tim
New Daydreamer
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Post by tim on May 30, 2020 11:48:30 GMT
Hello everyone, For as long as I can remember I have what I suspect is MD but with some differences to what I have read online. I know symptoms can be different for everyone so bear with me. I have intense daydreams but the episodes only last for a few seconds (probably 30 seconds or so if no-one is around) to less than 10 seconds if not alone. Sometimes I can have lots of 'little bursts' in a day (perhaps 50+ or so) to hardly anything at all. It's not for hours at a time & I certainly have no desire to continue with any daydreaming. I can more or less control my body movements when people are around to them a am cold or just moving around in my chair. If I am on my own, particularly just before having a shower as an example, I can twist & turn & dance around like I am in a high energy nightclub. I can often 'come out' of my daydream in a sweat with my heart beating away as though I have had a full on gym session. I find I have my MD more when I am tired & a good burst tends to wake me up but can leave me with a slight headache. Apart from the water flowing from a shower, I can't really say what triggers the MD. Anything really. My MD sometimes tends to involve violent thoughts but other times it is just very stupid. Thank you for reading.
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Post by Sam on May 30, 2020 22:15:21 GMT
Welcome to the forum!
What constitutes as "maladaptive" is different for everyone, but, personally, I consider daydreaming to be maladaptive if it interferes with your ability to function in real life and/or it causes you significant distress. Some people might daydream for hours a day (honestly I think a lot of people do that), but if it doesn't interfere with their life (it doesn't cause trouble with work/school or interpersonal relationships) and it doesn't cause them significant distress (as in they hate that they do it and feel consistently frustrated or depressed about it), then it isn't really maladaptive.
You're the best person to determine if what you're experiencing is maladaptive. My definition focuses less on symptoms (which, as you know, vary from person to person) and more on how your daydreaming affects your life and makes you feel, which definitely makes the "diagnosis" more subjective, but I think that it's more widely applicable than a set of symptoms.
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