August 2011 Blog Posts (42)

Any Elvis fans out there?

today is the 34th anniversary of the death of the King of Rock & Roll.  Long live the King.

Added by roxanne on August 16, 2011 at 6:45pm — 3 Comments

keeping it under conterol

well, hello everyone, I'm kind of new. I've only just discovered a few days ago that I'm not the only person on the planet with this condition, feeling a little less weird... I want to ask you fellow day dreamers, have any of you developed some techniques of keeping this under control? this is a relatively big problem for me, but I've also realized that it could potentially be a gift, I just wish I knew how to control it- switch it on as will. I've heard a lot of talk here of triggers to the… Continue

Added by marla on August 16, 2011 at 2:28am — 3 Comments

Do I have MD or is this another type of daydreaming?

Like all of you, I love daydreaming when I'm bored. The only time it distracts me is when I'm studying and I space out after reading 10 pages (I'm a slow reader too). Well, I'm 17 and since I was born I've always loved watching cartoons, listening to music, movies, ect. I'm an only child and for most of my childhood I watched probably about 6 if not more hours of cartoons a day. I love the colors, the stories, everything. Even to this day I love watching cartoons more than live action stuff.…

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Added by Becca on August 14, 2011 at 9:21pm — 7 Comments

Anyone ever daydream alot about romance?

That's my biggest genre of daydreams! I enjoy imaging characters in different scenarios tangle in the web of romance, it's half and half between myself whos in a love story, or just random characters i have created. Only issue holds, for relationships, i can't allow myself to be falling in love with somebody in my head, i want a real loving man. It can be quite entrancing, and luxuriously soothing, and yet makes me feel abit un at ease by the trap it can hold. Anyone else experience this?

Added by Imaginative Dreamer on August 14, 2011 at 9:08pm — 8 Comments

What are the possibilities of M A Day Dreaming being a useful tool?

I am of course no expert in MA DD (or much else for that matter). I don't have the condition myself. As a child I engaged in lots of daydreaming as a means to escape a extremely stressful home environment and to avert the repetitiveness and boredom of public education.



Today I deal with the effects of brain injury on a daily basis. The non-profit I serve works with people with brain injuries, cognitive and intellectual challenges: things like short term memory loss, difficulty… Continue

Added by Marih Alyn-Claire on August 14, 2011 at 8:24pm — 2 Comments

ever heard of Invert Narcissism?

I have last posted here last year and since my therapist has helped me shed light on my unusual daydreaming. It turns out I am a inverted narcissist. What is it? among other things it's immense preoccupation with fantasies of ideal beauty, power, money or other...but its's all done within the privacy of our mind. That's why we call them the INVERT Narcissists- That's because on the exterior the individual typically appears modest, even shy so that nobody knows what is going on inside them-…

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Added by lamira on August 13, 2011 at 9:53am — 7 Comments

All the things I said. Rumination in practice

 

"One day I will ask you, what you think about me" has broken my 2 months of DD abstinence. I've spent a week in rumination trance, observations and talking my thoughts. The good thing is that I learnt zero DD at work. The bad thing is limiting my sleep to have time for rumination. The worst thing is that I got emotional, really emotional, crying for no reason and almost having nervous breakdown. And now I'm back, ready to stop again and ready to take responsibility for what's…

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Added by Julie on August 12, 2011 at 12:40pm — No Comments

Dreams

For the sake of privacy names have been changed.

Also, there is some foul language in this blog, so I apologize in advance.

And I want to apologize for giving you the short version of my dream, it was just too much for me to write down. (-___-) Sorry. But I do hope you …

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Added by Hana on August 10, 2011 at 7:42pm — 3 Comments

small world

Is small world connected with Wild Minds?  I tried to get in, pushed Create button, and the circle kept circling, but never let me in.  What am I doing wrong?

Added by roxanne on August 10, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

New To This

Hi All,

 

For the past couple of years, I have been searching for a name to discuss my behavior. After leaving college, my fantasies and daydreams took on a whole new level of reality for me, sometimes spending days in a hypnotic trance, pacing the same stretch of carpet back and forth, imagining myself anywhere but here. I was fully functional, holding down a job and paying my bills. But I felt that I was betraying myself living in the corporate world I had professed to…

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Added by Mumford Providence on August 9, 2011 at 4:17pm — 2 Comments

Solutions

I can't promise this works for everyone, but I've found that I can manipulate my daydreams so they become boring or unpleasant. If you can make everything go wrong in your daydream world, the real one will seem more appealing.

