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Daydreaming daily?

I haven't gotten much sleep lately. I took a four hour nap today, and now my dazed state is making me daydream more. At least, that's what I think. I am lying in the hospital room with my mother with limited battery (due to breaking my charger, oops), and this neglection to doing anything is making me daydream. I have been avoiding it by using videos and anime. Daydreaming takes up so much of my time, that I had to avoid it somehow.

Well, that's all I have for now.

Added by Alexis S Silver on May 27, 2017 at 5:56pm — 1 Comment

An interesting MD website

I was surfing online and I found this awesome website about MD. It has some interesting perspectives. I recommend you check it out here! Anyways, dream on my friends!

Added by Fallen Messenger on May 25, 2017 at 6:30am — No Comments

Poetry

I'm almost finished writing a poetry book and I felt like I should share just a few poems that relate to MD.

Reality

10/14/16 2:29 pm

 

I'm slowly drifting to the end of the earth.

I'm slowing become someone else.

Losing hope,

Losing my mind.

 

Lost…

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Added by Fallen Messenger on May 24, 2017 at 10:31am — 1 Comment

Memories

     I have been a maladaptive daydreamer my whole life...or ever since I could remember. But honestly, I don't remember much. I have close to zero recollection of my childhood. I don't remember last week hardly at all. I have wonderful short term memory, kinda. I remember important things like eating, sleeping, and going to school. But I don't have any memory of little things. I will set my phone down and walk away, I come back in a frantic search to find my phone because I don't remember…

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Added by Fallen Messenger on May 21, 2017 at 7:17am — 4 Comments

Finally Approved

I signed up for this site a couple months ago and just noticed I finally got approved like a week ago.  So that's good. :)

So when I first read about maladaptive dreaming it really resonated with me.  A lot.  I couldn't believe that maybe there actually was a name for what was wrong with me.  I've been so isolated my entire life. 

It's kind of a relief.  I hope  to find the answers I've been looking for.

Added by Damask on May 11, 2017 at 10:13pm — 5 Comments

Visualising Maladaptive Daydreams

Hello :)

I am currently working on a photography/art project about Maladaptive Daydreaming.

I am quite a daydreamer myself, this is how I got interested in the topic. I want to find out as much as possible about your experience in order to reveal it to other people in a visual way and raise awareness to this condition and moreover explore human subconsciousness in general. If you could please fill out this…

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Added by Dominika Dovgialo on May 3, 2017 at 3:17pm — 1 Comment

I wonder

I was thinking about the people we MDDers have in our daydreams. For me, in my DD world I am just an improvenet of the current model; thinner, more fit, talented, funny, & intelligent. As your ideal self, do you find your preferences in men/woman change? Maybe you feel more apt to approach someone 'out of your league'?

Added by OhMyMagenta on April 21, 2017 at 7:48pm — 5 Comments

impacts of MD, and how to overcome it.

---WARNING! LONG POST AHEAD!---

Lately, on this website I've noticed less and less posts about "curing" MD or just finding hope through and for MD. This post I feel is my own personal thoughts and a response to the post my maro called "Why we are proud of daydreaming?..." I agree with maro on many points, but I feel he is getting the wrong idea. We…

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Added by Fallen Messenger on April 19, 2017 at 7:54pm — 5 Comments

A review on possible ways to fight MD

(personal experience mostly)

1) Alcohol

•pros

-Helps you express feelings you normally suppress and end up fueling your daydreams

-Helps you connect deeper with people. Real life is easier to accept when you have some close friends. Most MDers are completely unable to form connections and as a result leaving the dreamworld seems even more difficult

-Your mind becomes less clear and as a result it's easier to focus on real feelings than thoughts

•cons

-all the… Continue

Added by chris trifi on April 12, 2017 at 8:09am — No Comments

Fear?

I'm constantly screaming at myself, screaming STOP screaming YOUR TO OLD FOR THIS. But no matter what I do I'm still running away to my dreams.... What do I do????? Am I to scared to face reality??? To scared to face myself? Is justification of my actions to much to handle?? I'm lost and like my childhood I escape to my imagination and dreams instead of facing life and emotion.

Added by Justin on April 11, 2017 at 7:03pm — 5 Comments

Indirect Awearness

I find myself fading into a trance of absolute disconnect, as in I almost completely vanish into my own imaginative world. In this life so full of negativity I find my daydreams a safe place that I can live in solitude completely disconnected from those around me. Most people turn to the technology surrounding us but I can't seem to do this, it is much easier to disappear into my own mind were I am always the hero of my stories or always wanted and loved by all. The problem with this is that I… Continue

Added by Justin on April 5, 2017 at 2:48pm — 2 Comments

Family and MDD - ZO

So, my family doesn't know about MDD or that I have it. As far as they know I am their angel child with perfect grades, good friends, and active in the school community. 

