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Maladaptive Daydreaming: where wild minds come to rest

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January 2022

I have no other place to do this today i started at my first job. i just had an anxiety attack and started screaming a lot. i am feeling sad and empty and confused and very very very pathetic. i don't like my chosen field and i… Blog I have no other place to do this 3 Likes

October 2021

kritika singh

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July 2021

Introduction

Hello everyone! My name is Katie, but I go by Kat.

I couldn't tell you when I started daydreaming maladaptively, and honestly I…

Blog Introduction 4 Likes Hi I'm new G'day all thank you for letting me be part of your community! :) So my story... I’ve been a maladaptive daydreamer since my early teens, I’m 32 now so it’s been almost 20 years. My symptoms were mod… Discussion Hi I'm new 3 Likes

June 2021

Aloof from reality I’ve developed a set of very strange characteristics that may be perceived as recklessness or defeatism by others for example: - interacting with real humans carries risks that my daydreams don’t so… Discussion Aloof from reality 1 Like How to control maladaptive daydreaming while Guys it's been 10 years since I was daydreaming. And now its really hard to control it, I am not able to concentrate on my studies. Anyone please tell some measures to control it. Blog How to control maladaptive daydreaming while 5 Likes Outside my head

This is going to sound annoying. Living in a town for 29 years, all I ever heard by others is that I'm so quiet. They literally couldn't get a word out of me. I was too busy daydreaming in…

Blog Outside my head 4 Likes

May 2021

Music About MD - Found One!

Hi peeps!!

I think I found an EDM song from an artist who might have/understand MD!

https://youtu.be/0G7VdSSWY2g

"I get lost in the…

Blog Music About MD - Found One! 1 Like MD Withdrawal symptoms Or should I say don't stop MD "cold turkey"

I stopped MD almost completely 2 months ago, due to anger.

It was my therapist that told me that "my imaginary world" could be MD.… Blog MD Withdrawal symptoms 3 Likes MDD for Coping with Stress Does anyone else feel like they developed/started daydreaming more when school got more stressful for them? Almost as a way to cope with their emotions? For me personally, I had always been daydream… Discussion MDD for Coping with Stress 1 Like I am too afraid to be living like this but I… I've been tied up for way too long, I forgot how to break free. I am afraid to give up on maladaptive dreaming because it's been too long, it's almost like who I am now. I am afraid that once I give… Discussion I am too afraid to be living like this but I… 1 Like Renovating My Life

Warning : This will be a very long post but please bear with it.

I have had MD since I was 8 ( or maybe younger I don't really remember) My journey of recovery can be described in 3…

Blog Renovating My Life 2 Likes The International Consortium for Maladaptive… Just today I was commenting about the lack of research into MDD, and I have since come across something that has given me renewed hope. The International Consortium for MD Research (ICMDR) is exactly… Discussion The International Consortium for Maladaptive… 1 Like Friends are not from Dreams

I spent my whole life looking forward to friends and relationships, and this actually could've happened, if I wasn't living on another planet. When I was a kid, I used to ponder around my…

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April 2021

I preferred my dreams

Ever since I was so young, I preferred my fantasies over real individuals and events. I took the way life looked for granted. I hoped to someday meet my ideal boyfriend. Thing is, the kind of…