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Maladaptive Daydreaming: where wild minds come to rest
Nice to be here
Hey I'm new, it's feels really good to finally put a name to the disorder going on inside my own head. I lived with maladaptive daydreaming for as long as I can remember and I've never spoken about it to anyone. I wouldn't even know where to begin describing what goes on my head so it's nice to finally see others going through it as well.
What makes this disorder so unique is that it's completely divided as to whether people perceive as a special gift or bizarre disadvantage. I too am the same I feel my daydreaming is the root of the cause my social anxiety and yet I also feel that the adventures that I've had inside my head are something very few people will experience. It's strange, I generally quite sociable in a work environment and yet for some reason I can never make that leap from work friend to true friendship. Inside the dream reality however I don't even have to try and I control as to how characters perceive me whether it be positive or negative.
A positive however is that doing mundane things such as washing up or vacuuming are easy for me because all need to is escape to daydream world and the work is done before I even realised how much time has past. Anyway, I don't have any real exciting or tragic stories for anybody to listen to unlike some our other brethren but ultimately it does not matter because no matter what happens to me in reality pales in comparison as to what happens in my fantasy.
I'm rambling so I just wanted to let you all know that I'm truly grateful to this website and that mind can now rest easy but only reality unfortunately.
What makes this disorder so unique is that it's completely divided as to whether people perceive as a special gift or bizarre disadvantage. I too am the same I feel my daydreaming is the root of the cause my social anxiety and yet I also feel that the adventures that I've had inside my head are something very few people will experience. It's strange, I generally quite sociable in a work environment and yet for some reason I can never make that leap from work friend to true friendship. Inside the dream reality however I don't even have to try and I control as to how characters perceive me whether it be positive or negative.
A positive however is that doing mundane things such as washing up or vacuuming are easy for me because all need to is escape to daydream world and the work is done before I even realised how much time has past. Anyway, I don't have any real exciting or tragic stories for anybody to listen to unlike some our other brethren but ultimately it does not matter because no matter what happens to me in reality pales in comparison as to what happens in my fantasy.
I'm rambling so I just wanted to let you all know that I'm truly grateful to this website and that mind can now rest easy but only reality unfortunately.
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Comment by Jonathan Eagle on October 10, 2013 at 9:23am
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Thank you, all of you! I hope to talk and become friends with as many as possible!
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Comment by Rachel on October 9, 2013 at 3:06pm
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Hey! Welcome! I'm glad you found this website. It's a great website and has made me many great friends and I'm sure it will do the same for you.
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