Why you should stop daydreaming| maladaptive daydreaming and my experience 

Boredom and stress are main reasons for MDD. And get a life is the best advice.

it’s gotten to a point for me where it’s affecting my physical health. i walk around school all day. i walk home from school. immediately when i get home i start pacing and standing and i don’t sit down for hours and spend almost all of my day daydreaming. my legs are in constant pain

I used to go swinging for 3 to 4 hours listening to music, imagining myself in 'ideal' situations. I always thought that the thrill of daydreaming is something that other people can't ever experience in their lives. It would've been just that if you COULD control it. It's like eating sugary food. It feels great while doing it and terrible afterwards. The level of shame and guilt i felt for giving myself in to fantasies always brought me to tears as a teenager. I thought i'd've gotten over it... But here i am in this comment section at 26. With 13 years of experience as a board certified daydreamer.

Maladaptive daydreaming why? to escape reality why? cuz my reality is suck why? cuz i can’t focus and live my life why? cuz i maladaptive daydreaming 🔁🔁🔁

thank you very much for sharing your experience. I've come to the realization that Maladaptive Daydreaming has become such a problem in my life that I can't even wake up early to do things to improve myself (and become the person i am in my head) because "i want to think about fake situations and stories". I have always done this, i remember the exact moment when i was a child and realized that no one could read my thoughts and i could think about literally anything and never be bored ever, and now I'm 24 and my mind does not stop. I really liked your tips and I'll try to be more present and stop this behaviour.

For a time I thought you are talking about me 😢.. When you talked about daydreaming about the best version of yourself.. I can totally feel it..

wow this is the best video i’ve seen on maladaptive daydreaming, i relate so much. And I am actually overcoming it now and ending isolation does help a lot, like now I keep my room’s door open all day so my family sees me and I can’t daydream

Who else had to rewind a couple of time coz they were maladaptive daydreaming😂😂😂😂

am i you? are you me? we are the same. the whole thing with kpop (major trigger of mine, i tend to daydream the most when i fall back into it and less when i fall out of it). ALSO THE PART ABOUT IDEALISING YOURSELF, YES. LITERALLY ME! my self esteem is non existent. the whole thing about socialise with your friends in comparison with other people irl. currently trying to socialise more myself. that on top of not needing to do it anymore because im no longer in the environment that made me do it on the first place. its crazy how similar our experiences are. my biggest trigger is music. my repetitive behaviour is pacing, taking and dancing around my room. ITS EMBARRASSING. ive recently found out about maladaptive daydreaming and i understand it’s a problem because ive been on the same storyline for the past 5 years 💀 time keeps moving on without me and it sucks cuz i want to be more present currently trying to get a life… really appreciated the video very informative 🤍

Oh btw you are SUPER pretty and funny! Don’t let the social propaganda get you twisted. Walk in your amazing greatness, baby gurl! Those who see you will SEE ALL THE BRILLIANCE AND BEAUTY IN YOU. Pity those who suffer in blind ignorance and brainwashing. So glad you’re disconnecting from that.💕

Satan always out here offering the cheap temporary pleasure so you can’t enjoy the real life God gave you.

Jesus loves you

Thank you so much, mine is kpop, for the past few months i have reduced the way i watch it and actually focused on basic reality goals that i have set for my self, am glad that i spend time with jesus and my job

I love your positivity and you are so relax! I used to cry about this disorder but now i just do what i need to do then pray and leave it to life

I feel so relieved knowing that I am not alone in this, thank you :)

I get it, this is what used to happen to me; I'm a very idealistic person as well, I'd find so much comfort in the characters in my head and I loved them and was obsessed with being around them all but I stopped I guess when I got out of my traumatic type of stressful situations it decreased and slowly stopped happening but I have a lot of stress in my life these days and wish I could go back but I can't even if I try idk if anyone has ever experienced deeply missing their maladaptive daydream lives but I do and I think I'd cope better with it. I also think that I got more freedom and more of other things that I always felt trapped away from too so as I started to gain those things in my real life I didn't need it anymore 🥲 I used to slip into it at home, on the buses to and from school and college, in class, at work; music used to majorly trigger it so it got to the point where I wouldn't even be seen without my earphones/headphones in

My m.d. got so severe especially this quarantine. It’s so hard not to because my trigger is like school😭

It stopped when I turned 18☹it feels like memory loss..I'm trying to get back to my old life of MD but I can't anymore..i usd to get motivation from music & movies but i can't even watch TV anymore 🤣.

Thank you so much for making this video. You are very relatable, and it is a big relief to learn about other peoples experience with this.

I Also Experience Daydreaming My Friend Told Me abou DayDreaming..I Also Relate This...Sometimes I Making Fake scenarios.

Awesome video. Thank you.

During the whole video I was like "Is she talking about me". Cause whatever she said is actually happening to me. Bruhh

MDD is also a trauma response. It is spiritual issue that God can heal. Reading, Fasting, Praying is the key.

This has helped me a lot, thank you❤

Your voice is sooo cute, omg. 😮‍💨😮‍💨

I can totally relate 😂 Great video 👌🏾

Thanku so much make more videos on it ...u r so right i found it at very right time before ruining my future....... I can't tell u r angel 😇

ahhh this was so relatable! ty ily

You have very pretty voice and thank u for the advice

Great video

I have this and I think its just cuz I’m lonely, stressed and bored. I actually really like having it and don’t think its a problem yet but if it becomes one… then idrk 🤷‍♀️ but I definitely have a problem with comparing myself with my fake self and it sucks…

You are so sweet and pretty 🥰. I can totally relate.. i am suffering from this too. Great Video!

