#maladaptivedaydreamingdisorder

[madd-yet-happy]

Some people have zero idea that madd can be horrible to live with! #madd #maladaptivedaydreaming #daydreamer #daydreamers #lifelongdaydreamer #maladaptivedaydreamingcommunity #maladaptivedaydreamingdisorder #maladaptivedaydreamer #maladaptivedaydreamingawareness #maladaptivedaydreamers #maladaptivedaydreamtogether #maladaptivedaydreamingmeme #maladaptivedaydreamingmemes #madder #maddrelate #maladaptive #maladaptivedaydream #maladaptivedaydreams #maddhumor #maddcalledout #maddsymptoms #maddvalidation #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthvalidation (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cky7Pg-PE-v/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[fitness-exercise-diet-videos]

5 Signs of Maladaptive Daydreaming Maladaptive Dreaming (MD) is a psychiatric condition that causes intense daydreaming and fantasizing that distracts a person from their… #Psychology #Addiction #DissociativeDisorder #MaladaptiveDaydreamingDisorder #Md

[daydreameruk2021]

I guess the first thing I’m curious about is comorbidities. What other diagnoses do people have in addition to MD? And do you think they are linked? Ie. Did the social, emotional and isolating effects of MD bring on other conditions such as anxiety and depression? Or did other conditions start first and MD provided an escape? Curious to hear people’s stories and experiences with MD.

[madd-ental-health-bitch]

Highly unpopular opinion about MADD

but I don’t really enjoy reading about or looking at other people’s paracosms because it’s so jarring to think that we all do this, this is real, I’m real, it’s not all some fantasy that’s in my head, it has a name, and holy shit, we all do it??????

[smol-grey-tea]

I wonder what kind of things I'd daydream about if none of the books/movies/games/etc that I already daydream about never existed? 🤔

[casmad101]

The amount of times now I've been daydreaming about something funny happening which then causes me to laugh or grin which then concerns my parents a lot as to why I am just randomly laughing or grinning 🤦‍♀️

[boxsnurtle]

Both my brothers are off to college which means I now have mostly all the house to myself to pace/run freely while Daydreaming👌👌👌

[mdconfessions]

So basically MD is a coping mechanism (daydreaming) gone wrong...

 However, to combat this, a lot of people have healthier and more positive coping mechanisms. They use these mechanisms to keep their MD under control and/or cope with other issues they may be dealing with. So my question is....

What is your favourite coping mechanism and why? Has this always been your go-to coping mechanism or is it something you discovered recently?    

[perseus-raine]

When you're trying to focus on something but you can't because the daydreams are slowly taking over and you're just

[purpleskiesandpaperflowers]

So , Here is a lil project that I’m ridiculously excited about!!!!! I play the sims a lot , particularly as paras from my paracosm. I've decided that I’d love to do a Simblr sort of thing and share it with you! I mean I've been struggling with motivation a lot lately, I'm finding more and more that Daydreaming is the only thing I really want to do. which is when it was decided that I may as well make something of my addictions to daydreaming and playing the sims.

This brings us to the (not so) grand idea that I had whilst daydreaming and Simming. 

As you do I was thinking to myself ... what if we did the history challenge. And then I thought of something …. What if it 1. really was Adam and Steve , and what if Adam was a half Polynesian skinny albino dude and Steve was a transmasc kind of hot dude from Canada? Joe (right) and George (left) are a couple that only my cringey 14 year old brain could have created.

Joe being rather self absorbed and George being excitable about these sort of things would like to say that they are also absolutely delighted to share their journey of mankind gone wrong with you! expect to see more of Ancestor Joe, Ancestor George ! other things I'm considering working on are : The 100 baby challenge except Our “matriarch” is one of my male paras with male pregnancy settings enabled, The Legacy challenge that I may have already started... oops... featuring my all time favourite gays - Jason and Vlad! aand I'm also considering the wolf pack challenge because Id like to do one with the cats and dogs pack!

Anyway for now , feast your eyes upon two of the first paras I ever created … but prehistoric style!

