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Post by bunnylove on Jan 12, 2020 0:33:17 GMT
Hi, this is me being curious more than anything. I just wondered how many people here are only children or maybe have siblings considerably older or younger? I am an only child and I wonder if that is the cause for my MD. Growing up without siblings meant I spent alot of time with imaginary play, I played with my barbies alot and would run around the garden pretending to be somewhere else I know this type of play is normal in children but I sometimes wonder if it taught me that was how I had fun.
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Post by Sam on Jan 13, 2020 19:11:54 GMT
I have a younger brother, but he's only 2 years younger than me. However, I've never gotten along with him very well and there's always been a huge amount of competition between us. Its hard to tell how much that has affected my MD.
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Post by avie on Jan 27, 2020 6:29:11 GMT
Bunnylove, I am an only child and have often wondered the same thing. Almost all of my DD involve siblings or brother figures.
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Post by bunnylove on Jan 27, 2020 22:12:48 GMT
Hi Avie, I'm the same in all my daydreams even now as an adult I have siblings.
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Marcydel
Junior Daydreamer
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Post by Marcydel on Jan 28, 2020 1:18:31 GMT
I have a twin brother and older sister and I daydream a lot about sibling relationships too.
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ohmymagenta0214
New Daydreamer
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering. - Nietzsche
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Post by ohmymagenta0214 on Feb 3, 2020 3:42:58 GMT
I’m an only child & growing up I always wanted to have siblings to share that special familial bond with. I was largely left to my own devices & would escape the real world by reading, writing, or watching TV/movies. In my daydreams, I created a chosen family with 3 brothers & we adore one another very much. We grew up together in the same neighborhood so we’ve known each other most of our lives. We’ve all been through a great deal of traumatic experiences and this bonds us closer. We’re very protective of one another. We understand each other on a very deep level that shared trauma tends to create. That shared experience, however awful, also makes me feel like no one else will ever truly get me like they do.
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Post by dreamrider on Feb 6, 2020 3:55:04 GMT
I am an only child o a single mom and grew up with no neighbors... Since I was a little kid, if I wanted to play, it was with myself!
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Post by natnonsense on Feb 12, 2020 3:31:12 GMT
Only child here too (plus a product of being raised by a narcissist father) and I always wondered the same thing. Since I was alone so much and was surrounded by adults, I found daydreaming was a nice way to have fun and entertain myself. I also used it to seek refuge whenever my father would be verbally abusive and gaslight me. In my opinion I think only children are definitely more likely to have rich imaginations but I've also started to believe people with siblings are just as capable of developing vivid imaginations too so I don't necessarily think being an only child is a definitive factor to having MD.
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Post by amber on Apr 1, 2020 18:49:10 GMT
I'm an only child. I started daydreaming because I have Asperger's and plus being an only child I was largely left to my own devices to entertain myself. My daydreaming wasn't maladaptive however until I became a teenager and had responsibility.
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