Lately, I have started to watch and enjoy anime. Which is super fun, a lot of my friends watch anime and I convinced NE to watch the one I love. But, then MDD kicked in.

In most fandoms, there is a plethora of fan made content. It usually consists of fanart and fanfiction.

Let me rant about fanfiction…

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Added by Zone on April 3, 2017 at 5:58am — 2 Comments

Something I found on the internet

Hi! I just found this on Reddit. And I really​ liked it so I thought that I'd share it. I'm not an optimist usually. But I'm trying to break that shell. (Sometimes you see something really glorious like sometimes in the evening the sun makes everything golden and the asphalt looks really beautiful.)



There are some roads that are closed off from you forever

There was a life that you could have lived, but no longer



But this is the life you have. This is the life you… Continue

Added by Kal on March 31, 2017 at 1:29pm — 3 Comments

Fear and the Real Reason I Daydream

This is a long post, but here it goes...

Dd’ing is something i’ve done all my life. I started when i was 4 or 5 and just kept doing it. It’s fine for a child but problematic for an adult.

This is not to say that daydreaming is bad, but that dd’ing excessively serves a purpose that is unhealthy for me. Daydreaming is a way to get what i want without trying, to have great moments in my imagination without risking rejection, and to feel powerful without any…

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Added by MatthewR on March 26, 2017 at 9:11pm — 9 Comments

The 3 Kinds of Daydreamers

This is just something from observation, but i get the impression that there are 3 kinds of people on this site:

  1. Neurotic Daydreamers - these are the dd’ers who are closest to the “maladaptive” definition. They use daydreams to sustain an idealized sense of self that compensates for low self-esteem, essentially “growing on the useless side of life” because these daydreams don’t improve our situation; they unconsciously serve to spare us the pain of real emotion and the…
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Added by MatthewR on March 24, 2017 at 9:45pm — 11 Comments

Still super sad... Does MD make you sad or happy or does it alternate?

I really need somebody to talk to. I've never felt this depressed and heavy-hearted before, and I'm very worried it's going to last a long time and get worse. As if, this is it: my MD has stopped being a coping mechanism, and it's now working against me. A melanchic reminder. Does anyone else go through this? Used to be my MDs make me happy, but now... How about you? Does it alternate for you guys?

Also, another question: What effect do you think caffeine has on your…

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Added by B L Carlson on March 18, 2017 at 11:38pm — 7 Comments

Repeating the scenraio in my mind

Repeating the scenario in endless loop with slightly different variations is my main problem if not the problem.

For the St.Patrick's day I went to watch the parade and on the way back I met an important political figure. I discussed with him one of the issues I am passionate about. During this dialogue I made a blunder. Since this even happened I repeat this scenario with slight modifications endlessly imagining that I said a few different things and made a joke or…

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Added by ChicagoRuminator on March 15, 2017 at 5:39pm — No Comments

My Symptoms

I intend to update this post many times to capture all the symptoms. So typical of my condition...repetition to get it right! :)

I am not your typical MDDer but I ruminate a lot. I even observed this condition in my father when I was a kid. As I grew older I see how my life is becoming similar to my father's. Life's big tasks are not attended and anything that is of big consequence gets postponed or delayed or not done at all because whenever I attempt to do such tasks I get lost in…

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Added by ChicagoRuminator on March 8, 2017 at 10:44pm — No Comments

I don't really know whats wrong with me but I think I might have developed anxiety.

So I haven't seen coming online for a very long time. But I have noticed that I tend to relapse and whenever my MD goes down I start to come online more. Anyway around December last year I felt sick. Comman cold symptoms with blood in mucus etc. Long story short after a lot of tests(nothing came out them)and recurring 99.5 fever at night I finally found that my sinuses on either side of my nose were swelled up and that was causing my symptoms. Also I have PCOD and found a breast lump( had found… Continue

Added by Tanya on March 6, 2017 at 4:00am — 2 Comments

Turning MD in Something Productive

(Visual of me in my world as a General Edward Stratton, of the FSKDF)

That's it guys, I've done it. I have figured out how to properly channel my MD into something productive. I have created and am currently working on a magazine that is a conglomerate of my and other people's daydreams. Channeling my daydreams into something productive like this…

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Added by Richard Quest on March 6, 2017 at 12:31am — 2 Comments

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