Maladaptive Daydreaming: where wild minds come to rest
Added by Audrey on March 25, 2016 at 7:35am — 4 Comments
Added by OhMyMagenta on March 24, 2016 at 7:20pm — 2 Comments
MD has both ruined parts of my life and made others infinitely amazing. Because I have daydreams, as well as go to an online school, I've pretty much ostracized myself and am left with one friend I see every-so-often, and a few oldies that I chat with online sometimes. I haven't made a new "friend" in over a year, considering that I talk to so many people online. I hear people say "Go outside and make new friends!" Yeah, that would be great, if it weren't for the fact that I can hardly walk…
ContinueAdded by Teagan Nelson on March 23, 2016 at 8:43am — 2 Comments
hi my name is hamdi i was born in Somalia i was three when my family and i run from my country i group up in 3 different refuge camps in Kenya well i start daydreaming when i was like three or so in fact it helped me through so many tough times like when my uncle beat me and sexually abused me it helped me be not so afraid when i had TB and thought i was going to die it helped me so many times to escape my worse days and i had i lot in my life and it also helps me hide from my mother…
ContinueAdded by hamdi yassin on March 23, 2016 at 2:05am — 2 Comments
Added by Ram on March 21, 2016 at 11:48pm — 3 Comments
Hi:
I have lived with MDD for thirty years now, off and on. It started with traumatic events as a teenager and I just wanted a safe place. And I found it. For years it was my only safe place, well before it even had a name.
But, like any addictive behavior, it took over. The root of the word "addiction" is from "giving over" and I gave my life over to daydreaming and while like any addiction it seemed like a cure for my ills, over time I realized the following…
ContinueAdded by matthewnewbery on March 20, 2016 at 4:37pm — 3 Comments
It's been probably at least a year that I've been logged in. I have been struggling so bad with life lately. I have three teenage children, who I solely am responsible for, and I can't keep a job for the life of me. Over the last two years I've quit 6 jobs within the first few weeks due to anxiety, and the want to stay home and daydream. I have also been diagnosed with agoraphobia by my PCP, with panic disorder as well. I don't know if anxiety, and MD goes hand in hand, but both have been…
ContinueAdded by Harley Penguin on March 19, 2016 at 3:14pm — 2 Comments
hi. maybe none of you know who i am or remember me but i used to be really active on this website a few years ago. i stopped because it became really slow but it seems to be that theres alot of new members here now, thats cool. I mostly just post my thoughts and stuff on my blog, you can check it out here:
http://kellyreinhart.tumblr.com/
Ive had this blog for a few years and i jsut kinda write my thoughts and personal stuff…
NOTE: This is more of a personal thing for me, its no analysis of MD or anything.
So lately I've been yearning to put my MD towards a good creative use, and to find an outlet to express myself. And as a side note, some people say that one of the things that produces MD is the inability to express oneself in his/her environment.
And for the longest time I've wanted to write: fiction,…
ContinueAdded by Tuxedo Knux on March 16, 2016 at 4:34pm — 2 Comments
Added by Selena on March 16, 2016 at 3:31pm — No Comments
Added by Fallen Messenger on March 6, 2016 at 5:53pm — 1 Comment
I was just going through my profile and noticed it’s already been a year since I signed up.
The first post on my page says: Alison is now a member of Wild Minds Network Feb 27, 2015 Welcome Them!
So, I’m only a week late :D
I must say during this year WM became my second home. So many times I turned to…
ContinueToday is a thousand days since I first decided to stop thinking and dreaming, and put my ideas, ideals and goals into action.
My intention was to reach a point when I would look back and see a history of accomplishments and finished works, instead of the constant stream of disappointments and half-a**ed tasks that had been a constant for years.
As some of you know, that is not the case.
Many things happened in these 1000 days. I learned new stuff, about the…
ContinueAdded by Source on March 3, 2016 at 6:00am — 3 Comments
Lunarbaboon ( http://www.lunarbaboon.com/ ) is a web-comic about daily life and the extraodinary things inside it.
He recently published this strip: http://www.lunarbaboon.com/comics/fantastic.html
I wonder if he is referring to daydreaming :)
Added by ThisIsNotAName on March 2, 2016 at 7:43am — 2 Comments
I'm fairly new here so I figured I'd let myself be known. I'll do a proper introduction later. For now, a simple hello will do.
Added by Silverfish on February 28, 2016 at 4:04pm — 1 Comment
So, I don't really have the power to escape like I used to.
I understand that for some of you, it is more like an uncontrollable disease.
It was never that for me.
I knew my daydreams were just that...dreams.
And…
Added by Victoria on February 27, 2016 at 2:30am — 2 Comments
Added by F J on February 24, 2016 at 4:41pm — 4 Comments
I look back on life and I see that I've been daydreaming since I was very young. One of my first memories was even when I was daydreaming. To me it's how I can cope with anxiety future choices, what-if situations, and getting over the past. I also use day dreaming to help me sleep (when it doesn't keep me up). My escape from daily problems. I think I have created my own problem. Sometimes I will daydream for hours and miss out on valuable class time. I will daydream while someone close to me…
ContinueAdded by PurpleAvalonic on February 24, 2016 at 7:31am — 2 Comments
Hey guys and gals,
So as you may have figured, I have MD and like many others on this site I have had it my entire life. Unlike most of the people I have seen so far, I am extroverted and test as an ENFP on the Meyer's Briggs test. I believe that my MD was triggered in my childhood during the long stretches of loneliness I experienced due to being an only child and having two very career oriented parents. I wasn't abused or anything like that (my parents are wonderful people) but…
ContinueAdded by Alex Lasky on February 23, 2016 at 11:36am — 3 Comments
The recent flow of new users and their stories has made me reflect on how history in this place keeps looping.
I've been here since 2014 and I've seen people come and go, each with their distinct points of view, ideals and goals. Some were open to discussion and conversation while others remained silent. A select few managed to remove the 'maladaptive' in front of their daydreaming and got out of here "victorious".
Those who wrote down their stories, either in posts or in the…
Added by Source on February 19, 2016 at 3:41pm — 2 Comments
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