Post by cyamy123 on May 16, 2021 20:03:31 GMT
I have been hanging around this forum for a while now and I think it's time that I introduce myself.
I have been MD since I was 13 years old and I am 44 now and still do it. What triggered it off was a series of unhappy events and I escaped into a fantasy world that I have never really come out of.
For years and years I would avoid relationships, either through lack of confidence and also because I didn't want it interfering with my daydreaming. I lived with my parents until the age of 40 and when I got the house to myself was the time that I could really get lost in my fantasy world. I would put on my music, which is a trigger and pace back and forth for hours. I loved it!
In 2014 I found the term Maladaptive Daydreaming. I was
to myself that I can't be the only one in the World who does this, so I typed into Google 'I live in a fantasy world ' and MD came up. I was so relieved to know other people do this and it actually has a name.
I am now married, although not always happily and I just can't let go of my daydreams. Due to my husbands job, he is at home a lot of the time that I am, so I dont have the freedom to DD as much as I would like. I can only get lost now when hubby is out, which is rare, or when I'm in the bath or I plug my earphones in and shut him and the rest of the world out. My DD's are the one thing that makes me truly happy and I cannot imagine a life without them. I dont ever want to stop doing this.
I have been MD since I was 13 years old and I am 44 now and still do it. What triggered it off was a series of unhappy events and I escaped into a fantasy world that I have never really come out of.
For years and years I would avoid relationships, either through lack of confidence and also because I didn't want it interfering with my daydreaming. I lived with my parents until the age of 40 and when I got the house to myself was the time that I could really get lost in my fantasy world. I would put on my music, which is a trigger and pace back and forth for hours. I loved it!
In 2014 I found the term Maladaptive Daydreaming. I was
to myself that I can't be the only one in the World who does this, so I typed into Google 'I live in a fantasy world ' and MD came up. I was so relieved to know other people do this and it actually has a name. I am now married, although not always happily and I just can't let go of my daydreams. Due to my husbands job, he is at home a lot of the time that I am, so I dont have the freedom to DD as much as I would like. I can only get lost now when hubby is out, which is rare, or when I'm in the bath or I plug my earphones in and shut him and the rest of the world out. My DD's are the one thing that makes me truly happy and I cannot imagine a life without them. I dont ever want to stop doing this.
