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Post by LadyGamer89 on Sept 10, 2019 11:41:32 GMT
Hi all. I found this website in a forum about excessive daydreaming. One day I just decided to look up “daydreaming too much”.
I never realized this until recently. When I’m not around people, I would have these weird episodes where I am daydreaming about an event that I’m planning on doing, or wish I was doing, almost rehearsing (I guess?). They can be good or bad. The bad ones, mainly of me pretending I’m talking to family and telling them about themselves, yelling or pretending I’m arguing with them almost rehearsing the day I plan to have when telling them off. It can get heated to the point I’m crying and yelling, the longest I’ve noticed is about an hour. Sometimes after watching a really good movie, I’ll pretend I’m in the movie and act out things that should have been done, or just simply placing myself there. Or I’ll daydream about hanging out with friends that don’t live near me, but those are rarely verbal, but they sometimes are, and I’ll catch myself talking out loud.
It usually happens beyond my control, but it has to be controlled because I do well in hiding it if that makes sense. Recently I have caught myself doing it while people are around me however I would always catch myself before it happens. What do you guys think? Am I just a lunatic or do I have this 😭.
A little back story of my mental health: history of major depression (lexapro) and recently have been diagnosed with Hyperthyroidism which has given me bad anxiety
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Post by Sam on Sept 10, 2019 18:08:32 GMT
Welcome to the forum!
Generally your daydreaming crosses the line into maladaptive when it starts interfering with your life--making it so that you don't get things done, stuff like that.
Personally, I don't think your daydreaming is super maladaptive yet, but it could be progressing in that direction.
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Post by bee on Sept 11, 2019 8:35:54 GMT
Welcome to the forum! "Am I just a lunatic or do I have this" Hmm... Both isn't an option? ;-) I agree with Sam, what you describe doesn't sound very maladaptive, but keep an eye on things. Daydreaming is perfectly fine and normal, but if you feel like you are struggling to keep it under control... well, it's not a huge problem but you spend energy on thinking about it and watching yourself. Maybe there are things more worthwhile to spend that energy on?
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