BirdDancer can I ask how you got past the maladaptive daydreaming? I do daydream a lot, it's not always to get out of a stressful situation or anything, just the way my brain has always worked since I was a kid. My dad used to tell me to stop daydreaming when I was a kid. I also don't know when it becomes daydreaming, I am sometimes just thinking up a plot for a story, analyzing a situation, running through a song in my head. Things get busy, but it's hard for me to imagine it being quieter than that, I sort of assumed everyone's head was this busy until I realized when my therapist would ask me what I had just thought of that it might be a bunch of things nearly at the same time haha. Although, sometimes I cannot think of a single thought if I am feeling tired or depressed.