Goodbye MD.

[Ellie Hale]

Has anyone ever stopped day dreaming? or got close to stopping?  I just don't understand how i can't "stop" its my body my mind i have control over what it does. Or so i thought. I've been dealing with this since i could remember just little fun day dreams nothing to what they're like now.

I've always told my self "when i get to this age it'll be gone" "i'll grow out of it" I'm 15 now and its worse as its ever been. Most kids my age have hobbies or "friends" something they do on weekends. I have day dreaming. Wake up day dream. Before school day dream. After school day dream. I even cancel plans with friends to day dream! 

I feel ashamed and embarrassed about MD, whenever I think about it. And i know my mom is disappointed in me. She doesn't know... but i bet she wonders why her daughter paces back and fourth everyday for 6 years in the basement. How her daughter became so weird. Honestly i don't know. 

My MD wasn't bad at all until my father died when i was seven. A couple years later then I began to MD a lot.. and it wasn't until recently that i figured out most of my day dreams are based around father figures. But i know that couldn't be the cause of me MD-ing because I had it before my fathers death? Maybe I really was just born with this.

 Its just i've never been so fed up with my MD this much before. I normally wouldn't be but its really ruining my life. I don't form real relationships with real people "because I already have enough in my head" I've become awkward and its been harder for me to socialize. I would always rather day dream than be with my real friends. 

But enough is enough. Seriously you only live once.  once and who the hell would want to spend it in they're minds? Why not see is you could actually make you day dreams become true. I'm terrified i'm going to wake up one day and realize I've dreamed my life away.

I've never been this honest on anything before i'm still embarrassed telling people on here. Its just i wanted to tell someone know that i'm going to try and stop like really try and if i'm finally able to do it I'll let you guys know (:  

[Jennifer]

You are JUST like me!! I am the same exact way! I've always said to myself, "When I'm (so and so) my daydreaming will stop." "I'll grow out of it by the time I'm 15. Just like you, I'm 15 now and STILL doing this awful stuff. I have a bunch of projects to do for 3 weeks straight, and I can't even bring myself to do it because I'm daydreaming.

I'd love to know what happens when you try to stop daydreaming...I've tried before and it was REALLY hard. But I believe in you. :) You are so beautiful, by the way. (Not trying to be creepy). xD

[Laura Gardiner]

I'm getting closer to healthy daydreaming levels.  I have had successes where I've stopped 'binge daydreaming' for months at a time.  Some keys to stopping: you've got to be willing to confront and experience your pain.  When life doesn't give us what we want, it's easy make up for it in our minds.  Then we don't have to experience the pain of what we lack.  In order to succeed, you must want to experience real-life pain and real-life joys more than you want to feel the warm fuzzy emotions of daydreaming.