I'm 13. I should be shopping, going to concerts, hanging with friends, making memories, ect. You know what I'm doing? Pacing around in my room hour after hour. Heck, I just heard a song on the TV and my mind jumped at the chance to daydream. I want to stop. I want friends, I want to go places, I want real people. I don't want imaginary characters that have not and never will exist. I (might) be able to stop if I could let go of one of my many characters....Xavier. He's made up, of course. I…

Hello. I'm Elizabeth, a seventeen year old British student who'll be leaving home this autumn for university (provided my exams go to plan). I thought I might as well introduce myself before launching myself into this community.

I saw this place a while back, thought "Huzzah and hallelujah! I'm not alone, and these people are saying it's possible to regain control of your mind and get on with your life!" I then proceeded to not do anything about it for a few months because,…

Is anyone interested in a support group for MD through online video conferencing?   If you are, leave a post.  I think using Google Hangout would be the best medium.  What do you guys think?  What time would be best for everyone?  What kind of format should there be?

Frustration, it is the perfect word to describe what my life is like right now :(.

1. My mom doesn't give a shit about anything. Its getting ridiculous, I hate to say this but her priorities are messed up. I never thought I could say this about an adult or my mom. Subject choices have come up and all the other parents are sitting down with their kids talking about what they want to do, I told her and she doesn't give a crap. I filled out my choices form alone, my dads never here so I…

My MDD goes into cycles and I hit a huge one this month - due to a REALLY STUPID question: Doctor Who? I mean, REALLY??? Of all the problems of life I need to solve that particular one shouldn't be a high priority, you think? But it seems like my mind doesn't care - it's a puzzle it just couldn't let go, regardless of sleep deprivation, important life activities, whatever. It really ticked me off, but I couldn't stop until I figured it out. I would lie in bed all night awake, going through…

EDIT: I looked it up, and I have an anxiety disorder. MD was covering it up, like a camouflage, while also comforting me. I won't erase this post, but it looks like the problem isn't MD anymore at all. I have another problem that tempts me to seek comfort in DD again. But I can now control MD, and I will face my anxiety problem face-on...just like I did with MD itself! It is the one important thing that my daydreams taught me how to do :)

I will probably write only another…

I used to think, up until recently, that my DD characters didn't really resemble myself but I just realized, that I've put more of myself into them than I realize.

My main DD character is Jay. Recently, I've decided he is 15 years old and just starting High School. He's blind, due to a car accident that took his Mother's life and he has a twin sister who is sort of like him but at the same time tries to distance herself from him because he is just so... Out there, that she…

"If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world."

- C.S.Lewis

As I mentioned in my last blog post, I have recently made myself (mostly) get over the guy I had a crush on since Fall 2011. Ever since, I have definitely daydreamed less (now it's mostly just when I listen to music or am falling asleep).

Without daydreaming so much and having these intense feelings of attachment, I find myself feeling somewhat empty and constantly worrying about my real-life problems. I guess this is what I've been hiding from with my daydreams/obsessions. 

I…

I lurk quite a bit on this forum (lurking is what I'm good at, on and off line), and came to the conclusion that before I could really start getting a hold on my prodigal mind I needed to tell someone.

So I told my husband. And cried through the whole thing. I said what I had to say, he asked some questions- I even directed him to this place to show I'm not the only one, as if it would somehow cusion the fact that I'm not like other people. While he read, I sat there, dreading…

Scared to even post this. I'm very confused by what is happening. Tuesday around 9:30 or 10 am the current DD ended. I try to stave off the new one starting as long as I can. It is usually a very stressful time, like quickly changing channels in my mind. Before one will stick and start a story. Well as I tried to keep distracting myself at work, my mind got a little clearer. I was almost holding my breath all day waiting for it to kick in again.

Well here it is Wednesday night and my…

I just registered to this website after stumbling upon this article http://www.youbeauty.com/mind/maladaptive-daydreaming - I had no idea this condition had a name and although I really like the idea of people openly talking about it, I'm sad that the 'maladaptive daydreaming' comes with such a negative connotation. I admit that there are definitely downsides to this habit and I can understand that some of us have a harder…

I am in a prison a cold dark prison.

I cannot see or hear what happen outside,

I wish I could, I wish I were out.

I wish somebody will open that door, somebody will come for me.

I wait in the dark and I wish.

But I know nobody comes, nobody will

Nobody can open that door because I have the key.

I make me happy when I think about it, it make me feel free.

So I’m not so afraid of the dark,

When I sit in that prison and wait.

So guys, I'm sorry I haven't been on in a while. To tell you guys the truth I'm embarrassed I had a relapse so I was avoiding Wildminds, sorry. >.< The problem isn't the fact I'm interested or connected to my characters anymore. The problem is the habit. I've gotten so use to daydreaming I can't seem to just keep my mind like normal people. I feel like I have to always keep it busy, stimulated and active.

As for my novel, I'm still writing the rough draft, but at least I have…

Recently I have been in a very bad place. I have become obsessed with trying to stop daydreaming, all i desire is to daydream yet at the same time i desperately wish to stop. I am at war with myself. 

At this moment in time I am in my student house, where I live with my 'friends'. Locked in my bedroom, in the dark, crying. I have been crying all day. I havent eaten a thing all day and I am starving, I feel sick, I have a terrible headache possibly caused by the  small amount…

So I have not been to the doctors in ten years, not since my teens. I never went because I never got sick. Plus, I didn't have insurance once I left my family's plan. Anyway, I got a physical today and I mentioned how my memory recall has progressively become worst over the years. The Doc asked me a bunch of questions.She was a bit puzzled.  Other than my MD' ing I'm healthy mentally(not depressed or suicidal or anxious) and physically fit.

Now, I think I've said in one of the forums…

https://wildminds.ning.com/profiles/blogs/month-long-meditation-retreat

Well i just finished the retreat and i have to say i do feel better but no cured.  My MD instincts aren't as disruptive as they were before.  EG my common triggers are when i get angered from things like News Talk Radio and technical difficulties w/ technology and these triggers have less sway over me now.  Same with…

Ok, so i've been having "Harry Potter" related daydreams for years now. I of course have other types of daydreams, but HP has been the one consistent daydream that i just can't seem to shake. I went without watching the movies, reading the books AND looking up HP stuff on the computer for around 6 to 7 months straight.

When i was without it, i felt good and bad at the same time, you know? Like i was happy that i was pushing through, but on the other hand i was still daydreaming…