does anyone remember that madd event where you would post like your paras were running your blog for a day?? idk if it had a set date or anything but i think that’d be really fun
i might try that for like a week at some point soon-
🪢 •What's one of your favorite parts of your paracosms?
Ohhh idk i think it'd have to be how my characters like appear? I think its one of those things that you cant really describe, sometimes its exciting, cus now theres a whole other person with a whole story and everything and sometimes they are just - there. it can also be pretty confusing but overall i like it a lot
🌽 •If you have paracosms based on or about pre-existing media, what media?
Oh god so so so many
based on i have
pjo
harry potter
one thats a mix of those two
i have one small one based on hannibal
one that's based on shadowhunters
the grimrose duology
rwrb
i rarely have any that are just set in the media with all the same characters since i like to have my most important paras with me wherever i go and whatever i daydream about haha
cute para dream.... it was niklaus and dakota and about their relationship, like there was a part that was like earlier in their relationship where dakota told niklaus that he's been so strong all his life (due to trauma and mental illness and had a hard time being vulnerable for a while) and said to let him be strong for him, and ouhhh very cute cute cute and then there was like a gacha card type of thing with the first one being each of them pre sexy time looking at each other and the unlocked version being post sex and the lighting was so golden and pretty and they were smiling at each other GAAAHHHHH
my daydreams about my paracosms' stories are just ~5 big events and then my brain is like "okay so then what happens, like, in between those?" and i bluescreen
what are your opinions on Maladaptive Daydreaming being considered a dissociative condition as of 2022??
(the link is to the source for context: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349477165_Maladaptive_daydreaming_is_a_dissociative_disorder_Supporting_evidence_and_theory)
This is a great paper!
Just for clarity, Maladaptive Daydreaming isn't an official disorder. It does not appear in the DSM nor the ICD at the moment, and so it's not yet an official diagnosis dissociative disorder.
I doubt you meant for it to be interpreted that way, but I wanted to clarify for any readers who might come away thinking MaDD is an official dissociative disorder when these are arguments for why it should be classified as such.
Having said that, like I said, I do very much like this paper, and hope that MaDD can be added to the DSM and ICD in their next editions!
I especially find their continuum of control particularly fascinating, as it acknowledges these different characters as having increasing level of agency.
I'd love to see the authors' take on tulpamancy!
I really think this is incredibly important, as it establishes a form of plurality that is both disordered and can be endogenic, while including internal agents with their own agency and ability to act outside of the host's control.
Idk if I’m blind or not looking in the right places but I want to see people post their paras and give lots of details about them!!!! I’m so curious!!!! I want to see who makes you happy and keeps you up at night and who you traumatize to death 😆