Post by bunnyears on Aug 20, 2019 15:46:02 GMT
I found this forums, because I think I need some help with staying on top of my normal activities such as work and taking care of the house. Any help is greatly appreciated on how are you dealing with this in your day to day life.
My daydreaming episodes are not continuous, and often stay away from me for months. I decided that this week is starting to cross the line on where I had to start looking into a psychological base of what is happening to me. After reading some articles I think I am self diagnosed Maladaptive daydreamer.
I used to daydream only for short time when I was showering, falling asleep or waking up. All the time up until now, it did not bother me much because everybody is dreaming. Yesterday I woke up with a daydream in my head and I was unable to shake it off. Even today as I am writing this my daydream is trying to push itself through. This affected my work yesterday because I was unable to concentrate and started to make mistakes. I'm worried today will be the same.
My daydreaming is vivid, life like, with character developments and plots. They just don't have ending and go on and on. I'm placing myself into different charters shoes and imagine how they act and think in certain situations from their perspective. The story is constantly evolving as I am trying to make it better in my head, and give it some conclusion and reason. It is not triggered by music as some studies suggest, but definitely I get the gestures, mouthing the words etc going on as thou I am taking to myself. Daydreaming definitely is more common when I am alone, or when I see it coming, I close the door (mostly because I do not want to be seen talking to myself). I do not usually get angry when I get interrupted, but I feel that my mind cannot go somewhere else sometimes, the daydream comes back to the me whether I want it or not. This bothers me as I am loosing control over it.
This is a third major story I am on, that I created in my head. I did not know what to do yesterday, so I started to write. I put my daydreaming into typing and in 3 hours I typed 10 pages of the story that is in my head. It was just going out of me like a stream. I'm not sure if this will help me, to write, but my mind was definitely focused on writing. Is my story any good? I have no clue
Wiki suggests that "maladaptive daydream are a relief to times of distress or boredom" which I do not think I'm affected. The dreams sometimes are more interesting than the things that otherwise would have kept me occupied.
Let me know what are your suggestions with dealing with this. I'm new to the idea of Maladaptive daydreaming.
Bunny ears
My daydreaming episodes are not continuous, and often stay away from me for months. I decided that this week is starting to cross the line on where I had to start looking into a psychological base of what is happening to me. After reading some articles I think I am self diagnosed Maladaptive daydreamer.
I used to daydream only for short time when I was showering, falling asleep or waking up. All the time up until now, it did not bother me much because everybody is dreaming. Yesterday I woke up with a daydream in my head and I was unable to shake it off. Even today as I am writing this my daydream is trying to push itself through. This affected my work yesterday because I was unable to concentrate and started to make mistakes. I'm worried today will be the same.
My daydreaming is vivid, life like, with character developments and plots. They just don't have ending and go on and on. I'm placing myself into different charters shoes and imagine how they act and think in certain situations from their perspective. The story is constantly evolving as I am trying to make it better in my head, and give it some conclusion and reason. It is not triggered by music as some studies suggest, but definitely I get the gestures, mouthing the words etc going on as thou I am taking to myself. Daydreaming definitely is more common when I am alone, or when I see it coming, I close the door (mostly because I do not want to be seen talking to myself). I do not usually get angry when I get interrupted, but I feel that my mind cannot go somewhere else sometimes, the daydream comes back to the me whether I want it or not. This bothers me as I am loosing control over it.
This is a third major story I am on, that I created in my head. I did not know what to do yesterday, so I started to write. I put my daydreaming into typing and in 3 hours I typed 10 pages of the story that is in my head. It was just going out of me like a stream. I'm not sure if this will help me, to write, but my mind was definitely focused on writing. Is my story any good? I have no clue
Wiki suggests that "maladaptive daydream are a relief to times of distress or boredom" which I do not think I'm affected. The dreams sometimes are more interesting than the things that otherwise would have kept me occupied.
Let me know what are your suggestions with dealing with this. I'm new to the idea of Maladaptive daydreaming.
Bunny ears
