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Post by soph on Jan 17, 2019 23:41:54 GMT
hi everyone, i only found out about MD very recently and until now, i really thought i was crazy. i’ve been putting on music, pacing in my room and daydreaming for hours at a time and i’ve been doing this for years. before that, it was really intense daydreaming but without music or pacing. it’s been with me all my life and i had no idea. i was always too embarrassed to tell anyone about this. i’m relieved to know i’m not alone. i’ve been in therapy for years now because of my social anxiety and i’m of working on my MD and trying to get to the root of my triggers in therapy as well. does anyone have any experience when it comes to MD and therapy? on some level, i want to get help but i also don’t want to stop MDing because it brings me so much relief. like an addiction, in a way. does anyone else feel this way?
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Post by Sam on Jan 18, 2019 1:30:46 GMT
If you look around the forum, there are a few people who have mentioned maladaptive daydreaming to their therapist. Perhaps they'll be able to talk to you about it. I think there is a thread entitled "therapy" somewhere.
I can understand the desire to stop daydreaming combined with the desire to not stop. In most cases, daydreaming is used as a coping method, and even though the maladaptive portion can be classified as an unhealthy coping method, as with other unhealthy habits, it can be very hard to stop.
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Post by katie on Jan 18, 2019 15:19:18 GMT
hi everyone, i only found out about MD very recently and until now, i really thought i was crazy. i’ve been putting on music, pacing in my room and daydreaming for hours at a time and i’ve been doing this for years. before that, it was really intense daydreaming but without music or pacing. it’s been with me all my life and i had no idea. i was always too embarrassed to tell anyone about this. i’m relieved to know i’m not alone. i’ve been in therapy for years now because of my social anxiety and i’m thinking of working on my MD and trying to get to the root of my triggers in therapy as well. does anyone have any experience when it comes to MD and therapy? on some level, i want to get help but i also don’t want to stop MDing because it brings me so much relief. like an addiction, in a way. does anyone else feel this way? I have been going to CBT therapy for my social anxiety for nearly a year now. I told my consultant for mental health and my therapist about my MD they both said the same that its a coping mechanism which I think there is a lot more too it. I have started to do what you are saying working on my triggers, how I a feeling before I go into a daydream, then how long the daydream lasts, How to get back focus and what I could do differently before I start daydream how to not give into a trigger. For example one of my triggers is boredom so I took up some more yoga classes go for mindful walks. I have some big triggers I still give into but have been able to control my MD much better.
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