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    Tell the world about Maladaptive Daydreaming: send us an artwork!

    “The Shapes of Maladaptive Daydreaming”A maladaptive daydreaming live event will take place in Autumn in Italy:Tell us about your experience with Maladaptive Daydreaming: write about it, paint it, or draw it.We need your creative work! Tell the world about maladaptive daydreaming.Make your voice…

    By Valeria Franco

    6 hours ago

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  • Weird pattern of behavior

    I have a weird pattern of behavior. I go about my daily life wandering aimlessly in my mind, whether I'm going shopping, on a business mission, on a road trip, or socializing out with friends and family. I have a weird habit of not really being entirely "here." It's as if, no matter how old I am—I…

    By Jessica Ballantyne

    Sep 4

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  • Finally, ready to share it.

    I joined here a few years ago, but this is the first time I am posting something. All those times before, I was just daydreaming about posting. I could never go past that. That’s the curse we all have, right? We forget to live our own lives while getting everything we want in our daydreams.My life…

    By Lekha

    May 27

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  • Parasocial Relationships

    I tend to admire public figures and their families online, but feel that I have parasocial relationships with them. They have no idea that I think about them everybody and always reviewing their instagram platforms, videos, articles, and websites. I then start to fantasize that I am their friend…

    By Jessica Ballantyne

    Feb 16

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  • Talking about it

    This is me, talking about my experience. Without any pessimism towards the situation. Without any optimism about the future, or any other feelings involved in general. Just plainly describing my day to day experience. I woke up today feelin the say way I felt yesterday, which was the same way I…

    By Cain

    Feb 13

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  • Limerence and maladaptive daydreaming

    Limerence is a word that I came across a few times and forgot its definition as soon as I was done reading. Recently, YouTube recommendations gave me several videos to taste the topic itself, and what I watched was extremely interesting. To begin with, many symptoms of limerence overlap with…

    By Yukia

    Feb 2

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  • Present in Body, Elsewhere in Thought

    I see that not everybody has my brain...and they're not me...but, I feel like whenever I'm around people, I got so embarrassed or burned. It does depend on the social group, but I happen to be around people who don't know what to make of me, and can't put a finger on what I'm doing in my head...to…

    By Jessica Ballantyne

    Jan 27

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  • Partecipa alla nuova ricerca sul Maladaptive Daydreaming e Sogni Notturni- Italian

    CERCASI PARTECIPANTI PER UNA NUOVA RICERCA DELL’UNIVERSITÀ DI CATANIA SUL MALADAPTIVE DAYDREAMINGSalve a tutti, mi chiamo Giada, sono una specializzanda in Psicologia Clinica all’Università di Catania; pubblico questo post perché faccio parte di un gruppo di ricerca scientifica sul Maladaptive…

    By Giada Claudia Sbezzi

    Jan 16

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  • Invitation to Participate in a Research Study

    Title of Study: Exploring Therapeutic Experiences of Maladaptive Daydreaming: Insights from an Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy perspectiveYou are invited to take part in a research study examining the experiences of individuals who engage in maladaptive daydreaming (MD) and who have…

    By Keeley

    Nov 25, 2025

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  • Why is it so hard for some of us MDers to tell people our daydreams?

    For years, I've been working on writing my daydream down, in the hopes that getting it out onto the page would eventually help me tell it to my therapist. Last year, I gave him a written outline of my heroine's life. Recently, I've talked to him about less cringeworthy parts of the daydream. And…

    By Elaine Steele

    Nov 12, 2025

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