Discussion Any other Maladaptive/Immersive Daydreamers?

[Nature_is_God]

Basically, an excessive daydreamer.

Most of the day, I'm daydreaming about a fantasy life. I've been like this since I was very little (Kindergarten was my first memory of it) and I always found that it made me feel happier and less anxious.

Anyone else like this?

 

[Justcheckingout]

I do this too all the time! I've had 'stories' I kept running in my head for years since I was little. I find it comforting even if it isn't exactly healthy.

 

[Nature_is_God]

I do this too all the time! I've had 'stories' I kept running in my head for years since I was little. I find it comforting even if it isn't exactly healthy.

It's crazy how humans are more connected than it seems. When I was younger, I thought this unique to me but just last year I discovered that many people do the same thing.

 

[Fragile]

I'm definitely like this. ever since I was a child I started losing myself in my imagination as a way to detach and forget about the trauma and my multiple painful conditions.

Daydreaming in such profound ways is probably the only thing that keeps me alive, really.

 

[agentgeez]

I can absolutely identify with this. I spend a lot of time daydreaming or thinking about random ideas, and I have done since I was a little kid. It might be bad, since some might say it makes you lose interest in the world/pay less attention, but I at least can say that I've never really felt that interested in the world or my life, and that's how my daydreaming usually starts; during those many situations like in a class or at work or walking. People recommend mindfulness meditation as a way of self-help, which would essentially be the opposite of daydreaming; I find it extremely tiresome to focus on the world when my head has a lot more going on, so I'm not so sure if I'm missing the point here, but I'd rather not put up with doing that with no clear goal in sight. The only negative of staying in my head is that I think it lowers my perceptiveness, which is a skill I value a lot, but I'm not exactly in a lot of situations where I'm forced to use it so I suppose that's just how things will go after a while.

 

[Nymph]

Same, I've been daydreaming since I was small. I daydream all the time, on the bus/metro, at school, at home...I mostly daydream about non realistic situations or different scenarios that could have happened if I did this or that.

 

[Seafoam]

I do this. It's very embarrassing to be caught pacing around and making facial expressions though.

 

[Green Destiny]

Ever since I was a little kid I daydreamed. About being someone significant in another life, or being a character in a videogame/movie and interacting with the main cast of characters. I also talk to myself everyday when i'm alone. Honestly I wish I could write Fanfiction but i'm so bad at grammar and writing that I won't do it.

 

[LonelyNick]

Me!! Especially when I was in HS, it was so much more interesting to be in my head rather than listen to the teacher. I have such a huge imagination, I feel blessed

 

[greekyfish10]

yeah ever since i was really young i would sit in my room turn on some music and rock in my rocking chair for hours and hours just making up these scenarios with like characters and a full on plot. i never really felt like there was anything wrong with it and i still don't think there's anything wrong with it. it has always made me happier and less anxious as well.

 

[dieornottodie]

i disconnect, i mean, i daydream but once i am aware i dont even remember where my mind was. i just set off and come back to the usual stream of consciousness
i zone out and dont know where i zoned out to

 

[Soul]

Absolutely.

 

[lucid]

I used to daydream a lot more when I was younger, of aspirations and such. Now though, it's usually just me getting caught in the thought of "What would happen in this random scenario that would never occur?" or something. And more often than not, even my brain tells me I would screw up in it.

 

[inactive]

I spend most of my day partaking in maladaptive daydreaming. Since it is deeply ingrained in me, training myself out of it would be near impossible and probably not worth the hassle anyway.

 

[AllReturnsToNothing]

Maladaptive daydreaming is one of the only things that have kept me alive for 21 years. It gets to the point where I basically begin writing entire novels worth of complex worlds with characters that inhabit them with their own needs wants and aspirations (albeit a little rough and needing some fleshing out but you get the point). Made me think that maybe I might have a career in writing or at least some kind of story-telling but I barely ever have the energy or discipline to sit down and write. Plus I lose interest in creative projects so quickly. I started drafting out a Lovecraftian inspired short story and already got tired of it after writing only one page.

 

[MrBlue]

I spent the vast majority of today daydreaming, and have done pretty excessively for around 6 years. Like people above said, it's the only thing that is keeping me alive at this point because it's the only thing that can efectively distract me from my shitty life.

 

[Deleted member 20852]

Yeah I do this all the time and ever since I was little too, I don't ever remember not doing it. I spend more time daydreaming in my own fantasy worlds than in real life. I've spent hours and hours all my life daydreaming and pacing. Music helps too.
If I didn't have any housemates, I would daydream and pace with my headphones in all day. I really miss living on my own.

 

[Tabbyql]

Yup, me too. It does help for a little whille. Sometimes I snap out of it and it takes a few seconds to realise it didn't really happen. Which always makes me sad.