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Maladaptive Daydreaming: where wild minds come to rest

It is the girl in the mirror and her music

For me the majority of my daydreaming is done with headphones on and looking in the mirror. My dream self and all my scenarios go on in my head lasting for hours. If I had a stressful day the first thing I would do when I go home is lock myself in my apartment and dream while looking into the mirror. This is why I could not have a roommate because they would see my strange behavior. Now I am living with family and I have my own room. I go there to dream. They call me but I can't hear them because I have the music on and then they bang on the door asking "Why can't you hear me?!" I make up something. I am middle aged and still doing what I have been doing since I was a child. There must be a demon controlling my mind and luring me in to this all the time to prevent what God wants me to do with my life.

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Comment by The1andonlyAbber on February 18, 2014 at 7:15pm: I tend to have a lot of control over my daydreams, and they've helped me make it through tough times in my real life, so I think mine are actually a gift from God. In your case, however, the daydreams could be a temptation.

Comment by mirrorgirl on January 20, 2014 at 4:00pm: Yes, I understand what it feels like to be caught cuz I have been a few times in my life. I was caught by a sister a long time ago and she said I was crazy. Other times I would explain it off my saying that I was listening to a book on tape for school or something like that. The worst part is that the MDD can prevent you from growing up in certain areas in your life. The "never" in your life becomes the reality.

Comment by Lizzarina on January 20, 2014 at 1:47pm: It's good if you accepted it, Imagine a 16 year old girl spending her hours kneeling in front of a floor mirror while rocking back and forth- Mum, bro and best friend walked in on me, I mostly daydream with music too, The only down side is its accomplishing nothing over here, Only sorting thoughts but I never understood why no one else did this, I imagine all the amazing things I'm going to get done in a "while" but that while turns into never. It's so disappointing. It's a great stress reliever. I don't know. Try to limit but not to quit, I hope you find what's lacking. You're not alone in this and ya Ill probably keep it up too. It's humiliating to me to be caught though, I can't explain this to anyone in my life. I hate when people ask "what are you thinking about?" On the spot. Why is this so addicting?