Maladaptive Daydreaming: where wild minds come to rest
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I agree with EludeMyFantasies. We DD because we choose to DD. I chose to DD because I wanted to make my fantasy real. I wanted to figure out a way to make them come true so that I could be like my favorite characters in a tv show. It was a childhood dream of mine I guess. But it turns out that it got out of control and interrupted my functioning in every day life. DDing is just like any other addiction, it's your choice if you want to stop. It's as easy as just not DDing. But you have to take the steps to overcome it because for you, it's hard. Research on how to keep yourself focused on reality and realize that DDing gets you nowhere and is just an escape, but you need to come out of that escape because you've escaped long enough.
I do the same thing - and get the same reactions from my family, and have the same problems with friends. I totally understand.
My dad talks a lot about me never spending time with him and he guilts me so much about it but then does that thing where he says he's 'joking' when he's actually not and is just trying not to make it an incident. And I don't feel like I can tell him because firstly I guard it all so privately and when I try to explain it it gets embarrassing (I told a councillor a while back because I thought it was something everyone did and it was so awkward) and secondly I don't think he'd understand.
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