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Post by name on Dec 16, 2023 17:57:49 GMT
Hello to whoever's reading this, I dont expect it to be many people. A bit of backstory to me, my dad died when I was 13, and straight after, covid hit. So I was alone and dealing with grief, and I started maladaptive daydreaming. Thought it was an innocent thing, I didn't see anything wrong with it. But I'm 17 now, and I've spent my teenage years, the years I should be going out with real friends, alone in my room, daydreaming. And I really want to stop. I decided yesterday that today I would try go the whole day without daydreaming, and I've half succeeded. But it's making me agitated, because I cant run away to my daydreams whenever I want. I have exams coming up shortly too and on top of my anxiety I've got no escape from reality now, and I'm trying to study for exams but I can't concentrate because I feel like I'm going through withdrawals. I'm not in a great place now and I really need tips from people who are in a similar position to me and trying to stop. I feel like I've wasted all of my life to this disorder and I cant take it anymore. Would love advice. Even just for someone to notice me. It'd really help  |
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fairytale
Active Daydreamer
you are not a mistake
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Post by fairytale on Dec 19, 2023 15:05:34 GMT
Hello to whoever's reading this, I dont expect it to be many people. A bit of backstory to me, my dad died when I was 13, and straight after, covid hit. So I was alone and dealing with grief, and I started maladaptive daydreaming. Thought it was an innocent thing, I didn't see anything wrong with it. But I'm 17 now, and I've spent my teenage years, the years I should be going out with real friends, alone in my room, daydreaming. And I really want to stop. I decided yesterday that today I would try go the whole day without daydreaming, and I've half succeeded. But it's making me agitated, because I cant run away to my daydreams whenever I want. I have exams coming up shortly too and on top of my anxiety I've got no escape from reality now, and I'm trying to study for exams but I can't concentrate because I feel like I'm going through withdrawals. I'm not in a great place now and I really need tips from people who are in a similar position to me and trying to stop. I feel like I've wasted all of my life to this disorder and I cant take it anymore. Would love advice. Even just for someone to notice me. It'd really help Hi I m glad you found this forum for help and it may not be as active as it used to be I will do my best to help. Its usually easy to distract yourself with physical activity. Usually when I want to DD I would do jumpingjack for a while and it helps me calm down. Any high intensity workout works. You just have to do something physical to get out of the DD. I usually study for like 20 to 25 min and jump for 5 mins. It kind of helps in a tight schedule. You can use a smell to bring you back to the real world. I usually use a pain balm or a incense stick to pull me back keep me in check. People recommend having a friend around who can pull you out if you go to DD but I don't have any friend that I m that comfortable with so I prefer the former methods. hope it helps. |
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