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Jun 7, 2020 16:23:47 GMT
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Post by s1lver on Jun 7, 2020 16:23:47 GMT
Hi, this is really the first time I've ever actually written any of this out. Since I was a little kid I've always had a very vivid imagination. I would place back in forth in my room for hours every day, and still do to this day. My mom would yell at me because the neighbors would complain that I was running in my room but I didnt even realise I was running till it was happening. I'm very aware that my, "stories," were fake and wholly in my imagination but It just made me feel so good. After i read a book or watch a movie I'll go into my room and, "imagine," myself in that piece of literature. It would spiral into my other fantasies, more like what if scenarios. I have this one day dream that I always go back to, but every time i try to add more into it. I'm an aspiring writer, and I used to think it was normal to do that every day, whenever I had free time, but it's not. I try to write down my day-dreams but it never works and I end up pacing. Sometimes I'll randomly say something or or make weird expressions while doing so, so now I always do it with my door shut and locked, with music blasting, it's my embarrassment. I dont really know is what I have is MD, but it sounds pretty much like it. It makes me happy to be able to "imagine" my way out of my life, into something where I made all the right choices, but i know it needs to stop.
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Hello.
Jun 7, 2020 16:44:24 GMT
Post by Sam on Jun 7, 2020 16:44:24 GMT
Welcome to the forum!
It definitely sounds like what you have is MD. Personally, I consider daydreaming to be maladaptive when it interferes with your real life and/or it causes you significant distress. Having a vivid imagination can be a great thing, and daydreaming itself is a natural and necessary function, but if it's interfering with your life, that's a problem.
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Post by quiescent on Jun 10, 2020 0:28:33 GMT
Books and movies trigger me, too. Hard to resist. It's like I need an outlet to respond to what I'm taking in. I love writing too and fantasize I could use writing to convert my MD into some kind of "legit" hobby like creative writing, blogging, what have you. It feels like perfectionism gets in the way, though, like if I start a project I want it to be really good, and that takes a lot of energy. Then it feels easier to drop back into MD.
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