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#1
Jul 16, 2012, 03:38 PM
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I believe I suffer with this. I went onto a website and all the things it metioned related to me. I daydreamed about characters when I was 10 or 11 and I still daydream a bit too much but I don't daydream about characters. It's like people are listening to my thoughts. I rock and sway forwards and backwards when I get excited about a thought. It's so hard to describe. I read this condition could be linked to bipolar or something else. I should tell myself, no one is listening to my thoughts!
 Does anyone else suffer with this?
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Jul 16, 2012, 11:54 PM
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Don't know about that but, I do have imaginary conversations with people I don't know. Say I'm watching TV and hear an intresting topic, in my mind I'll have a conversation with this person even react emotionally. I have caught my self laughing about a conversation that never really happened.
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Jul 17, 2012, 02:24 AM
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My childhood and adolescence was filled with daydreaming. It was a coping strategy, when books could not soothe my loneliness. I had no close friends and longed to connect with someone. The only way, I knew how, was to create fantasy worlds. They were more realistic than dreamy, but it fulfilled my need. As, I got older my daydreaming declined. Sometimes, I still have a really good daydream, though.
I just read up on maladaptive daydreaming and saw some traits in me. Sometimes, I would rock back and forth when daydreaming. It kept my mind focused. |
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Jul 17, 2012, 02:25 AM
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Jul 17, 2012, 02:28 AM
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I've been daydreaming alot until recently..
IT became much better after my hypnotherapy visit, but I still have looooooooong way to go to fix my problems (facepalm) |
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Jul 17, 2012, 03:27 AM
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I have maladaptive daydreaming. I found out about it some months ago. I've been doing it since about the age of 11 but before that I was still known for having a pretty colorful imagination. I even mentioned I had it on my profile. But I don't know much about it when it comes to being related to other disorders and illnesses.
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#7
Jul 17, 2012, 07:29 AM
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I believe it is a way to deal with anxiety and stress. I would see a therapist and work on joining the real world and making real friends and getting on with life instead of spending so much of my time in my head. It is a very dangerous habit (I had it for 10-15 years); habits only get stronger the more they are engaged in, become that much harder to break as time goes by.
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Jul 17, 2012, 08:31 PM
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I agree. My maladptive daydreaming started as a sort of defense mechanism to help me cope throughout hard times when I was alone (it also developed around the same time as my social anxiety). But I don't really have any intentions off getting rid of mine.
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Jul 18, 2012, 06:27 PM
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I have never heard of it until now, and when I went to read about it, it certainly describes me. I've obsessively daydreamed since I was about ten and just thought I was odd and never told anyone. I know it was a coping mechanism because it started our daydreaming about a mother figure (usually from TV or someone I've met) rescuing and nurturing me.
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Jan 26, 2013, 05:23 PM
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Jan 26, 2013, 06:21 PM
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Me too lol. Perhaps these are just 'symptoms' of a healthy imagination? |
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Jan 26, 2013, 06:38 PM
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Hah, never heard of the term until now! It fit me to a t for a number of years. I lived mostly in my head - largely because I found the outside world unmanageable and my inner world much more fulfilling. I have issues with dissociation which I think made it easier. It hasn't been a serious problem for some time now though.
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Jan 26, 2013, 07:17 PM
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I didn't know daydreaming like that could be bad, especially since I feel much better after I daydream for a bit. I don't tend to rock when I daydream, but I always "wake up" with a dear wristband in my hand which I keep on my person at all times. I don't remember taking it off, but I do remember messing with it. It's mostly unconscious since I tend to play with it without noticing when I'm nervous or bored.
Although I do tend to rock just a bit when trying to force all my attention onto something. It does help, because it's a lot easier for me to think when my body's focusing on something else familiar.
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