#maladaptive daydreaming

[justaboymadeofhoneyandglass]

y'all. please please please, do not just be weird. be complicated too. have a bunch of different pronouns, have a dozen names, have a hundred labels for you experience or have not a single one because it's too complicated to even explain

Be complicated, and be complicated with courage

[fallingmaddlyinlove]

life without daydreaming seems so empty

I don't understand how people just Do things without daydreaming. like how are you not off in a silly little fantasy world rn

[simplygoingmadd]

blasting my silly little music and creating my silly little daydreams so i don’t lose my silly little mind

[friendlyneighborhoodhottie]

-The Reality of Being a Maladaptive Daydreamer-

Your legs hurts from pacing/jumping

You neglect personal care such as eating to have more time to daydream

Hours of your life gone due to being in your head

Creative ideas, stories, and characters are often not written down

You make weird faces out loud

You say what you were saying in the daydream out loud

You reflect on the time you wasted daydreaming

Being caught pacing, you feel embarrassed.

You isolate yourself from others more.

You feel sad knowing the fictional world you created is just that

Music and other media are triggering

You feel a withdrawal after not daydreaming for some time.

You never fully feel grounded in reality

You feel it's out of your control

You get jumpy and anxious when you think there is someone coming by who might've heard or seen you pacing/jumping

You feel, when not dreaming, alone

[moonluv2r]

i feel like I've lived most of my life through my imagination

[angel-fruitcake]

my expression might look neutral and emotionless but fear not ! inside my brain i'm actually imagining my 2 favorite little fictional guys in angsty romantic situations and then yoinkin doinks in richly vivid 4K detail complete with in home theater surround sound

[personaglitch]

"Self insert characters are cringe"

Bro I'm trying to survive capitalism with maladaptive daydreaming. Leave me alone.

[heartofdaydreams]

Hey don't cry. 100+ silly guys in Situations running around in your head ok?

[princessofwallachia]

[in-a-continuous-daydream]

I can't fathom the fact that some people watch a movie, show or read a book they like and they just go: "I liked it :)" and that's it....girl how?? Whenever I like a movie, tv show, book or musical I need to inhale that piece of media like it's air, I need to self insert myself in it and create an elaborate plot line for my character in it, then I listen to music that reminds me of the piece of media and think of it 24/7, while obsessively rewatching scenes and analyzing every bit of it till I notice details nobody has seen, finally, I try to convince people to watch it with me so that I can experience it for the first time through them. Then my obsession dies and I feel empty until the next one comes along..... and you're telling me people can enjoy something and just...go to sleep and not think of it again????

[biblicallyaccuratemoth]

When it was State-Test season in Elementary School, I never bothered to bring a book. My plan to pass the time after was to sit and imagine, as clearly as I could, becoming a girl.

[fantasyyen]

“I have maladaptive daydreaming”

Kinda sad, implies that something sucky caused you to choose this coping mechanism, boring

“I am haunted by visions of an alternate reality”

Cool, mysterious, unique, makes you sound like some kind of sci-fi witch or wizard

[luxeorchid]

🪷🫧༄ . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. ☁️💐

[deer-milkshake-999]

When you want to daydream about your fictional other but PEOPLE WON'T STOP TALKING TO YOOOOOU

[ladycatashtrophe]

"Wow, you're so self-aware! It takes most people years of therapy and dedication to get to that point." Thanks, I constantly feel completely disconnected from my physical being and the material sensation of my body, brain, and spirit/soul is so overwhelming that I often have to see myself as an objective third-party instead of an integrated entity. Father son holy spirit and all that.