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Post by ramros on Apr 27, 2020 18:46:11 GMT
Hey there! I just found this forum and I’ve read a few posts but I don’t know if I have DD and I would like to know.
I’ve been doing a psychology treatment for almost a year now, In the one I’m trying to figure out what is R. R (I’m not writing his full name yet...) is like an imaginary friend for me and he also occupies a lot of my time, I daydream about him and his life, and also sometimes I can “bring him to reality” and have conversations or play shadow boxing or whatever. He can feel so real, but I perfectly know he’s not.
I don’t know if having just him as my main character could be consider DD, because for me, it’s like I’m doing both lives all the time, his and mine, but I don’t create great book stories, we just go on with our lives in “two different realities” (I mean my reality and my imagination, of course)
Can anyone help me figure this out?
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Post by granger on Apr 27, 2020 23:33:11 GMT
Hey there! I just found this forum and I’ve read a few posts but I don’t know if I have DD and I would like to know. I’ve been doing a psychology treatment for almost a year now, In the one I’m trying to figure out what is R. R (I’m not writing his full name yet...) is like an imaginary friend for me and he also occupies a lot of my time, I daydream about him and his life, and also sometimes I can “bring him to reality” and have conversations or play shadow boxing or whatever. He can feel so real, but I perfectly know he’s not. I don’t know if having just him as my main character could be consider DD, because for me, it’s like I’m doing both lives all the time, his and mine, but I don’t create great book stories, we just go on with our lives in “two different realities” (I mean my reality and my imagination, of course) Can anyone help me figure this out? Feeling being torn up into two lives is something many experiance in md. Also you obsess over your character and feel through him. It feels like real to you( but you know is not). So it could be. Is it causing you trouble in real life? If not then probably it does't matter if you have it or not. If you can control it then enjoy it. Its maladaptive only when it gets out of control and causes trouble.
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Post by Sam on Apr 28, 2020 20:48:36 GMT
I agree with granger. Generally, daydreaming is considered to be maladaptive when it interferes with your real life and/or causes you significant distress. While idealized self characters seem to be most common as main characters, there are people who have main characters that aren't an idealized version of themselves. If you know he isn't real, he's more likely to be a daydream rather than some form of hallucination or something else like that.
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