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Post by lostinmymind on Jul 8, 2021 8:36:16 GMT
Hello
I have been maladaptive daydreaming for as long as i remember. I am now 31 and i feel like most of my life has been lived in my head with people that are not real. I have been feeling very low lately and it is a result of the maladaptive daydreaming because i want to stop but cant. I know alot of people find comfort in it and i did at one stage too but now i am finding it distressing. i think ive become so fearful that i wont create a meaningful life outside of my head that its starting to truly scare me and make me feel anxious. I don't know if this makes sense to anyone but its nice to know there are other people struggling with it.
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Post by Sam on Aug 1, 2021 2:14:24 GMT
Welcome to the forum!
It can be quite scary and depressing to feel like your real life won’t ever measure up to your daydreams. I know I’ve been struggling with that a lot lately myself.
It might help to think of MD as a behavioral addiction, as that’s basically what it is. There isn’t a whole lot of info out there about recovering from MD, but there is a significant amount of info about recovering from other behavioral addictions like gambling, shopping, and video games, so you might find some useful stuff on sites about them.
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