#maladaptive behavior

[samw3000]

System Alert: Pattern / Error

I’m having fun with these system metaphor poems. System::Emotion() I remember enough computer shit to be creative not productive. © 2025 Samantha Williams. All Rights Reserved.

[lullxbyblue]

I want to cut off the parts of my body I hate but then there would be nothing left

[cvnt4him]

drawing a silly little version of myself in silly little shows because creating silly little fantasies and daydreaming about silly little characters is no longer enough to keep my silly little mind from exploding.

[awesomecoolswaggirl]

maladaptive daydreamers of tumblr, do you also occasionally get stuck in daydream episodes where you just cant stop? no matter how hard you try. and it’s almost unwanted like, i just do it and i’m not even realizing i’m wasting a whole day daydreaming just trying to get back to reality and escape my head, but i physically cant. like the dissociation is so bad and you just kind of feel like you aren’t even living, the whole day goes by and you’re like huh

[dreamdropsystem]

in my daydreams i am loved and cared for. i will hide in my mind

[madd-always]

[cb-writes-stuff]

“You can’t enjoy being neurodivergent/disabled/having X disorder if it makes you suffer so much! How dare you be making jokes about it!!!” Well you see, your bad days only suck a little bit so you don’t appreciate the good days very much. My bad days suck so much worse, so I only appreciate the good days that much more to compensate.

[starspd]

begging people to understand that maladaptive daydreaming isnt just "likes to daydream" or "vivid imagination". no, it means i struggle to control when i daydream. most of the time i cannot listen to music or funny media without it triggering a daydream. i often spend hours a day daydreaming, and if im not at a place like school or in a car i cannot stop myself from pacing while i do it, even as im in excruciating pain from it (chronic pain). it can be physically painful when i try and resist daydreaming (though luckily that has started to get better).

it has impacted my mental health in many ways. i consume media that hurts me because its good for the daydream. it has impacted me participating in activities i want to do because its hard to stop daydreaming until it dies down on its own. it has impacted my memory. some days its easier, in some situations it can feel beneficial (though is that just the "coping skill" part of it talking?), but others it gets in the way of everything.

[pineconegal]

I really tried living in reality and being a full-time adult, even in my head and all, but it only comes to that I'm getting more and more depressed again. I've struggled with maladaptive daydreaming due to the amount of abuse and ptsd I struggle with, but I don't think it's worked well for me. I think I'll come back to just living in my head.

[greeney3db1tch]

this kind of pissed me off because some people who are responding to this is making it seem like maladaptive daydreaming is some whimsical nonsense and coming up with fake scenarios in order to sleep at night. while that can be true, MALADAPTIVE means negatively affecting to function daily.

like it is NOT normal.

no hate to OP! just to give my two cents

[lullxbyblue]

I want to have hobbies again but I feel nothing for them

[slasherboy-brainrot]

Does anyone else fantasize about their favorite slasher killing them, or am I especially deranged

[awesomecoolswaggirl]

fellow maladaptive daydreamers, do you also feel really guilty and gross when your daydreams involve real people? like even if you can’t help it

[s4w-yer]

when you're writing a script and get stuck, but then the magic of maladaptive daydreaming gives you a divine vision of an amazing scene.

[dreamdropsystem]

coping by daydreaming when literally any small inconvenience happens lmao

[kleptozoology]

So when do I get to turn the maladaptive trauma responses into freaky T4T sex?