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Post by casualncrazy on Dec 17, 2020 3:23:57 GMT
I am so glad I found this forum. What I find so frustrating is even if I try to tell someone I am close to about maladaptive daydreaming they usually just chalk it up to regular day dreaming, "everyone does it". They don't understand, I don't judge them for that because if I didn't deal with this, I probably wouldn't understand either but it's still frustrating all the same.
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Post by Dimmer on Dec 19, 2020 3:11:23 GMT
Yep, seems to be a pretty common reaction people get. Very frustrating to get the weird brush off.
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Post by Sam on Dec 21, 2020 18:39:27 GMT
Welcome to the forum!
As Dimmer said, that reaction is pretty common. Its difficult for people who don't daydream maladaptively to really understand the difference between what they do and what we do, and how much our daydreaming interferes with our lives.
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Post by granger on Dec 27, 2020 14:05:40 GMT
Eating is a pretty normal thing but eating disorders exist. People can take a normal activity to either extreme and then it becomes a problem.
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Post by fn123 on Jan 6, 2021 14:38:10 GMT
I think I have maladaptive daydreaming. I am constantly daydreaming and about certain scenarios in my head. to the point I daydream while I am walking or travelling anywhere. It is especially difficult when I am listening to music. I can sit for hours and hours and daydream. A lot of things can trigger it for me too. I want to stop and get better or at least reduce my time daydreaming. When I get obsessed with something that is when the daydreaming starts. And it is all I think about. When I wake up in the morning, throughout my day and when I go to sleep at night. I spend a lot of time daydreaming.
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