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Maladaptive Daydreaming: where wild minds come to rest

June 2021 Blog Posts (4)

It’s scary

Hi everyone. It’s been a while since I’ve started MD even though I’m only in my teens. I came to the realization that my daydreaming wasn’t normal multiple times but it’s been so hard to stop the urges. I feel like everything I do from watching a TV show to getting cereal in the morning can trigger my daydreaming. Today is my first day trying to fight any urge to daydream after a relapse. MD is so scary because I feel like I’ll be sucked back into this cycle and my characters will stay with me… Continue

Added by Daze on June 29, 2021 at 9:24am — 3 Comments

How to control maladaptive daydreaming while studying

Guys it's been 10 years since I was daydreaming. And now its really hard to control it, I am not able to concentrate on my studies. Anyone please tell some measures to control it.

Added by V on June 26, 2021 at 9:08am — 5 Comments

MDers and one sided love/crushes

I feel that us maladaptive daydreamers have a hard time letting go of any one sided crushes we have than others. Like that person would take over our scenarios very much. It has happened to me when I developed feelings for a girl I had talked quite a bit to, only to find out she was committed to someone else. Sad part is, there were some instances where it seemed like she liked me too and I took it too deep and as you might have guessed, daydreamt an entire life with this person which gave…

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Added by Kiruba Victor on June 23, 2021 at 10:38am — 3 Comments

Outside my head

This is going to sound annoying. Living in a town for 29 years, all I ever heard by others is that I'm so quiet. They literally couldn't get a word out of me. I was too busy daydreaming in my head to realize how I looked on the outside. I actually never knew it made me look stupid. Non-family can be vigorous that way. I always used MD as a way to escape my frustrations, but it did me more harm that good, so I had to quit. It was the best decision I made.

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Added by Jessica Ballantyne on June 4, 2021 at 1:26pm — 990 Comments