Please help

[Summer]

Hey I'm new here ... but how do you guys do it? ... keep yourself from going into ur imaginary world when your real world feel like c***?

[Naomi Akene]

Honestly I just put myself into a situation where I can’t daydream, so probably out in public. But it is really hard and I usually can’t control them

[Jess]

It used to be multiple times every day and then for other issues, both my psychiatrist and therapist told me I would greatly benefit from an Emotional Support Animal and very specifically a dog and honestly, it's helped so much. I didn't realize until recently that it helps the daydreams become less frequent. I think just having a dog right next to me whenever I'm home by myself or at night is really grounding and helpful.

[Filly]

Do you take any medication that might help?

[Sian]

The things that have helped me are exercise, placing myself in new social situations, distraction (ie I listen to podcasts a lot), avoiding being myself,
admitting to people I'm feeling down and avoiding triggers (pretty much all the Internet!) It doesn't always work, some days I'm back to square one again. But I keep a diary so I can chart my progress and I know even little improvements are a triumph of a kind.

[Marcy]

I don't have a therapist or anything, so it's up to me to discipline myself, which, of course, seldom works. Aside from avoiding triggers, I try to think what I really want when I daydream-- i.e. attention, feeling accepted, confidence, emotional release, intimacy, etc., and why I have such a hard time feeling these things in my own body. But it still takes a LOT of willpower to stop in the middle of an episode and analyze. Regardless, I still feel a small sense of pride every time I manage it.