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Kyle C Monroe replied to Elaine Steele's discussion MD and Sensory Processing Sensitivity

"Yes, I'm an HSP also, was what I found first before finding this. Since I've been MD since as long as I can remember the worlds in my overactive imagination as I called it before this were so real, I wasn't sure which was…"

Jan 20

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Jan 20

Elaine Steele posted a discussion

MD and Sensory Processing Sensitivity

Hey guys!Do any other maladaptive daydreamers out there identify as having sensory processing sensitivity/being a "highly sensitive person"? If so, do you feel that your sensitivity contributes to your daydreaming issue?(You can read about what being "highly sensitive" means here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/highly-sensitive-person).I think it's because I'm highly sensitive that I can visualize my…See More

Jan 20

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Elaine Steele replied to Cain's discussion Are you able to share the contents of your daydreams?

"I think the reason why I'm so uncomfortable sharing the content of my daydreams is because they reveal something very personal about me, which I myself don't understand. Great novelists who write about taboo feelings or elicit taboo…"

Oct 18, 2021

Elaine Steele replied to Kris's discussion Daydreaming is a drug and I'm an addict

"Hi Kristy! I'm a daydream addict too, currently taking a year away from university, because MD was getting in the way of my studies. I found that the stress of school exacerbated my need to escape from real life. I think the therapist may…"

Oct 18, 2021

Elaine Steele commented on Gaël 71's blog post Do you sometimes feel guilty ?

"A few weeks ago I was so absorbed in a daydream that I failed to go to work. My job includes feeding chickens, so the poor chickens didn’t get breakfast until 5 pm! I felt terrible about it. But I don’t know to what extent it’s…"

Sep 19, 2021

Elaine Steele replied to Romeofro's discussion Does Anyone Daydream about Negative Scenarios? in the group Negative Daydreamers?

"I have daydreams about people doing horrible things to each other, too, but I definitely wouldn’t call myself a masochist—or a sadist. The fact that I have masochistic daydreams (or sadistic daydreams—depending on whether I…"

Sep 19, 2021

Elaine Steele commented on Shanni Fox's group 12 Step Recovery for MD

"I have found working the Emotions Anonymous program to be very helpful, because although I have yet to meet another maladaptive daydreamer in EA, maladaptive daydreaming is basically an emotional problem, caused by an inability to feel our emotions…"

Sep 19, 2021

Elaine Steele joined Shanni Fox's group

12 Step Recovery for MD

This is a group for people interested in applying the 12 steps to their compulsive fantasizing. I am hoping there are a few of you out there . . . See More

Sep 19, 2021

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Elaine Steele commented on Xyz's blog post Concentration with madd

"According to the MD research website, MD is associated with ADHD, which is characterized by difficulty concentrating. When I was first getting help for my daydreaming issue, I got tested for ADHD. I had to focus on a very simple, boring task…"

Sep 19, 2021

Elaine Steele commented on Jacob's blog post Does Maladaptive Daydreaming effect memory

"I don’t think I have memory problems, but I do have problems with paying attention to things I need to remember, because I’m half daydreaming while trying to pay attention. I lose things because I’m only half paying attention when…"

Sep 19, 2021

Elaine Steele replied to Mary's discussion Urgent. I'm panicking here.

"Hmm…if it were me, I would try to just feel the pain in my chest, without trying to escape from it in any way. I’d tell myself, ok, I feel pain and fear, so be it. And I’d try to be there for my hurting body, just like I’d…"

Sep 12, 2021

Elaine Steele replied to eternity.824's discussion Violence with Excessive Power in Daydreams in the group Negative Daydreamers?

"I have violent power fantasies, too. The heroine of these fantasies is a good person, whose actions are justifiable, but she has to hurt a lot of people in order to save others, and I take sadistic pleasure in the pain she inflicts and the fear she…"

Sep 12, 2021

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