Hi, I am a very melancholy and sentimental person and sometimes I fall into a state of great sadness. I thought it was normal and that's my character, but someone said it might be depression. What do you think about it? This condition is not ordinary sadness, but a great pain. It is an unbearable state and in such moments I dream of being able to talk to someone, loneliness is unbearable in this state, and the normal state of loneliness does not feel a burden. I believe that this deep sadness…See More

Some time ago I read a book by Frederick William Faber, who was an English Catholic theologian. He died in 1863. He wrote a book called "Growth in Holiness, or The Progress of the Spiritual Life. " In this book in the chapter titled "Spiritual Laziness" there are paragraphs, that deals with maladaptive daydreaming. Here is my translation:,,There is no doubt that life is boring. But it is startling how early the young discover this. In fact, the burden of knowing this dullness of life is much…See More

Hi everyone. This is my first post. I am a Polish girl, I am almost 25 years old. I set up an account here because there is hardly any material on maladaptive daydreaming in my mother tongue.Very long time ago I fell into this misfortune. I have no siblings, I wasn't liked at school. I spent a lot of time alone and I think daydreaming was a way to make my life more interesting. This is how it started. Over the years I have spent many hours daydreaming. While daydreaming, I listened to music and…See More