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Maladaptive Daydreaming: where wild minds come to rest

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Typical

There is no logical way to tell when Grendel’s angry. He wiggles, claws, and bites my hand, but if I dare leave him alone he whines like he’s dying a slow, horrible death. So, I end up bent over petting
him behind the trash while he bites my hand & purrs loudly enough to wake
the dead. Meanwhile, Mia climbs on my shoulders and farts. Typical
afternoon.

Added by Cordellia Amethyste Rose on April 27, 2010 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Connections to sleep disorders and/or depression

This is just from an email I sent to my doc. I think there are some interesting connections here.

Hi there. I’ve been saying this thing is like an addiction for a long time now am more convinced than ever that the more we look into it, the more we’ll find connections to sleep problems and addiction. It feels

much like my waking dreams feel. I feel sick at night when I’m wiggling

& moving around, eyes open and still dreaming, and when I…

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Added by Cordellia Amethyste Rose on April 24, 2010 at 1:40pm — 4 Comments

What can I do?

Hi, guys.

I know it seems like answers may be slow in coming. I've been researching this for over 3 years, so BELIEVE me I understand. I really want to help us all in any way I can. I wish I knew how. I'm very new to having a site with members, so please tell me if you'd like me to do anything. Is there something you'd like me to try and add to this site? Anything you'd like me to do at all? I'm really open to suggestion & will look into every idea.

What I am doing is… Continue

Added by Cordellia Amethyste Rose on April 18, 2010 at 12:01pm — No Comments

Life with it and without it

I would never give this up. Although there were a few times that I wanted to really badly. The first time I wanted it to go away, I wasn't even sure what it was, but I knew my thoughts and feelings weren't normal. I've always struggled with this double identity. There has always been this part of me that wanted to live a 'normal' life where I get an education, have a successful job, get married, have children, buy a house, save for retirement, have a merry life with lots of friends... and then… Continue

Added by Heinriech Heisner on March 28, 2010 at 6:43pm — 2 Comments

An Introduction

I'm 27 years old and I've lived part of my life in an alternate reality for as long as I can remember. When I was young I would imagine real life scenerios that I wanted to play out in real life, but very often never had the courage to do so. In my mind I was very outspoken and laid back and everything that I wanted to say would flow out naturally. In reality I was very quiet and what I spoke was without fluidity. I was always baffled that I couldn't mimic to the outside what was in my head.… Continue

Added by Heinriech Heisner on March 28, 2010 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

I can't believe other people live the way I do

I am so happy I found this site. I thought I was the only one.

Added by Gina M on February 10, 2010 at 2:03am — 1 Comment

And then I found here.

My daydreaming adventures started early. Like most children I imagined a world in which I was important, special, needed -- but my daydreams never included magic: no flying cars, no wizards wand. For the most part I would say that I created, in my mind, a world much like the one outside with subtle variances. I became quite good at imagining.

At puberty my daydreaming started to pay off. My flights of fancy had led me to books which expanded my vocabulary and the time spent just… Continue

Added by Candace on January 25, 2010 at 6:02am — 3 Comments

Fantasy Self v. Real Self

I Haven't really fantasized much this weekend at all. I didn't really do it much last week either. I like this blog section because I'm thinking it will be good for me to write about my daydreaming. I have a hard time knowing when/why I daydream more or what sets it off. This weekend I just hung around most of the time, just like every other weekend. Did some xmas shopping with my bf, went out to eat, going out to eat again tonight. I guess I overall felt pretty good about life, excited about… Continue

Added by Lily on December 20, 2009 at 3:19pm — 1 Comment

Daydreaming baby.

I've been living in a fantasy world for all my life. I'm 29 years old, and my life is nowhere near normal.

On the outside I'm quiet, creative, somewhat abrasive, contradictory, emotional, loving, silly, and just a little odd.

On the inside is a secret world that could rival that of any fantasy fiction novelist. I've thought about writing it down, but the details are too intricate. I wouldn't know where to begin.

Besides, halfway through I'd start daydreaming again.

On the… Continue

Added by Cordellia Amethyste Rose on December 12, 2009 at 8:03pm — 3 Comments