[madd-yet-happy]

Oh yeah. They forgot acting out the daydreams which is a HUGE compulsion I have #madd #maladaptivedaydreaming #daydreamer #daydreamers #lifelongdaydreamer #maladaptivedaydreamingcommunity #maladaptivedaydreamingdisorder #maladaptivedaydreamer #maladaptivedaydreamingawareness #maladaptivedaydreamers #maladaptivedaydreamtogether #maladaptivedaydreamingmeme #maladaptivedaydreamingmemes #madder #maddrelate #maladaptive #maladaptivedaydream #maladaptivedaydreams #maddhumor #maddcalledout #maddsymptoms #maddvalidation #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthvalidation #tumblrmadd (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmsdSQELLIy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[daydreameruk2021]

[smol-grey-tea]

All Of The Things I Hate About MaDD

In no particular order

I don't know myself. I've been so trapped in a fake reality that I haven't gotten to know the most important person in my life. I don't really have any hobbies or do anything other than daydream.

I don't know reality. There's a lot of things that other people know about that I dont because I've never been interested in reality.

I'm not interested in reality. Its just so boring...

I'm distracted from important tasks. Eating, sleeping, showering, homework... Even if its boring, its still important.

I don't know how to socialise. I'm not sure if this caused my MaDD or if MaDD caused this, but a lot of the time when I'm in school at lunch and break I just sit there and listen to everyone else talk. I don't have anything to say anyway, even if people do want to talk to me.

I listen to a lot of music but I'm not interested in any specific genre. In fact, I have no idea what my favourite songs are because I never really listen to or think about them when I pace to them.

I think Im already going deaf from listening to loud music for hours every day for most of my life.

I don't feel original or creative because my daydreams are 99% pulled from other sources of media instead of my own brain. I used to draw and write a lot and I don't know why I stopped - maybe MaDD caused me to doubt my creative skills?

Leading on from that point - when I was younger I was defined by my creativity: MaDD makes me feel unoriginal. I've recently been defined by my intelligence: MaDD made me fail some of my latest exams. I'm often defined by my weirdness: because of MaDD I don't have social skills so I just say whatever comes to mind. I'm sometimes defined by how nice and open minded I am: I don't know if this is related to MaDD but I really feel like I've lost who I am and I feel like I've lost my spark for helping people...?

I feel almost disgusted with myself for how disturbing and violent some of my daydreams can be. Why does my brain enjoy torture?

I feel confused because I sometimes have sexual daydreams about my paras when I never have any sexual daydreams about my actual real life girlfriend.

On top of that, I rarely ever daydream about her. That just feels...weird.

I have fallen out with a friend because I was too preoccupied with a fictional world to help her.

I feels so fake. Its so bizarre, how can a person daydream every day for years like that? I can't help but feel (for other reasons as well) that I'm making it up for attention and, with the friend I mentioned above, I feel like I need to constantly justify myself for it.

I half do and half don't wanna live in my paracosms. I half do because I want them so bad, they've been there for me all the time. I half don't because their worlds are so dangerous. I'd die in an instant, surely.

I don't really want to recover because I love my daydreams so much. I cannot imagine my life without them. I don't have hobbies so I don't know what else I could do every day.

I've probably forgotten a few. I'll update if I think of more.

I just really feel like getting it all out in one big list. It feels less messy and confusing that way...

[casmad101]

Me: aw I've put this character through so much and now she is finally happy with her loved one

My mind: Imagine her being shot and dying in his arms

Me: wtf why

My mind:.......feels

Me:...you right

[boxsnurtle]

When you're deleting old music on your phone for space and come across songs that have really good daydream memories tied to them

[mdconfessions]

Kinda Weird But Fun Question...

If each of your paras were a colour, what colour would they be? 

Here are some of the colours I associate with my paras:  

Justin: Probably blue because of all the suffering he carries and the mental illnesses he has to deal with. I also associate black with him because as a spy and assassin, he often is dressed in all black when he sneaks into places. 

Tori: I think orange because orange just seems like a nice, warm, fall colour and Tori loves the fall. She’s also a very soft and understanding person and orange just seems to suit her. 

Liam: I think an olive green because since they met, Liam has been Justin’s best friend and also the kind of guy who helps Justin through all the things he deals with. He’s also super generous and I don’t know why, but green just seems like a good colour for this.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Kyle: Probably purple because purple used to be associated with people of a higher class. Since Kyle is a really good lawyer who is also pretty well off, I just associate purple with him. It’s also sometimes a very deep and rich colour and sometimes Kyle is very assertive and quick to jump to conclusions.