Maladaptive Daydreaming
Are you a maladaptive daydreamer? How do you cope, and what are your main daydreams/fantasies?
Often maladaptive daydreams are prompted by 'triggers' which may include conversational topics, sensory stimuli, or physical experiences. Maladaptive daydreamers may also experience trouble completing routine tasks or going to sleep, due to their desire to continue daydreaming. Oftentimes while maladaptive daydreamers are daydreaming, they will whisper, talk, make facial expressions, or do some sort of repetitive movements, such as pacing.
Maladaptive daydreamers can spend hours simply daydreaming. They may have elaborate fantasies within their minds, often comparable to a complete novel or movie. Many have more than one fantasy in their mind, each with its own characters, setting, plots, etc. (source:wikipedia)
I'm a maladaptive daydreamer, I make scenarios in my head so much that the things I create get mixed up with the memories I lived. so many times, friends and family would tell about the great thing we did a while back and how awesome I was in some situations and I just sit and think "did I do that? I thought they left on their own. hold on! I actua......
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13 08,2017
OMG PEOPLE!!! I WAS THINKING THAT I'M THE ONLY ONE! I'm "Maladaptive Daydreaming" (idk it calls that way) ever since I know about myself . Now i'm 20 and still daydreamig...It bothers me sometimes but I deal with it now,what can I do about it? Nothing
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30 07,2017
i also didnt know this had a name xD i do it everyday (usually when i wake up and before bed but sometimes i stay up all night because i daydream for hours) and i always pace around the room and talk or make expressions. well i actually have my own characters and setting but everyday is a different story usually inspired by a manga, movie or whatev......
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21 08,2017
I love daydreaming. I allow my mind to pleasantly wander very often, but sometimes it will happen when I'm not controlling it, and sometimes it isn't very pleasant. When I'm anxious I will have daydreams of dying in many different ways. killing myself in various fashions, or getting murdered, etc. Sometimes I just get severely injured instead. I am......
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15 09,2017
Didn't know there was a term for that. I thought I was the only one who did that.
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11 08,2017
so it's called maladaptive... strange... i think we're more adaptive to any situation than others... even if my opinion is not "normal" =)
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11 08,2017
I've been a maladaptive daydreamer since I was 8 maybe? Or less. I'm turning 24 this year and I'm still a maladaptive daydreamer. My dad once caught me daydreaming when I was a kid so I kind of embarrassed. I'm glad I was so little back then. But after that I'm being careful not to get caught again so I always locked my room hahaha I mostly daydrea......
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11 08,2017
THERE IS A NAME FOR THIS !>!>!>! i thought i was the only one who did this lmao i have this very in depth reality in my head and i create "novels" and i have characters and can do the same "story" for months but i tend to start over and over and over once it gets boring lmao i have done with forever. usually at bed time or when i am super bored lol......
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12 08,2017
