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Post by lilmisseyeliner on Apr 7, 2020 23:33:16 GMT
Hello, I’m well new to this site and its members, but I’m glad I can finally find individuals who understand me. I been struggling with MD for as long as I can remember, I can’t go an hour of my day without feeling the need to daydream. I believe it’s impacting my life dramatically, but I don’t know what to do. I believe I have such a vivid imagination with different plot and characters from different stories such as Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Marvel, and so on. I constantly feel lost and misunderstood, so I just continue daydreaming since It helps forget I exist. It doesn’t help that I want to major in art either since I feel insecure about my creativity and art. I feel like I’m not good enough and I never will. I’m sure by reading this, this has given you an idea that I have depression and yes I do as well as anxiety. I’m currently undergoing therapy, but I feel like my therapist doesn’t understand how bad my need to daydream is. I feel so lost and alone, I don’t know what to do. I’ve had many daydreams about me ending my own life as well and how I’ll do it. I’m hoping by being on this website it can help me feel less alone and not feel like I’m going crazy. I’m looking forward to reading any comments you have, thank you.
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Post by Sam on Apr 8, 2020 16:49:00 GMT
Welcome to the forum!
For many of us, our core reason for daydreaming maladaptively is underlying mental illnesses; in your case, it sounds like those would be anxiety and depression. Not many people understand or even know about maladaptive daydreaming, which obviously sucks and makes getting treatment harder. But if your core reason for daydreaming is a mental illness that your therapist CAN treat, then going through with that treatment will likely reduce your urge to daydream.
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