This is verendus (awesome). Not only did those two little cherry bombs change my perspective of reality last summer, but they have led to a series of psychological changes to how I think.

 

First, it was that brief moment of clarity that I never though I would get back. The moment of what life was like without the constant emotion-draining daydreaming that swallowed my grasp of reality and fed me only a line of my own perfection. It was a staggeringly short moment of fresh air…

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I'm a recovering daydreamer now. I've been successful in controlling my daydreams. It's been a long haul, working at it each day over the past six months or so. It's been hard too, but each day it gets easier and easier. I didn't use any medication. I personally don't like taking medications and I believe we have the power to change how our brains work, but after reading other's posts I realize my problem was probably not as intense as others, so my tactic at beating it may not work for…

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This is one that I had several months ago, but just haven't taken the time to write the whole thing down. Actually I had started it, but there was just too much detail and it was taking too long. So instead I have written a brief summary of the story.…



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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

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