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Post by thedolphinbaby57 on Dec 14, 2020 22:34:19 GMT
In my experience, trying to tell someone about my MD never really worked or came across as I hoped it would. Maladaptive Daydreaming is very hard to describe to non mders and I feel like if I tell someone what MD is they'll either think I'm insane or just tell me the ol' classic "EvErYBoDy dAYdReaMs So You'Re fINE." There will be a mixture of responses and to be honest I think it will just be brushed to the side and forgot about and no one notices. It's just never been the best experience to me. I try to tell some of my closest friends but I think they just don't understand and just think "oh she just spaces out a lot nothing new". I never even told my parents not one bit about it. Oh well. It's good that you have someone you trust..but still have them look at some websites and articles and videos about the thing so they can get a better understanding of it. It may help.
Good luck..., thedolphinbaby57
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Post by moon moon on Jun 19, 2021 1:03:30 GMT
I've talked about it with my sister, who also struggles with it, but it only happened a few months ago, when we both have been MD-ing for years. Both aware that the other one does it, but too embarrassed to actually talk about it. But when we finally did, it was a huge relief. I also talked about it briefly with my mom once, when I was kind of having a mental breakdown and cried a lot. That was before I knew what Maladaptive Daydreaming actually was. I told her that I'm worried about the amount of time I waste pacing and listening to music and i don't think it's normal. She didn't really care much... she recognised that it is probably some sort of dissociation but that's what the conversation ended at and we never talked about it again. And she actually knew already how much time I wasted just walking around in circles, I still don't understand how she could just ignore that and not wonder what's wrong. Yeah I am quite discouraged after that one conversation with my mom.
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