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Maladaptive Daydreaming: where wild minds come to rest
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September 2024
Is it incorrect to recognize Maladaptive Day…
To those of you who believe in what the title says or similar, I want to hear your arguments in the comments.
The activity on this forum is slow and I understand this is a long shot. Plus the majorit…
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Is it incorrect to recognize Maladaptive Day…
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Waiting
I learned that waiting around for things you really want to see get's you nowhere. Maladaptive daydreaming can fill that in for you. It comforts you into thinking everything will work out eventually,…
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Waiting
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August 2024
How does MDD connect with the real world?
Hi there, my daughter has maladaptive daydreaming and I'm writing a novel where a 17 year old boy has it too.
I was thinking about how to show it in the novel - so that people who don't have it can…
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How does MDD connect with the real world?
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July 2024
My invisible enemy
Ok, I'm not very good with texts and especially in English (I'm from Brazil), it's a surprise for me to meet people who are suffering from the same thing as me, because I actually discovered what MD…
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My invisible enemy
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Feeling like being someone else
Sometimes I have a strange feeling: I'm tired of being... me.
I mean, I'm tired of hearing the same voices in my head, the same chains of thoughts. Of being worried and anxious about the same things.…
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Feeling like being someone else
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April 2024
Last Call for Maladaptive Daydreaming Study…
We at Eli Somer's MD lab are seeking final participants for our groundbreaking study on the impact of maladaptive daydreaming on memory. Your invaluable perspectives will contribute to developing eff…
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Last Call for Maladaptive Daydreaming Study…
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Parallel Lives, MD Podcast, back for season…
Hey Guys, The podcast is back up for a season 4. Here's a link to the first episode. We'll try to get episodes out on the 1st and 15th as usual, but this season might be choppy as I'm pregnant with…
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Parallel Lives, MD Podcast, back for season…
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March 2024
Biggest challenges quitting MD
For some reason today the universe bestowed a very philosophical mood on me, so I obeyed and decided to finally write an unedited blog post about MD. Like, I didn't even try to think about the…
Blog Biggest challenges quitting MD 6 LikesJuly 2023
STUDY: Daydreaming and belongingness
Hi all,
I'm Fran. I'm working on a scientific study to evaluate the relationship between maladaptive daydreaming and the concept of belongingness.
Belongingness refers to the innate human need for…
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STUDY: Daydreaming and belongingness
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November 2022
Gone Fishin
I think the biggest reason that this site is so small is because compulsive fantasy to this extent is relatively rare, but I love the idea that we're not on here because we're too busy daydreaming.
I…
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Gone Fishin
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October 2022
I was a massive daydreamer
I used to be a quite a daydreamer, but eventually it broke me—nothing was real. I awoken to a gritty truth that was anything but a dream come true. I just sat for years doing nothing for myself, but…
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I was a massive daydreamer
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November 2021
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…
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Hello ... again
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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 LikesAugust 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…
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Over 150 years ago, maladaptive daydreaming…
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June 2021
Instantly stop the urge to daydream
I've found this…
Blog Instantly stop the urge to daydream 8 LikesMay 2021
Slipping back ... ?
Lately I've been falling back into my old habits with MD... I thought I had gotten over it, but the way school has going and the fact that I recently made some OCs that are always on my mind isn't…
Blog Slipping back ... ? 2 LikesApril 2021
How I'm curbing my MD hell.Caught between a…
Well let me say first that I've recently made a change in my life and my MD has been spiraling out of control . Its been bad , and I've been feeling helpless and ..... a lot of bad feelings because o…
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How I'm curbing my MD hell.Caught between a…
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Do you try to make your dreams come true?
Hi guys,
I would like to ask you, if you follow your dreams. I mean, when I daydream I mostly use to think of things, that can never happen. The problem is I have these moments when I feel so dissati…
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Do you try to make your dreams come true?
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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 People, meditation helps!! Hi, I`m from Brazil and I`m 21 years old. Like an year ago, I realized that Maladaptive Daydream was the responsible for keeping me from having a normal life and from creating strong bonds with peopl… Discussion People, meditation helps!! 1 Like My brain does not shut off Hello all, this is my first time posting, so please bear with me. I have been experiencing issues with MD since I can remember (i am now almost 21 years old) and some of my earliest memories are of… Discussion My brain does not shut off 1 Like
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