Hello, this is my first post on this forum, and I have a question. I see a therapist every 2 weeks. I have been seeing her for about 6-7 months. In our sessions we mostly discuss my anxiety disorder. Anxiety from work, school, my family etc. But, I've come to believe that I have maladaptive daydreaming. Ever since I was young (maybe 9-10; I'm 19 now) I've done with weird thing of listening to my iPod and pacing around my room coming up with scenarios. They are usually pretty normal things. Nothing really that crazy. Sometimes just having a conversation with someone. Sometimes pretending that the song I'm listening to I wrote and I'm performing it for someone. It's weird. But, I've done it all these years because it's relaxing. It doesn't disrupt my life. Like I won't not hang out with someone so that I can do it. But, I do it pretty often. My family is aware, but they've never really bothered me about it. I've always been a very imaginative person. I've always known it was weird, but ever since reading that this is a real disorder I feel very creeped out by it. I've always been embarrassed that I've done it though. Either way; I feel like a crazy person now. I feel kind of embarrassed to tell my therapist about it, but maybe I should. I've never realized that it could be a coping mechanism.

Should I tell my therapist? And does anyone else have any experience with this?