Hi lovely people!

My name is Marta and I have been maladaptive daydreaming for 7 years. It especially got worse during high school, as I was going through a very difficult time. Because of this struggling moment in my life, I started maladaptive daydreaming for hours and hours on a daily. It became my coping mechanism. While it was useful at the time, I no longer feel that I need to daydream anymore. However, my daydreams have remained stuck with me, like a habit I cannot let go…

Hello MDers,

My name is Marta and I have been a maladaptive daydreamer for 7 years. It has destroyed me. My career, my relationships, my ability to socialise. Everything has been affected. 

I came to WildMinds to seek solace and maybe chat with some people around the globe who also suffer from MD. I have never met anyone in my life who suffers from MD, so I felt so so alone in this, and misunderstood. 

I have therefore decided to start an online…

It's been 7 years of being a maladaptive daydreamer.

It started during high school. My parents had gotten divorced, I hated how I looked physically, I had been bullied enough to have to change of school, and my sister, who was my biggest friend, left home to study abroad. I felt completely lonely and disgusted every time I looked at myself in the mirror. I had massive acne breakouts, I never fully developed "as a woman is supposed to" and people made fun of my small breasts and how…