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Hi!

I still don't know any of you yet. I'm new. And I was just wondering, from reading the posts... which of you are trying to quit the addiction of MD and which of you are quite happy to keep going and think it's beneficial? Or are some of you trying to keep going but make it more manageable at the same time?

I've noticed that most of us here fall into the first two categories, either trying to quit an addiction and very frustrated or love daydreaming and want to keep it up.

Myself, I'm not sure. I came across this site searching for answers because at 22 I've only just realised that I've been doing it. I used to think I was just building stories in my head so I could write them down. But after months of no writing and also months of the same daydream (that could never be a story anyway) I realised I do it because I'm addicted. And always have.

So I don't know which category I belong in. The first I think.

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Comment by Riley on September 17, 2011 at 9:37am: I would like to be able to concentrate on other things every ones in a while but I also love the feeling of knowing that when ever I have a bad day I can go to this place in my mind later on and forget all about it . So no I would never want it to go away.

Comment by Rachel S on September 14, 2011 at 4:48am: Hey, EludeMyFantasies, that's good that you've taken that step. I hope that if you do get an answer you'll tell us a bit about it. They probably haven't heard of MD but if people start looking for help then they will soon enough.

Seems that most people just want to reduce it a bit and keep the daydreaming as part of their lives but also make sure they don't want to miss out on living. This sounds quite sensible. I'm trying to not daydream for a while to see if my life improves any. It's sort of working. I tied up all of the loose ends by solving my character's problems (in my previous blog) and now I can't see their faces very clearly. It's a start. But I miss them.

Comment by Laila on September 13, 2011 at 5:35pm: Oh cool, we're the same age. :D Well, I feel the same way as Jennifer. Upon first joining this site, however, I was going through a lot of stress in college and wanted to quit daydreaming. My attitude changed as I met more people around here. Like Jennifer said, it's something magical and special... And like you inferred, it's a part of us. I just want to find a balance. Besides, I can't even imagine quitting. My characters are just going to pop up at some point and say "Hello!" xD

Comment by J Noland on September 13, 2011 at 5:23pm: I want to keep the daydreams but be able to live a real life that makes me happy. A lot of my dds center around a love intrest that I cannot find in real life. I don't want my dds to spoil me into never being satisfied with a real person. I think I've got the time spent dding managed well. I usally get enough sleep (I have insomnia not related to md) and I am never late or miss work.

Comment by Rachel S on September 13, 2011 at 2:51pm: I'm wanting to quit but I know what you mean. I don't think other people could daydream to the detail that we do. It probably means that we're all pretty create (I've read the other posts about creativity, some say they aren't creative though).

I'd like to see how I do without daydreaming completely. Though I'd probably feel like a part of me had gone.