Help!

[I Am Amalie]

I'm a 17 years old girl who is troubled by maladaptive daydreams and i am looking for advice from other other people with this illness. I have been doing this for as long as i can remember. I only  'daydreams', and by that  I mean that i am not in any sort of psychosis and can tell very well whats real and whats not.
I've noticed that when i read a book or watch a movie  it affects me emotionally. I start to daydream about its, usually i make my self a new character that this similar to the ones in the story or as an already present character. As a result I usually avoid watching movies or TV shows. But this occurs when i am listening to music too.
Unlike most people with Maladaptive daydreaming my daydreams are not a choose; in fact I usually find myself becoming emotionally overwhelmed by them to a point of extreme distress. I seem to daydream against my own will most of the time, Its a cures and it interferes with why life!!!!! please help!

[M Hunter]

Hey there Amalie. First off welcome to the site. I hope you find some answers here. There are tons of awesome people here.

I have been daydreaming all my life too and I often find myself emotionally involved with certain characters from video games, tv shows, films etc and these emotions I feel are incredibly real. Sometimes they are amazing and other times they cause me a great deal of stress and pain when I have to come back to reality and attempt to exist in my real life. Now I do have some form of psychosis. I have been quite well for the last year or so now but I do have a few mental health issues so a lot of the time I do get confused between my daydreams and reality which further adds to the distress. I wish I had some advice for you but unfortunately I haven't really been able to get over my daydreaming or find a solution yet. All I can say to you is I can totally understand where you are coming from and I know how difficult it is but use this website, talk to people on chat and hopefully you will start to feel better and have a better understanding. Best of luck to you.

[Dusty]

Welcome to Wildminds! For many if not most of us here, our daydreams are not a choice - perhaps they started out as such (perhaps at a very young age) but eventually began to consume our thoughts and day to day lives becoming out of control! We are a very supporting community and totally get what you're going through :3.