Yes, I live in a daydream

[Alexina VanDoring]

I have been emerged in my daydream for almost 2 years now. I began during a time when I was suffering in an emotionally abusive marriage. The characters have become more real to me than the people I know in real life. I love them and I miss them when I am not with them. Some days I can get things done, but then there are days I spend hours in my other world. About a year ago I tried searching for things like, "living inside your head" on the internet and found very little. I have wanted to tell my therapist about this problem, but I am too embarrassed. He is helping me through the abuse and PTSD, but I have no way of describing my other reality to someone who could probably never understand. The funny thing is, I have a BA in Psychology and I'm taking my master's for Mental Health Counseling. I am going to take him the article that directed me to this site and ask him to do some research for me. For now, I will be coming here for help and sharing. I don't know how to relate my other self to everyone here because life on the other side is so intricate. I have a long history and could never type it all here. So, I will begin with an outline in my next post.