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Hello mates........n thanx to cordellia for approving my membership :) .....i am 19 n have been daydreaming since .......i cant really remember.....it probabbly started when i was 5-6.......it started getting worse in 2008......its still quite bad.....i came to know about MD just 2 weeks ago....n have been trying to stop daydreaming ever since.....i got some succeesss but i have been having horrible nightmares since then,seems like my brain is trying to punish me!!!!!! i cant ask help....nobody knows n nobody would listen in my.......well real life.
But here.......i think i will get some help.....:)....u guys probably experienced this kind of situation.
My HSC (my 2nd public exam....extreamly important in life :()....is starting next month.....n i cant study thanks to my daydreaming...:(...i spend hours at my desk n i dnt notice that hours have passed n i had a vision of "percy jackson" instead of reading "mass energy equation"!!!!! ;( ......its increasing tenson thus more daydreaming n more nightmares!
WHAT CAN I DOOOOOOOOO?????? any sujjetions(except drugs) will be appreciated....there are so many things i want to talk about....but this xm must be dealt with first.....so...plz help me....
(my english is pretty bad.....hope i will get better next time).n one other thing.....does anyone know male:female ratio of MD......for example....... in case of autism..... Male:female=4:1

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Comment by Khushuu' on March 9, 2013 at 4:53am: " break your work into smaller pieces "

^ best advice

focus of achieving short term goals..

example: within the next 20 minutes i will finish this paragraph (etc etc)

Comment by dream lover on March 4, 2013 at 2:53am: Thankx.i allready tried a few,got some success....but i dont wanna go back to that consciously daydreaming part....... N all men arent that reserved...!!!!! There r tons of men around us who are allways complaing about everything and anything.no one wants to be like them.anyway........ Tell me about how you study. And did daydreaming an hour everyday helped?

Comment by Annie on March 3, 2013 at 3:48pm: Welcome to Wild Minds albab ahmed!!!! =D

Were pretty much close in age, I'm gonna be 19 in a couple of weeks. Like you and many of us here, we all started daydreaming at a young age (5-7 yrs old average), some later. My Md started becoming very bad last year and started interupting my school work and study times greatly! =O

I couldnt sit down for more than five minutes without zoning off. So, my best advice for you would be to breathe. Yes, thats right BREATHE. Take a few minutes to relax and unwind, looks like your stressing out, and I dont know about you but when I stress out my MD gets out of control too! So, try to take a break.

My second advice would be try to break your work into smaller pieces, instead of looking at the thing like you have to study chapters this through this, try looking at it like I'' study page this and this then a break, then again page this and this and a break. Little steps at a time, set up a timer, work 20 mins then break 20 mins then again.

Another thing you can do is drink coffee. Although some may consider it a drug, I think its very very helpful during studying periods. When I study coffee is the only thing that an keep my mind focused on the books rather than in my imagination.

Then my last advice for you would be just too daydream. Sounds ironic but I learned that the harder i try to fight my urge to daydream, the less productive I am because my mind will force me into daydreaming and i will start to get very agitated and anxious if I dont. Sooo, give it 30mins-1hr to really daydream and then when your feeling a little better go study.

And also look at your environement, switch around a bit. You'll be suprised how moving from your bed to the kitchen table can sort of get you in the zone. As for your last question: I dunno. =/ I wont say there is an equal amount because I really dont know but from what I've seen on this site, there seems to be an equal amount of males and females. That you may sometimes see more posts with girl names doesnt mean there isnt alot of boys too. Afterall, guys seem to be a little bit more reserved when it comes to talking about themselves on blogs so, we cant really say there are more girls based on blog posts and comments.