Hey i have read that

it becomes hard to concentrate with maladaptive daydreaming, does that also incl not being able to concentrate even while not daydreaming. Like me i would put on a lecture on YouTube but then I cant concentrate at all but not because ii'd be daydreaming but its just i cant.But then at the same time when someone is physically or virtually present nd makes me learn or learns with me i mean a tutor, then i am able to concentrate nd learn ....

Does anyone know what is… Continue

I have problem getting up before completing my sleep, whenever I stay up late and then try to get up from sleep with a help of an alarm, i first get into consciousness and then tell myself how am going to get up from my bed after I have this daydream session only to find myself fall unconscious due to sleep again. Then even If I don't sleep during the daydream session I can't get off the bed and do my 'really mandatory work' in real life before spending the time on my bed enslaved to these… Continue

So in reality i am surrounded by 4 walls with no attention or recognition whatsover but then my daydreams act as some portal to an another world where I recieve attention,admiration and love   .

Tell me how hard it is to make the decision to not go there while i can, and instead focus in the real world where its boring now?

I think when power is given it is often misused for ones own selfish needs.

  some of us were given the gift of immersive daydreaming to help us in times of… Continue

This post is going to sound weird but who is normal here anyways?



(Please warning dont try the below you could end up like me and hurt your kidneys)



So I believe am the only one who has this urge to hold in my pee and fantasize about negative scenarios

I have been doing the above since I believe  the age 12 until I finally leak in my pants. And i also feel pain in kidneys and bladder at times but I still cant help it .I still do that till this age (am almost 17) even… Continue

Do you think maladaptive daydreaming could just be laziness?

How damaging is this disorder?

Do meds really help?

Will seeing a psychologist help or should i only see a psychiatrist?



It is hindering my academic performance badly



I do not want to see a psychologist until i turn into an adult by myself since my mom is narcissistic that is she will use my disorder against me to hurt me.btw i believe she already knows that i am abnormal.



But then at… Continue

1)stopped indulging in fiction books ( which has been my childhood habit) and movies too i suppose



2)And then when i was 13-14 i used to sleep almost the entire day, every day for maybe approx 1 and a half year

 ( i was depressed at that time )

 So I think doing the above did reduce my "desire" for maladaptive daydreaming .

But still i daydream uncontrollably.

So i infer my daydreaming could be a comorbid with some other disorder rather than just being a… Continue

Hi, so i want to study for my exams and i have failed in my previous exams but then i have these uncontrollable daydreams (been a topper in my class before ) ,I think I also have ADHD, I am dysfunctional in my life.
My mom is a narcissist and my dad is a passive parent that is both neglect me so i cant seek out for help to them. I will turn 17 soon and am stuck in online school ,What do I do?

I am aware how people describe maladaptive daydreaming as an addiction ,I mysyelf have had this form but currently i experience it as an uncontrollable lapse in concentration
,I no longer feel pleasure from it.
Anyone else like me?