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February 2014

Thank you Cordelia for making this website!

And I thought I was the only one. I didn't even know what to call it. When I got on the internet and began to finally ask questions I found out that it was called Maladaptive Daydreaming. I am…

Blog Thank you Cordelia for making this website! 7 Likes Everyone is different No two snowflakes are alike. No two people that engage in MD are alike. There are people that can drink in moderation and lead happy, healthy lives. I can't. There are people that can take ecstasy or… Blog Everyone is different 2 Likes MDD at school: my problem with staring

When I MD, i stare. I don't focus on anything, but i stare. I am a freshman in highschool. I have recently overheard someone complaining about me staring at them. I don't want her to think i am a…

Blog MDD at school: my problem with staring 2 Likes Are you yourself or someone else? Do you usually seem to "play" yourself in your daydreams or a character you invented? In my extensive plot stories, the main character is always someone of my own creation. But in my personal mini-… Discussion Are you yourself or someone else? 3 Likes Love or Loathe your daydream? Am I the only one who does not hate my daydreaming? It has given me wonderful ideas and feelings for as long as I remember, like heart warming films that make you go 'awww' and you feel great about.… Discussion Love or Loathe your daydream? 3 Likes Music, MD, Fantasy Whenever I listen to some music, md starts as usual. It's not the music I enjoy, it's the fantasy associated with the music. The fantasy is always about me singing the song being played , mostly with… Blog Music, MD, Fantasy 2 Likes Greetings

Hello everyone. This post will probably tell you nothing new, but I wanted to say hi and write a bit about my experience.

Like some of you, I am a very shy person. Not really sociable and…

Blog Greetings 2 Likes MD and ColourBlindness For the longest time I have MDdreamt and for the longest time I've known I was color blind. I have a form of color blindness known as Protanomaly which means I don't naturally have the ability to see… Blog MD and ColourBlindness 2 Likes Fear I found that actually doing something instead of thinking about it is one step forward, I'm scared ill never become the person I wanna be cause she lives in my head and is me. I wanna give up her… Blog Fear 3 Likes Baking for mental health awareness.

Blog Baking for mental health awareness. 1 Like How my daydreams motivate me

I have been there before. Where I'm in a perpetual state of fantasy only to guard me from reality. Most of you are there. Trapped in your minds, living out your daydreams, but feeling isolated and…

Blog How my daydreams motivate me 6 Likes Greetings from Lendomane!

I am a lifelong fantasist, artist, and writer whose obsessions have endured essentially unchanged for decades. I was misdiagnosed as Autistic twice as a child, first when I was 3 or 4, then again…

Blog Greetings from Lendomane! 3 Likes I just got the “you’re such a loner” talk...

I just got the “you’re such a loner” talk at the gym today by one of the personal trainers

You’re always alone

You just come in, exercise…

Blog I just got the “you’re such a loner” talk... 1 Like About me

I first starting this when I was 12. Mine seems different than most I have read about and wonder if anyone has a similar experience. My first boyfriend broke up with me and I started to imagine…

Blog About me 2 Likes Just wanted to let everyone know I made a Reddit community specifically for Maladaptive Daydreaming.

It only has 30 subscribers at this point in time but you have to start somewhere. If you're interested, here's the link:…

Blog Just wanted to let everyone know I made a Reddit community specifically for Maladaptive Daydreaming. 1 Like I wish...

I wish I have someone to talk to about my daydreams. Not just about MDD in general, just my daydream content. Fo those of you who don't know, my daydreams take place in an elaborate parallel…

Blog I wish... 5 Likes Crying during daydreams

So this new thing has started happening. Today has marked the second time where I have cried during a daydream. The first time I did it was only two days ago. I act out my daydreaming scenarios as…

Blog Crying during daydreams 2 Likes Are Yours Funny?

Do u get answers through your day dreams? I had problems with meditating. My meditations have turned into day dreams which have ideas I need in them. They are funny, too. Perhaps that is because I…

Blog Are Yours Funny? 1 Like My very odd daydream content

I am only 15, and I doubt those of you who don't know me will be able to guess what I spend the majority of my time daydreaming about. Before I could even attempt to tell you about my…

Blog My very odd daydream content 5 Likes Curiosity

Here is a poem I've always found inspiring. I have a phrase from it tattooed on my back. It's called "Curiosity" by Alastair Reid

Curiosity

may have killed the cat; more…

Blog Curiosity 8 Likes I'm new.

Can I ask how many think this might be inherited? I'm thinking someone else in my family also does this. I am also wondering how many had an imaginary friend when they were young. This is my…