I just wanted to put that here your ideal version isn’t something you will never attain my love make it your goal you create your reality ❤

Please please please ترجمي الفيديو الى اللغة العربية😢

i get it, finally getting over it now at 40 yrs old

i love this video and off topic but i love your voice :))

Great video thank you God bless you ❤

I'm trying to figure out how to help a "moderately" autistic teen who lives in his maladaptive day dreams. He needs to pace and get tactile input. Sadly he doesn't understand how they are interfering in his life. He gets violent if we interrupt it. He doesn't care that he does this in public. His pacing lead to a run and he runs into things and people. I'm still trying to figure out how to help this kid. He is addicted and gets angry if he can't have it. I'm icing bruises from this kid. Some day I'll figure out how to help him.

2:18 Yes, I did listen to music unfortunatelly

So basically this video is about why it's bad to daydream on purpose? Are you guys kidding? I mean we got everyone telling us to take a cold shower, quit touching themselves, and to read a book, and now people tell us to literally not daydream...that's how MOST of your inventions got created in the first place, daydreaming!

I want to talk about something I really need help pls do you have any medication pls suggest me because my maladaptive daydreaming is so worse and I can't really focus on my studies no one understands me no one support me I don't have any friends no one believes in me I had two best friends we were so good together but the other two really got involved in each other so good that they threw me out of there group they also thought I was weird and my parents are abusive my father is an alcoholic he abused me physically and mentally I said my mother to divorce but instead of listening to me she scolded me even she was abused too and I am still living in with my abusive parents I was always so good in studies besides all of this i still managed to top in the exams and because of that I don't know if she was really my best friend or she used me like hell just for my name why would you do that my best friend was jealous because even going through this things I still managed to top and she can't top she was that much jealous that she spread rumours about me without me knowing and she was acting like she didn't know who spread that rumour up sitting beside me acting like she is with me for years and then after four years I got to know that she spread up that rumour about me she was a snake for a long time she didn't like that I have some friends when she was hanging out with my best friend cutting me out of their group she spread up the rumour that I go in others friend circle and I steal their friends or I make them fight and break the friend circle or their friendship when the real bad person is she that steal my best friend all of it made me look like a bad person when it wasn't me I was so surprised that a best friend can do this kind of shit I said nothing just slowly got out of her life shut myself up didn't talk to anyone didn't try to be friends because at the end of all this i don't believe in the term friendship now I really don't know if it exists suffered in silence suffered loneliness still living in loneliness abusive household in my maladaptive daydreaming thinking having a bestfriend or a girlfriend talking to someone crying and laughing touching myself as I want to feel the touch that is no one there it's just air and me making facial expressions being there is no one to tell me that there is no one i am just living in my own world that makes me happy but cut my ties with reality it got even worse in lockdown panic attacks nightmares abuse social anxiety adhd maladaptive daydreaming symptoms of OCD you know what childhood trauma and loneliness everything just ate me up I am so tired and cold I am just 16 years old that will surprise you still I managed get so good marks in 10th grade that I got into IT after two years of lockdown and with these mental disorders things got even worse the college get started before 3 months of first year end I got into college 1 month late then I was into hostel I went to college for only 1 month lied to my parents that I did go to the college regularly I gave only 1 test and I just wrote the whole question paper on the answer sheet failed it I didn't even like the voice I get so disturbed when I go to college so I really can't bear it all I had no friends in college too because I can't even talk with anyone now it was so hard for me to continue the college I had backlogs because I failed in that subject and you give extra money because you have to give continuing semester fees and backlog subject fees so it was time wasting and I felt the guilt of wasting my parents money I didn't hangout with anyone so the others probably didn't like me I did maladaptive daydreaming at the hostel then when I get to know that I can't study or focus or it's hard for me than the others feeling so scared how to talk with parents because they are not that much open or free it's so scary to talk with them they would just say it's all my fault I started thinking of running away from my home applying for jobs online that was not a good idea as for a 16 year old but I can't talk with my parents otherwise I don't have the courage and confidence also it's not that easy to talk with abusive parents but I didn't get the job finally decided to talk with my mother the same mother who don't listen to me the first time I talked to her about my mental health I just said I am afraid of everything and she scolded on me not trying to understand me she just scolded on me after that I never talked to because she makes me look like it's all my fault that she even justify that why the father beat the shit out of me when I didn't do something wrong he was just angry and I am that tool he can beat get the angriness out of him when they all are angry just beat me or say that they wish I wasn't born and scold me with the harshness of their words it feels like they just cut my heart with a knife when I tell my mom that I can't do IT she was so much angry I said them that I will do something else but not IT just because IT has a good salary I can't risk my mental health and get all the guilt and regret but for some days they said that ok we will think about it I can't talk about my mental health they would just make a fun of it they won't believe me and then again after some days they came and said that repeat it but do IT ok I am so tired IT is so hard for me but my parents don't wants to understand me they are like scolding me to get admission in IT again and it's gonna be worse on me I lost everything and don't have anything to lose I lost myself also in this journey so pls suggest me some medications so I can stop this maladaptive daydreaming adhd and focus on my studies I can't even run i don't have any money also I am so young pls please guys help me suggest me some medications for adhd and maladaptive daydreaming pls I need your help I am asking for your help please 🙏🙏🙏🥺🥺🥺 I don't have anyone to talk to about it because no one talks to me understand me I don't talk about this to anyone but feeling so demotivated and don't know what to do I am so in need of help and motivation I think it will be great to find some help people to comfort me so you can give me some tips that how did you handled this stuff I am so much messed up in my mind now so pls if you can suggest me some medications it would be a great help pls 🙏sorry my English isn't that good but pls understand me and I think the people of my community can be the only one to understand me only they can know my feelings so that's why I asked for help here help me out pls🙏

Not everyone daydreams. Only sexual abuse victims do.

My m.d. got so severe especially this quarantine. It’s so hard not to because my trigger is like school😭