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Post by clothes on Mar 17, 2019 18:17:56 GMT
I feel like I’ve “self-diagnosed” my way here. From what I’ve read, I get the gist that in order for the daydreams to become maladaptive, they have to consistently make your life worse. And I don’t really feel like they have done that - consistently that is?? I think the extent of it would go to me having a few breakdowns (if you could call them that, I don’t realy think they were breakdowns just me being really ) which we triggered by my embarrassment and shame from my daydreams, and it has prevented me from sleeping for several months (in total and not back to back since i’ve been getting a bit worse for the last three years). But many people describe not being able to focus in school/work or when talking to other people and that just does not happen to me? I don’t know, I feel like I live a perfectly normal life. Except when I can think about my daydreams they just take over that specific part. It’s just something I do not necessarily a mental health issue? TL;DR: don’t really think I have MD, just ended up here because I googled it and it sounded like me. But what are the extents that your MD goes? Has it anyways been that?
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Post by Layla Farrell on Mar 17, 2019 18:50:54 GMT
Hello! I'm "self-diagnosed" too, and my daydreams don't really affect my life either. My life is already flawed for other reasons, and MDD (but maybe I should take off the M?) is a consequence I think. It's like having people around (no matters what kind, and if they interact with me or not) is enough to stop daydreaming. Only when I feel sad, stressed or angered for some reasons, my imagination goes bad. But my common fantasies are never involved in this occasions, they saved my life and I thnk they're preserving my mental sanity. But I have the feeling that if my life would definitely turn awful, they won't be enough.
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Post by clothes on Mar 18, 2019 4:38:52 GMT
Hello! I'm "self-diagnosed" too, and my daydreams don't really affect my life either. My life is already flawed for other reasons, and MDD (but maybe I should take off the M?) is a consequence I think. It's like having people around (no matters what kind, and if they interact with me or not) is enough to stop daydreaming. Only when I feel , stressed or angered for some reasons, my imagination goes bad. But my common fantasies are never involved in this occasions, they saved my life and I thnk they're preserving my mental sanity. But I have the feeling that if my life would definitely turn awful, they won't be enough. ahhhh it’s nice to see that someone can relate to me . i’m so sorry that you have to deal with other problems, but it’s also nice to hear you use MD as an outlet! regardless though, your post means a lot to me so thank you <
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Post by Layla Farrell on Mar 21, 2019 5:08:06 GMT
ahhhh it’s nice to see that someone can relate to me lmao. i’m so sorry that you have to deal with other problems, but it’s also nice to hear you use MD as an outlet! regardless though, your post means a lot to me so thank you <<3 You're welcome. :)
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Post by lonewolf009 on Mar 23, 2019 13:51:32 GMT
Yeah you could totally be here if you want. I self diagnosed too, I think you kinda have to because there isn't much studies done on this. I've been a daydreamer since I was a kid. It affected my ability to pay attention in class but it didn't affect my grades so I didn't consider a problem either. It has only been a problem for me recently, and I think it's just my normal daydreams intensified as a response to current life struggles. From what I've read this seems to be common and that the "maladaptive" thing can come and go for some people. I'm not an expert on this though.
I get the impression that people experience it differently, so yeah I'm sure you could talk about your daydreams if you want, maladaptive or not.
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