When I MD, there seems to be two kind of 'types' happening in my head. One is the long, continuous stories that pop us again and again. This mainly happens when I am alone, either listening to music and/or walking/pacing. However, when I am other people and they say something/hint at something, I often start MDing in different little scenarios, interpretating the thing they just said. These are quick little daydreams, coming one after the after. These effect me the same way my normal,…

Hyper-empathetic people feel what they see happen to others. This may explain my negative daydreams. I have noticed if I look at the story line or theme of them, I can usually go back to a news story or book or something invovling the mistreatment of women that lines up with it. I try to avoid these news stories but they are everywhere. People post photos of battered women on facebook, stories in national geo about forced marriages, rapes, women losing rights all over the world.…

Hi everyone, I have had maladaptive daydreaming since I was about 13, but I have always had fantasy worlds since I was very little. I am now 22 and I decided to try and stop this. I also have social anxiety, which is probably the main reason this has become an addiction for me. In the past I used to feel extremely empty inside when I tried to stop, but luckily I don't feel that way anymore. However, I still find virtually impossible to stop having conversations with people in my head. I know…

Hey, guys, I just found out a new way of stopping my daydreams. I used to walk fast and daydream a lot while walking, now I try to walk slowly and pay attention to the things around me intead of those in my head. My daydreams are significantly less. Can anybody also try this method and tell me if it works for them?

This week has been hectic, i mean 12 hours of work a day, Im actually pretty sad today cause as a huge Lakers fan my biggest idol Kobe Bryant took a season ending injury. He has stood as the epitomie of ambition, strength and I idolize him , just through watching him too never let your past ruin your present. So for the next week Im going to go even harder at the books to ace those finals and go hard at the gym. This year is going to be my time, at this point I feel incredible confident as I…

I've posted warnings before, but eventually they get buried, so I'm posting a reminder.  If/when you EVER get a message from someone asking you to email them at a private email, that's spam.  DO NOT EMAIL THEM, or you'll get on a spam list, and report them directly to me.  Let me know who it is and what they said.  Usually, it's something along the lines of "Hi. I really like your profile.  I have an urgent message for you.  Please email me at (insert email)."  Unfortunately, spammers are a…

I'm a completely different person in real life than I am in my daydreams. I do things I want to do but would absolutely never do in real life. I imagine my life turn out to be something that'll not only make me upset if my life turned out this way, but also my mom and my friends. I dream about partying, smoking, stealing, being with bad guys, and just being wild and having fun. In real  life, I would never do the things I daydream about. But when I grow up, have more control over my life,…

Check out this article that someone showed me.  It states that daydreaming while driving is more dangerous than texting.  Scary!  I know many of you have mentioned that you do this, so beware.  I don't want anyone on here getting into any accidents.  …

How can i acquire a prescription of Fluvoxamine?  Should i see a psychiatrist or someone with a different profession?  

Hey guys, long time! been pretty busy preparing for finals and going to the gym. Im hyped, I am transitioning into my new schedule pretty well. Definitely easier to control MD, or prevent myself from "surface using". I only hope to keep on this roll, plus on another note, I have begun to make more friends at school!, I decided to man up and step out of my comfort zone for once and talk to just complete strangers in class, and honestly I have made friends with some interesting characters. …

Well, for a few weeks there I was doing really well. My daydreaming had gone down from 6 hours per day to 15 minutes (on the walk home from school), if at all. Then I was faced with the possibility of changing schools, something I've wanted to do since I started there in year 8. I'm now in year 11, at a critical point in my education. I know that I'm going to be the odd one out if I do change, and so my MD mind immediately created a character that represented this. It happens every time I'm…

I've noticed a lot of people using profanity on this site.  This is completely against the rules.  So far I've been giving people warnings and giving them the chance to change their behavior, but it keeps happening, and I'm tired of warning people.  If you can't speak respectfully and without profanity, then I'll suspend your account.  One person asked if they could use profanity if they starred it out.  Because I am willing to compromise, I will accept this, but you must star out most of…

I just thought of something that's been bugging me. When I was a kid, I daydreamed a lot, but it was never as obtrusive or as bad at it has been for me in the past couple of years. I wasn't a normal kid, but I wasn't as weird as I am now either. I was pretty well-functioning, I guess. My fantasies didn't really take over my life and get out of my control until high school. I found online that the symptoms of depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder usually start as people get to be…

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I'm new here, but have been experiencing Maladaptive Daydreaming since I was a child. I'll be 27 in a few weeks. I've had a long-running "obsession" (I'd prefer to call it appreciation!) for Fiona Apple. She's talked in interviews about having OCD, which it seems like she may have, but sometimes I wonder if she also suffers from MDS. In interviews last year, she talked about compulsively walking up and down a hill for 8 hours a day until she was injured to the point of…

For as long as I can remember I have had several other lives inside my head. When I was little, I remember walking like 10 metres behind my mum on our way to school every morning, so I could talk to myself and day dream. Ever since then, every  time that I am walking alone, I day dream. And, usually, it isn't even nice thing I'm dreaming about. It's being attacked, or hurt. It's people I love getting hurt. It's all these different scenarios. At first it was only walking, but now I do it at…

So, at the beginning of this week, I decided that I was going to stop daydreaming altogether. Since I started college in August, I started going to a therapist for MDD and depression, and in the last couple of months I had cut my daydreaming down from hours a day to maybe 30 minutes or so. Not to mention, going to therapy helped my talk to my mom and have a much better relationship with her (she has borderline personality disorder but is finally getting it under control- she's the reason I…

I have to stop comming to this site. My Internet addiction is getting worse than MD. This side is one of those I have to close for a wile.

Hi guys, just finished my research paper!, was brutal but Im glad Im done. I was home all day today tempted 4x for like 3 hours to "surface use" MD, I got out of the house and walked to starbucks and read a book there until I felt I had control and came home. FOR ALL DDERS quiting until they can control it, THERE IS A PRICE TO PLAY, and that price is sometimes having to constantly stop what your doing and engaging in something that will get your mind off DD( going out for a job, playing…

I am sorry I have written a lot but I would like you all to hear my story. The first paragraph is on my experience with God helping me with stopping my MDD. The second paragraph is on my night terror that is linked to both God and my MDD. Wow I never really thought i was this religious until now! Please try and enjoy if possible.

I don't know what you guys would call a spiritual moment but I believe it is…

Whenever I daydream I listen to music and I can pace my apartment for hours at a time and I can stand for hours at a time. Well that has caught up with me! For over three months I have had this horrible pain in my groin and I found out my ligaments are all out of whack, so now I am in physical therapy for it. I didn't tell my doctor that I pace and stand like that, but I kinda put 2 and 2 together. I just wanted to warn anyone who paces about this problem. I try to watch my posture now LOL,…