Hi,
I'm from Austria and just found out that there's a name for what I might experience. I was talking to a friend about my daydreaming and that I do it a lot and sometimes (not often though) I can't remember if I was daydreaming or some situations really happened.
So I was reading an article today about maladaptive daydreaming and could connect with so many things in it.
Like I daydream the whole day also when I'm with friends and there's always something else happening in the back of my mind.
I also catch myself making facial expressions while daydreaming and also try and force myself to daydream because I mostly enjoy it a lot, because I get so overwhelming feelings from it. But sometimes it can also make me feel sad and lonely.
Also when dreaming at night it feels really real. I can feel pain, taste or smell while dreaming. Do you experience that too?
So for me daydreaming is something beautiful and fascinating but at the same time also a distraction from real world and characters.
How are your experiences and opinions?
Since I am not sure if I can really call it maladapitve daydreaming, how you guys found out? Did you get diagnosis or read a lot about that topic and talked or compared your experiences with others?
Happy to be here and hope to learn a lot!
Greetings from Austria!