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Post by serenity on Oct 29, 2019 0:29:52 GMT
Been watching various lectures on MDD. The scientific consensus indicates high levels of internal creativity, yet marginal creative output I. E. MDDers have an immense capacity for creativity which is impaired by MDD in terms of putting pen to paper. I always fancied myself as a writer, and have developed numerous projects in my head, yet haven't yet managed to commit anything to paper. So I got to  . Perhaps an idea to help regulate/wean off MDDing would be to take one's internal characters and stories, and write them as a narrative. It would allow interaction to continue, but in a controlled setting. We'd no longer be 'living' with these characters or worlds in the usual, internal sense, but allowing them to exist externally in a tangible medium. I was about writing these fantasies and sharing them, potentially here. Mine tend to be sci-fi or fantasy based. It could transform our relationship with these internally generated characters/places into something positive and, by sharing in print, move them from an internal to an external setting thus reinforcing their fictional nature to ourselves. I'm aware these are highly personal ideas, and would never advocate invading ones privacy. This is just a suggestion. Any thoughts? |
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Post by Sam on Oct 29, 2019 1:28:09 GMT
I think that there's actually a thread somewhere on the forum that mentions doing something similar to this. I agree that its a potentially helpful idea. Personally, I have a hard time doing it because pretty much all of my characters are people I know (I feel weird essentially validating their alternate selves by writing about them when that's not who they really are) or characters from media (which feels like plagiarism). However, I think that a couple have members have mentioned trying something like this. Edit: Here is a recent thread about a blog that a member started to share their daydreams. This and this are older threads that mention something similar. I honestly can't remember if any of them are the ones that I was thinking of, but they should still be interesting for you to read. |
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Post by philippe on Oct 29, 2019 12:59:15 GMT
Serenity> it's an interesting idea, it's a way to express yourself. However I think the important thing is not daydreaming itself but what you are trying to escape with daydreaming and what are the needs daydreaming fullfill.
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Post by Dimmer on Oct 29, 2019 13:00:01 GMT
I've attempted to write things down but always failed. I guess I'm just not a writer. I think this is would be a great way to connect with reality for someone who is though.
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Post by madamebovary on Nov 17, 2019 15:49:58 GMT
I enjoy writing, and I've tried writing my daydreams down, but I got too caugth up in it. I realized I would be spending even more hours dedicated to my daydreams, not only coming up with scenarios and going over them again and again in my head, but also afterwards trying to formulate the feelings in words, which took up a lot of time. I want to spend less time caught up in these scenarios, because I know they are toxic for my relationship with myself and my reality, so it doesn't work for me. Perhaps when I at some point hopefully get out of MDDing, I can make up actual good stories and this creativity will be productive.
Those are just my experiences, though, and maybe it would work for someone else. If the DDs could be turned into a book and a career it would be fine spending all day on it of course:) But my daydreams would make a very cliché filled book and are best kept secret:)
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Post by dragontooth00 on Dec 4, 2019 7:06:19 GMT
I actually started doing something similar! I’ve noticed that the characters I act as in my DDs are almost always the characters I tend to make for roleplays and DnD, so it’s the same few characters every time. I’ve found it to be much more exciting actually! DnD is one of my new hobbies atm, and I’m getting more satisfaction out of the sessions than I do when I’m done MDing the same scene 55 times in a row, yknow? The characters grow and change in ways my mind couldn’t predict, Bc someone else makes the world, and I’m actually meeting new characters, played by the friends I’m making irl, and exploring new things. It’s the fantasy and escape without the whole being stuck in your head bit. Though I need to learn how to schedule myself still so that it isn’t all I do, I think I found a good alternative to help lessen the amount of MDing I do, and help ween me off of it. Cold turkey might not be for everyone, so finding a great hobby that gives you that feeling but keeps you out of your head sounds like a really great idea!
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Post by granger on Dec 5, 2019 13:42:33 GMT
I have tried but i cannot write. Firstly because the speed of writing simply doesn't match. And my Dd are more like a couple of emotionally loaded scenes instead of long plots. Its not the story but the feelings i get from md is what i crave. The plots aren't interesting for a novel. Sometimes i daydream about writing. I have daydreamed about writing a post that i never wrote. Also most of the content is sick anyways. Kudos for those who can put their md to some productive work.
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. Perhaps an idea to help regulate/wean off MDDing would be to take one's internal characters and stories, and write them as a narrative. It would allow interaction to continue, but in a controlled setting. We'd no longer be 'living' with these characters or worlds in the usual, internal sense, but allowing them to exist externally in a tangible medium. I was 