 

I've spent the last few days imagining I'm right in the middle of the London riots, and it always pushes me back into reality, where I'm far away from London, safe and sound.

 

It doesn't always work of course. Sometimes you just end up…

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Added by Steve B on August 9, 2011 at 6:20am — 4 Comments

original characters.

i have had the same daydream story for a little over two years, and i've found that only two of my characters are completely original- looks-wise and personality-wise. all of my other characters are based on celebrities, people in movies or books, or (rarely) people i know in real life. i feel like this makes me less creative than most MDers. i know that i'm way more creative than the average person-- i mean, i have an entire imaginary world inside my head, i'd be stupid to think that i'm…

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Added by debbie downer on August 9, 2011 at 12:50am — 2 Comments

I'm a basketcase?

I realise this may offend people with serious mental problems but I love the term "basketcase". That's what I am, I'm a basketcase. Thinking this way helps me cope, puts a smile on my face. I'm happy and safe in the knowledge that by having all this chaos in my head, I am carrying on a fine tradition of British eccentrics. Everyone on this island is slightly odd in some way, I figured I'm no weirder than the other 60 million inhabitants. The stereotypes are true, we're all just Monty Python…

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Added by Steve B on August 8, 2011 at 6:16am — 5 Comments

About me

I've been like this since I was 8, when we moved away from my hometown and all my friends to a town where I never fit in and had great difficulty making friends. My little brother adapted well, I did not, so I just disappeared off into my own little fantasy world where I've been everything from a secret agent to a rockstar to things as banal as a guy working in a coffee shop (I mean, what's that all about?).

 

I'm happier than I used to be. Four years ago I moved for a second…

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Added by Steve B on August 8, 2011 at 5:54am — 3 Comments

Normal People's Thoughts

 I wonder what "normal people" think about. I see them driving in their cars, going to wherever they need to be and I wonder "Is it like a machine in their brain saying 'Drive to work, stop at light, go when it's green, mmmm I want a steak for dinner'." I know normal people have hopes and dreams but what is it like for them to just think about it a little bit? Are they thinking about the task at hand and does their mind wander only a certain distance until reality reels them back in? When…

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Added by J Noland on August 6, 2011 at 2:13pm — 4 Comments

Going to try to stop

Okay, so here I am. And I am going to try to stop this. I am going to think about it very carefully before I start. Try to stop myself from ever doing it again. I don't think it will work, but it is worth a try.

Added by Rebecca on August 6, 2011 at 5:42am — 1 Comment

Almost... afraid that I don't actually have this disorder, even though I KNOW I do... ???

Sometimes, I almost feel afraid that I don't really have Maladaptive Daydreaming. I mean, I know it's stupid worrying since it's OBVIOUS (to anyone who's seen me at the age of 7 - present and who knows about this disorder) that I have MD, but I feel worried that I don't have MD.

I know that it'll seem really weird, but if I think about discovering that I didn't have MD, I would actually feel sad. Rejected. Depressed even. I can just imagine, in a few years, when psychologists have…

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Added by Truthful Alibi on August 4, 2011 at 10:37am — 4 Comments

Not really sure anymore

      Somedays it makes me want to cry. To know once I stop day dreaming i'm back in the real world, im stuck with my real thoughts, real people real things. in a real world your no in control of. To know everything I just day dreamed of, the perfect everything would never come true.

    Everytime I feel like i've wasted a part of my…

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Added by Ellie Hale on August 4, 2011 at 1:33am — 2 Comments

A Week Off

So I have a week off work and my plan was to cut down on the MD'ing, get some housework done, clean the garage, solve the debt crisis, and at least have something to say when someone asks how my vacation was. Nopes. Not happening.

 When I was younger I imagined my daydreams were plans for the future, then I got older and decided that they were still ideas that I could put into action. Now I'm nearly 38 and well....they are just day dreams. The "me" in my day dreams is getting older…

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Added by J Noland on August 3, 2011 at 12:29pm — 1 Comment

Lock the door, turn on the music, and it's vedge time!

*Points to title* That would be my daily routine every single night, day, morning etc. My headphones + My mp3 + my bed (my bedroom) = Sanctuary. Daydreaming is a constant. I have a difficult time fitting in with society due to the fact of my beliefs. In my daydreams, i can do whatever i want, i can live my ultimate dream! If i had to name my most constant daydreams. Honestly? My number one would be romance. I love LOVE creating live fantasy's in my mind! Sometimes i am not even involved in the… Continue

Added by Imaginative Dreamer on August 2, 2011 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

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