Post by songbirdjo on Jun 8, 2019 3:01:15 GMT
I hope I can get some feedback on this post because it would be nice to hear what some of you think.
I am new to the forum (just signed up) and I’v only just began some research on MD after discovering that it was even a thing. At first glance it totally sounds like me but after digging a little deeper I’m
. It sounds like it affects people differently so maybe there’s some people who have a similar experience to me?
I’v always just thought of myself as having an overactive imagination, even as a little kid I just playing make believe. I didn’t use toys as much as just pretending. I’m older now so it kind of bugs me how much I “play make believe” or fantasize or daydream or whatever you would call it. At times I’ll be fantasizing all day without really taking a break.
I guess what I’m wondering is how vivid is the daydreaming for those who have MD? What are they like? Is it almost hallucinating (except you know it’s not real) or is just kind of like imagining? Can you control when the dreams start or stop? Can you control all the components of the dream? Do you see your actual surroundings or do you see your dream world when daydreaming? Sorry about all the questions, I just really want to get a good understanding so I can asses whether or not it really applies to me.
In my “episodes” I guess, I’m always the main character, they can be about movies or TV shows I’v watched, stories I’v written, or inspired my music/musicians, posts I’v seen, etc. I always have control and sometimes even go back to change parts of the storyline that I didn’t like. I can control when they start and stop but sometimes I can’t help but have the story just kind of playing in the back of mind as I’m going about my daily activities. If I’m interacting with other people my fantasies stop, basically I can come back to real life whenever I want. But the urge to fantasize (I say fantasize because I don’t know if they really qualify as daydreams) is there a lot. Sometimes it’s constant and sometimes it’ll go away for a few days or so.
When I’m actually in a fantasy I am completely aware of everything around me, but I do act out what’s going on the scene. I’m basically just imagining the things around me, I can’t really see them but I can picture it if that makes sense. They are really distracting and take my mind of off the things I am doing and are basically just really annoying and sometimes maddening because I just want to be in real life without living a fake one at the same time.
I also deal with depression and anxiety, but I wouldn’t say I use the fantasies as an escape necessarily. Maybe, but I’v never really thought about it and a lot of my characters have similar or worse problems than me so idk.
This is really long, sorry guys, and thanks if you’v read the whole thing. So what does it sound like to you? Is it just my overactive imagination or could be something like MD?
I am new to the forum (just signed up) and I’v only just began some research on MD after discovering that it was even a thing. At first glance it totally sounds like me but after digging a little deeper I’m
. It sounds like it affects people differently so maybe there’s some people who have a similar experience to me? I’v always just thought of myself as having an overactive imagination, even as a little kid I just playing make believe. I didn’t use toys as much as just pretending. I’m older now so it kind of bugs me how much I “play make believe” or fantasize or daydream or whatever you would call it. At times I’ll be fantasizing all day without really taking a break.
I guess what I’m wondering is how vivid is the daydreaming for those who have MD? What are they like? Is it almost hallucinating (except you know it’s not real) or is just kind of like imagining? Can you control when the dreams start or stop? Can you control all the components of the dream? Do you see your actual surroundings or do you see your dream world when daydreaming? Sorry about all the questions, I just really want to get a good understanding so I can asses whether or not it really applies to me.
In my “episodes” I guess, I’m always the main character, they can be about movies or TV shows I’v watched, stories I’v written, or inspired my music/musicians, posts I’v seen, etc. I always have control and sometimes even go back to change parts of the storyline that I didn’t like. I can control when they start and stop but sometimes I can’t help but have the story just kind of playing in the back of mind as I’m going about my daily activities. If I’m interacting with other people my fantasies stop, basically I can come back to real life whenever I want. But the urge to fantasize (I say fantasize because I don’t know if they really qualify as daydreams) is there a lot. Sometimes it’s constant and sometimes it’ll go away for a few days or so.
When I’m actually in a fantasy I am completely aware of everything around me, but I do act out what’s going on the scene. I’m basically just imagining the things around me, I can’t really see them but I can picture it if that makes sense. They are really distracting and take my mind of off the things I am doing and are basically just really annoying and sometimes maddening because I just want to be in real life without living a fake one at the same time.
I also deal with depression and anxiety, but I wouldn’t say I use the fantasies as an escape necessarily. Maybe, but I’v never really thought about it and a lot of my characters have similar or worse problems than me so idk.
This is really long, sorry guys, and thanks if you’v read the whole thing. So what does it sound like to you? Is it just my overactive imagination or could be something like MD?
