Any volunteers who wouldn't mind being interviewed anonymously?

[Creator]

 

Okay, so here is my outline for my report on MD. I would love to have three people to interview and have their personal accounts of MD in my paper. It would all be anonymous, of course. I would truly appreciate it, and it wouldn't take too much time! :)

 

Maladaptive Daydreaming Outline

1. I.                   What is Maladaptive Daydreaming?
   1. Who discovered the disorder of Maladaptive Daydreaming?

1)      Where was he/she from?

2)      Where did he/she study?

3)      How did he/she discover it?

1. What are the symptoms of the disorder of Maladaptive Daydreaming?

1)      What are the first signs?

2)      How do they affect the victim?

3)      Range of severity?

1. What are some causes of Maladaptive?

1)      Monotony?

2)      Genetics?

3)      Emotional trauma?

4)      Physical trauma?

1. D.    Interview
2. II.                Discovery of Maladaptive Daydreaming
   1. How was it Maladaptive Daydreaming?

1)      First case study?

2)      Where was it first discovered?

3)      Was it treated?

1. What were the theories?

1)      Doctors who first studied it?

2)      What did they believe it was?

3)      Where did they assume it stemmed from?

1. C.     Interview
2. III.             What are the effects of Maladaptive Daydreaming on a Patient?
   1. Loss of Focus

1)      How it affects the patient

2)      Case studies/Personal Account

3)      Severity

1. Fatigue

1)      How it affects the patient

2)      Case studies/Personal Account

3)      Severity

1. Alienation

1)      How it affects the patient

2)      Case studies/Personal Account

3)      Severity

1. Depression

1)      How it affects the patient

2)      Personal account/ Case studies

3)      Severity

1. E.     Interview
2. IV.             How Genetics Factor into Maladaptive Daydreaming
   1. Chances of inheriting Maladaptive Daydreaming from your family

1)      Chances of getting it from your mother

2)      Chances of getting it from your father

3)      Chances of getting it if both you father and mother have it

1. B.     Interview
2. V.                Emotional Trauma that causes Maladaptive Daydreaming
   1. Personal Account 1

1)      What kind of emotional trauma was inflicted upon the patient?

2)      How did the patient deal with it?

3)      What was done to treat it?

1. Personal Account 2

1)      What kind of emotional trauma was inflicted upon the patient?

2)      How did the patient deal with it?

3)      What was done to treat it?

1. Personal Account 3

1)      What kind of emotional trauma was inflicted upon the patient?

2)      How did the patient deal with it?

3)      What was done to treat it?

1. D.    Interview
2. VI.             Correlation Between the Daydreaming and the Creativity Center of the Brain
   1. Different parts of the brain

1)      Emotions?

2)      Happiness?

3)      Sadness?

1. What causes creativity?

1)      How does it work?

2)      How can it become enhanced or depleted?

3)      Is this more beneficial or harmful to the patient?

1. C.     Interview
2. VII.          Treatments for Maladaptive Daydreaming or Methods for Lessening Severity
   1. What have they been treating it with so far?

1)      What is it made of and how does it benefit the patient?

2)      Side-effects?

3)      Negative effects?

1. Are there new technologies that are being used to treat it?

1)      What is it made of and how does it benefit the patient?

2)      Side-effects?

3)      Negative effects?

1. What are they working on to treat it with in the future?

1)      What is it made of and how does it benefit the patient?

2)      Side-effects?

3)      Negative effects?

1. D.    Interview 

[Kira]

This looks fantastic. I do hope you share the final results of you paper for all of us to read. I can see you already have three people, but I think I might fill this out just for entertainment. :) I hope you wouldn't mind.

[Creator]

Thank you everyone so much for the support!! I'll be contacting those who I'm going to interview through this network, thanks again!!! :)

[Anabelle Dupont]

I could help if needed... but I don't have too much time. XD

[Cordellia Amethyste Rose]

You can interview me and use my name. Warning, you might mention that many people don't like to think of it as a disorder or sickness. It has positive and negative side effects. I'm going to email Cynthia & see if she cares to weigh in. We're still studying it, so a lot of these questions are still in the process of being answered.