable to reality but, then that doesn't always account for every instance.   I have a harder time at work, especially if it is repetitive or monotonous and as a result my work performance usually suffers.  I am surprised at the number of people on this site who seem to write...I have always used this as my way of working through whatever story I wanted to write.  Thanks for this site!

Many thanks for having me!!

Thank you for making me feel a little less weirdly wrong.

Oh sweet mystery of life at last I've found thee!  After all of these years, it is sooooooooo good to know that I'm not the only one and even better to know that  there's an "official" medical diagnosis. I've spent decades operating in my parallel universe.  I can't remember not operating with a dual "reality". The older I get, the less control I have over it.  I'm there more often than not and it doesn't matter whether I'm active or sitting at my desk.  Doesn't matter if I'm alone or in public or comfortable or uneasy in a social situation. I can't tell you how many times I've come out of my reverie only to find passersby staring or scowling or looking at me sympathetically because I was staring fixated into space and usually smiling while walking  - alone! I don't remember any particularly traumatic incident that might have caused this behavior but I've been operating this way since early childhood.  I do recall a lot of negative comments from my mom about my looks, etc. and repeated ribbing from my siblings. My parallel universe allows me to be the successful, shining star that I dreamed of being while I was growing up.  I now know that a lot of the criticisms were unfair, irrelevant and were more about the people who dealt them than they were about me but, it seemed so pervasive that it's taken me many years of  therapy and living just to begin to recognize that fact. In my daydreams, I was and am always able to be beautiful, successful, talented, etc. - no matter what was/is happening in reality. I found out about this site from the article on Yahoo. Thank you so much for this site.

Thanks. 

My AA sponsor sent me this article and wanted to know if this was what I was referring to when I spoke of my alternate universe. YES! My God, I've told people and have been met with blank stares for years. I have made an effort to avoid this tangential life since 2005 with a certain degree of success so there is part of me that wants to look away. However, finding a community feels like such a comfort, I feel that this is an important moment in my life.

Thanks for the 'Welcome' Cordellia :)

thanks for the welcome!

i got an email from that glory rose as well, do we have to have our emails  showing on our profiles???

TY for having me I look forward to spending some time here and finding out more about this

Thank you for adding me.  I thought I was alone with my life in daydreams for over forty years.

I was overjoyed to find this group. Thanks for the add. I'm 55 years old and spent most of my life feeling separated from people and probably crazy for my fantacies.

Thank you! I think I'll find a few soulmates here :)

Thank you! I appreciate it :)

it has been three  days and couple of hours  since the last i gave up to day dreaming , from when i searched for "daydreaming slickness"  ,and found many article  and many topics  ,and i was most attracted (if i may say) to what u wrote "it i was me  that girl who was sitting with tears on her face , lastly letting out the secret that i kept for 27 years" i was truly touched and then u wrote that u have this site  is winch  some kind of supporting group for whom r addicted on day dreaming , i cheeked out and search very carefully in it and i sow so many ppl that have the same shit that i had, i signed in , i was going to sleep with some friends, when i turned the laptop,it like i made a silent promise to my self that it wont take over me any more,i know three  days is not very long but i think for whom r having our problem knows that those r the first steps to break the spell , cs it really aint easy and not that dreams dont come no cs alot i have a start of them it is just , this time for a change i fight them shuve them from away my mind and not give in , but i must say life was much easier wile iam dreaming its just i don wanna be fake no more and i dont want that the  only foot prints that i ll ever leave r  in my mind,and that i dont wana live in regret no more at least not bcs of this ,   (English is not my first language ) .

Thank YOU! Up until today, I had no idea there was a name for this; the only verification I ever had that my thought process was different than other people's was a newspaper article I read back in the 80's. I saved the article all these years but it's packed away in storage currently; I only remember the headline: "According to Study, 5% of Population Lives In Constant State of Revery". Next to it was an article about a homeless shelter in the town where I lived. Images of people living under bridges and talking to themselves didn't really make me feel better about the issue! Lol!

thanks,i was the creative one
i know this is a gift,i can picture almost anything before i make it hahaha
although i know im nt alone out there and finally i found out whats this called
its weird been daydreamin since i was a kid
im normal and yet had this weird side of me LOL

now i know what i am thanks a lot

Thank you :)

Dear Cordellia,

thanks for joining me in your group.

thank you  for the welcome

Thanks for approving!  Hoping to gain a lot from this site!

Hi Cordellia, very nice of you to welcome me. Thank you! I'm glad I found this page...

Thank YOU for creating such a wonderful website! At last I know I'm not alone and can carry on a conversation with others who share my plight. :)

Thank you Ms. Rose, now i know that there are people out there that has the same problem like i did. 

Hello! Thank you for having me! :)

Hi Cordellia,

Thanks for this site..

When i came across this site.. it was sudden jerk to me that.. I am not alone and its an disorder and so on...that all of sudden the fantasy world i had created around me for last two years got vanished..and i came out of that world ... that was such a good sign.. i felt so happy.. but ..

oh my daydreaming didnt stop...though....now am creating new things..lol

I am kind of utterly frustrated and helpless...with this day dreaming stuff..  many times i had negative/suciedal thoughts because of this..

But Now i see some hope.. Thanks again...

Hi Cordellia,

you probably get this all the time but here it goes again: thank  you so much for this site! I've had DD's since i can remember and i have allways felt frustrated for not knowing what was wrong with me or how to stop it (it controls a great part of my life). I felt so relieved when i found this website, because now i know that i'm not crazy (or alone for that matter). From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!

Rita

(ps - sorry for any mistakes, english is not my mother language)

Thank you!