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I'm Telling My Parents

I'm going to tell my parents about my maladaptive daydreaming tomorrow evening. I was planning on telling them tonight, but my dad wasn't home tonight, and I want to tell both of them together. I don't want to keep a secret this big from them. Plus I told some of my friends, and I don't think it would be right for my friends to know and not my parents. I found some really good articles on Maladaptive Daydreaming that I printed out to show them. Please share any advice you have about telling them. Please also wish me luck, and pray for me if you are religious. I'm REALLY nervous about this (I almost had a full blown panic attack yesterday from thinking about it), and I will need all the support I can get. I will post another blog tomorrow letting you know how it goes. Thank you.

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Comment by Rosethewolf on March 11, 2014 at 1:02pm: How did it go?

Comment by The1andonlyAbber on March 7, 2014 at 7:03pm: Thanks for your support. It really means a lot. :-)

I'm starting the conversation with them in about T-minus 30 minutes. Let's hope everything goes all right...

Comment by debbie downer on March 7, 2014 at 2:11pm: good luck! i'll be praying for you.

don't be too nervous. whatever they do will be because they care about you.

Comment by Badgery Fox on March 7, 2014 at 1:22am: You are very brave! But if you go at this from the scientific angle (like you do) they hopefully will be supportive. My parents would have been all like: "ah, it's just a phase!" - goes about usual business :)

So I guess it wont be too bad anyway :) GOOD LUCK!

Comment by Annie on March 6, 2014 at 11:32pm: Good Luck Kiddo! I wish I had the guts to do that. If anything they might be a little mystified at first, but give them time to process the info and don't take their initial reaction personally. And remember they are your parents and they will love you either way! =)

Comment by Cordellia Amethyste Rose on March 6, 2014 at 9:59pm: Well, tell them that "Scientific American Mind" wrote an in-depth article on it that they spent a year and a half fact-checking, so you know they were serious about it.

Comment by The1andonlyAbber on March 6, 2014 at 9:54pm: Thank you for the advice and for wishing me luck. It really means a lot.

Comment by The1andonlyAbber on March 6, 2014 at 9:53pm: No. I tried to but my printer ran out of ink. :-( Fortunately, I did manage to print out another article first that basically says the same things. I've practically almost memorized just about every article online on MDD, so I instantly knew which articles you were talking about, LOL.

Comment by Cordellia Amethyste Rose on March 6, 2014 at 8:33pm: Did you print out the "Scientific American Mind" and youbeauty.com articles? The former offers a scientific perspective while the latter talks about it more in general. Be sure to mention that real doctors have studied it and believe in it and that there are thousands of people talking about it online. Good luck.