For the past few weeks, or maybe even months, I have found it very difficult to get myself motivated to do much of anything anymore. Every so often when I run out of dishes I do my dishes. I do my laundry once a week. And that's about it. I haven't been able to really clean the place in awhile. I'm also finding it harder and harder to get myself out of bed anymore. This is really scary because it might eventually get me fired as I'm calling in sick way too many times lately on those days I just… Continue

Hey all. I am relatively new to this community but definitely not new to this condition. Only recently I have discovered maladaptive daydreaming is actually a thing that other people do and struggle with. I'm 40 years old and have realized that I've been doing this since at least grade 7, all because I couldn't cope with being myself. I had a very emotionally and physically abusive home life and was bullied a lot in school back before the Internet was a thing. So I began escaping into this… Continue