QUISTIONS

[Thaoupista]

I ALWAYS KNEW THAT MY WILD FANTASIES ARE NOT NORMAL COMPARED TO OTHER PEOPLE I HEARED ABOUT MD ONLY ABOUT THE LAST WEEK 

BASED ON WHAT I HAVE READ IT IS ALMOST A DISORDER THAT PROTECTS ME FROM ANOTHER MENTAL ILLNESS

AS FAR AS I REMEBER I HAVE BEEN DAY DREAMING I CAN NOT REMEMBER A PHASE OF MY LIFE WITHOUT DAY DREAMING BEING A PART OF IT

I KNOW THAT I NEED TO GET RID OF THIS HABIT OR AT LEAST MINIMIZE IT AS IT AFFECTS MY LIFE NEGATIVLY 

SO I HAVE LOTS OF QUISTIONS ABOUT IT HOPE YOU HELP ME FIND SOME ANSWERS 

I REMEBER IWAS 4 YEARS OLD AND DAYDREAMING DEEPLY ENOUGH TO NOT LISTEN TO THE OTHERS WHILE THEY WERE TALKING TO ME I ADMIT THAT MY CHILDHOOD WAS NOT HAPPY SO HERE IS MY FIRST QUETION WHAT SORT OF METAL ILLNESS THAT I COULD HAVE HAD IN MY AGE OF 4 OR IT WAS JUST CHILD IMAGINATION THAT DEVELOPED LATER TO BE THIS SELF DISTRUCTIVE HABIT?

MOST OF MY FANTASIES MAIN CHARACTERS ARE MALES THOUGH I AM A FEMALE AND I LIKE BEING FEMALE DOES THAT HAS ANY THING TO DO WITH MY SEXUALITY? DOES ANY OF MY FANTASIES HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH MY REAL PERSONALITY?

IF I STARTED TO MINIMIZE MY DAYDREAMING TIME HOW WOULD I BE FEELING AND FOR HOW LONG BEFORE I GET MY NORMAL LIFE BACK ?

I AM NOT SURE THAT I CAN GET RID OF MD COMPLETLY BECAUSE I NEED IT FOR MY PLANNING SKILLS AND ENHANCE MY CREATIVTY WOULD THOSE SKILS BE AFFECTED IF I STARTED TO MINIMIZE MY DAYDREAMING TIME ?

MY PLAN SOFAR IS TO OVERCROWD MY SCHEDULE AND DEAL WITH THE PRESSURE BY MEDITATION AND PRAYERS WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL OR IT WOULD PUSH ME HARDER TOWARD DAYDREAMING? 

DO I NEED TO SEE A PSYCHIATRIST OR I CAN HANDLE MYSELF ALONE ?

 

[Lynn]

Hi, nice to hear from you @thaouista. I am new here too so I don't know the answers. Perhaps you can read more of people's posts? That's what I am doing so far. I see some people prefer the term 'immersive daydreaming' rather than 'maladaptive ' so I am going to look more into the differences in how people perceive and live with this. Good luck.

[Valeria Franco]

Dear Thaoupista, please use regular letters and not capital letters when writing, as it is considered "shouting" :-)

We can't give medical advice here, we are just here to share experiences.

If you have any concern about you sexuality, personality or health, it's a good idea to see a professional.

What I can say to you is that maladaptive daydreaming is an addiction and getting it under control won't damage your creativity, because MD is not creative fantasy, it's just a dysfunctional behavior.