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July 2024

Instantly stop the urge to daydream

I've found this…

Blog Instantly stop the urge to daydream 8 Likes

April 2023

Like clockwork

Well, it's been a good while. Years, to be precise, though you wouldn't know it to look at me.

It's so utterly soul-crushing, and yet so fascinating, to watch time pass and the details…

Blog Like clockwork 1 Like

December 2021

My life is perpetual moulding and disintegration.

I decided to write this post instead of plunging into my daydreams.

I'm writing this post, because I feel frustrated.

I'm about to fall apart. Not the first time and definitely not…

Blog My life is perpetual moulding and disintegration. 9 Likes A very un-seasonal poem from late January this year - wanted to share

In the breeze of spring

I am whole

As I regard the pieces of me

Strewn across places I cannot walk to.

Blog A very un-seasonal poem from late January this year - wanted to share 3 Likes

November 2021

I think MD is getting me down - can anyone r… Hi, I'm Catherine and I'm new here! Thanks for having me, so wonderful to see a support network here. I have been a MD for as long as I can remember. I used to literally spend hours in my bedroom as… Discussion I think MD is getting me down - can anyone r… 3 Likes New to the site :) I started daydreaming at seven to cope with the abuse I was experiencing in my home. It didn't affect my social life or school, for the most part. When I started college, it gradually got worst. I wa… Discussion New to the site :) 3 Likes Hello ... again Hi Joined this network sometime ago but haven't been active for quite a while. However, lately I have been considering to what extent I have maladaptive daydreaming. I don't disappear for hours or d… Discussion Hello ... again 2 Likes

October 2021

A Delusional Safe Haven

I recently came to the conclusion that I may indeed be a maladaptive daydreamer....

Books used to be my escape from reality. When I was in middle school and I had a bad day at school I…

Blog A Delusional Safe Haven 2 Likes Saw this awesome, awesome meme about Md on Reddit

Omg! I had to share this …

Blog Saw this awesome, awesome meme about Md on Reddit 4 Likes

August 2021

Over 150 years ago, maladaptive daydreaming… Some time ago I read a book by Frederick William Faber, who was an English Catholic theologian. He died in 1863. He wrote a book called "Growth in Holiness, or The Progress of the Spiritual Life. " I… Discussion Over 150 years ago, maladaptive daydreaming… 5 Likes

April 2021

Daydreaming baby. I've been living in a fantasy world for all my life. I'm 29 years old, and my life is nowhere near normal.

On the outside I'm quiet, creative, somewhat abrasive, contradictory, emotional,… Blog Daydreaming baby. 5 Likes I Want to actually live in a fantasy world...

For as long as I can remember, I have lived (mentally) in some kind of fantasy world that mostly involved characters from anime or cartoons. In recent years it has gotten much more complex,…

Blog I Want to actually live in a fantasy world... 2 Likes Revalidating Real Life after Maladaptive Day… Almost five years ago I became entrenched in Maladaptive Daydreaming. I was in deep denial of how badly my degree had been going for the five years previous to that and I took refuge somewhere no one… Discussion Revalidating Real Life after Maladaptive Day… 11 Likes I was reminded of the reason I left the real world originally

A few weeks a young lady made comments about me that really hurt me and are the main reason I think I started daydreaming in the first place.

She says “we (her and the…

Blog I was reminded of the reason I left the real world originally 1 Like Do you often... lie? I was wondering because... I do.. Sometimes a lot. I so desperately want that my ddreams are real that I sometimes merge then with real life through lies. I'm kinda embarassed, cause I said this.… Discussion Do you often... lie? 3 Likes

January 2021

Great Week

I don't normally have a lot of good news when it comes to MD, so I thought it was important to post. This week has been amazing. Saturday afternoon, I spent a few hours writing a poem about MD,…

Blog Great Week 3 Likes

November 2020

Yes, you can cure Maladaptive Daydreaming Two years ago when I joined this community, I think I was more dead than alive. I've been waging quite a brutal war with maladaptive dreaming and the array of issues that underlie it ever since then… Discussion Yes, you can cure Maladaptive Daydreaming 176 Likes

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