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 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