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I’m wondering, does reoccurring dreams you have where you’re in the same world and are the same character in each dream count as a paracosm (albeit unintentionally made since it’s not a lucid dream), or does it have to be a daydream/purposefully made?

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I don’t know why but it’s very hard for me to focus on an original paracosm, I guess I just prefer already made worlds. Anyone else like this?

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i made this a long time ago and for some reason never posted it

immersive daydreaming VS. maladaptive daydreaming

edit: added image description courtesy of @arolovecoric​ (tysm!!)

ID: a Venn diagram of Immersive Daydreaming and Maladaptive Daydreaming.

Immersive Daydreaming:

healthy coping mechanism

is able to control time spent daydreaming, and when they daydream (can stop whenever they choose to)

daydreaming does not interfere with personal, social, academic, or occupational success

prefers or prioritizes real life over daydreaming

daydreaming has an overall positive impact on daify life and mental health

Overlap:

often daydreams when bored or distressed

intense sense of visual and/or auditory absorption and immersion while daydreaming

intricate daydream world(s)

strong attachment to daydream characters or “paras”

daydreams often affected by real world events

daydreaming accompanied by repetitive movement (pacing, rocking, tapping, etc.)

daydreaming triggered or enhanced by music

daydreaming accompanied by vocal noises and/or facial expressions

daydreamer often finds comfort in their daydreams

often daydreams about an idealized self/life

Maladaptive Daydreaming:

unhealthy coping mechanism

daydreaming becomes an addiction

trouble controlling time spent daydreaming, and when they daydream

distressed when unable to daydream, or when daydreaming is interrupted

daydreaming interferes with personal, social, academic, and/or occupational success

trouble focusing on completing daily tasks and chores

becomes neglectful of own basic needs (eating, hygiene, sleep, etc.) due to daydreaming

numerous failed attempts to control, cut back, or stop daydreaming

emotions and mood heavily affected by daydreams

deep dissatisfaction with real life due to its inability to live up to daydreams

feels shame/embarrassment about their daydreaming

may experience intrusive daydreams (violent, sexual, or otherwise disturbing daydreams)

mental health negatively affected by daydreaming

End ID

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Another pic of my parame, this one’s also from the elder scrolls universe! His name is Jesper and he’s the daedric prince of stories! I’d explain more but I kinda already moved on from this daydream already lol. Enjoy!

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I don’t know if anyone else gets this, but recently I haven’t really been liking my daydreams recently. Sort of like how when an artist doesn’t like their own artstyle. I’ve just been feeling as if my daydreams are becoming boring and the same. Tell me I’m not the only one who has this :/

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Trying to look like my parame is something I’m slowly but surely doing, I feel like (at least for me) parames are our ideal selfs (in looks or maybe even personality).

While I don’t see myself magically turning into a cyborg assassin with a affinity for Hawaiian shirts, I do at least see myself wear Hawaiian shirts (which I’m slowly collecting).

Is anyone else starting to mirror the fashion sense or adjust your personality to match your parames or is that just me?

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This is in reference to me daydreaming about being in the SCP foundation, and suddenly a car pulls up to me in the real world with a SCP foundation sticker on its door lol. Thought I was going crazy for a sec.

Nothing is more startling than daydreaming about a specific thing and suddenly something similar happens in the real world. Makes me question reality sometimes lol.

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Nothing is more startling than daydreaming about a specific thing and suddenly something similar happens in the real world. Makes me question reality sometimes lol.

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I should add that my most common paras are:

Already existing fictional character

Wholesome Sweetheart

And the second half of a chaotic duo

These archetypes play off of my parames very well!

I only have three types of parames for my paracosms:

Problematic twink

Rat man

Elder god

I literally don’t have any other type of parame.

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I only have three types of parames for my paracosms:

Problematic twink

Rat man

Elder god

I literally don’t have any other type of parame.

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Sometimes it’s like: I don’t vibe with this reality *spaces off into paracosm*

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Me: *spacing off*

Some person: stop staring at me!

Me: I honestly didn’t even know you were there.

Happens every time in public -.-

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maladaptive daydreaming DISORDER. It is a DISORDER. It is not all fun and games and genuinely fucks with our lives. I wish people would stop acting like it doesn’t and wishing that they had it.

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Okay, everyone has a daydream block where you can’t think up what happens next in your daydream/ want to think up a new day dream but cant.

But, does anyone have the opposite problem where you have so many daydream ideas but cant use them all or focus on them all?

I currently have that problem (struggling to focus on three different paracosms right now, oof).

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Me: crap my parame is playing a guitar! Quick find some music to accompany it!

Me: *puts daydream on hold for an hour while I look for the perfect guitar track to listen to for my daydream*

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One moment I’m just leaving my house, a few daydream scenes later I’m at the store.

Daydreaming while walking to somewhere is just fast traveling change my mind.

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Daydreaming while walking to somewhere is just fast traveling change my mind.