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themaddlands · 1 year

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You do not have maladaptive daydreaming if your daydreaming does not interfere with your life in any way. Daydreaming is a normal method people use to deal with boredom. Enjoying imaginative books and playing out fantasies in your head is not inherently maladaptive. If you enjoy your imagination and that does not negatively impact you or those around you then it is not maladaptive. Maladaptive is negative. It is not just an overactive imagination. It interferes with day to day life. It prevents us from being able to live in and cope with reality. It often times includes really aggressive or distressing content. It is like living on autopilot, and it is often a result of trauma. Please stop misusing this term.

#Maladaptive daydreaming #MaDD

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themaddlands · 1 year

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The thing to understand about maladaptive daydreaming is that at its core it's a coping mechanism. It's only maladaptive because it's spiraled out of control. So the first thing to figure out if you think you have MaDD is, why? What purpose is it serving in your life, what is the core issue? What is it that you have to face when you try to stay in reality?

Quick question: how the fuck do you deal with maladaptive daydreaming?

Like, a friend pointed out to me that I might be a maladaptive daydreamer and I’m not sure what to do with that information

#MaDD #Maladaptive daydreaming

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themaddlands · 2 years

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You've just described a pretty typical maladaptive daydreaming experience, so don't worry, you're not the only one. Don't worry about diagnosis because MaDD is not currently in the DSM so it can't be professionally diagnosed. MaDD is pretty self diagnosable though, if you have the need for movement, music as a trigger, intricate plots with their own characters and it's causing a lot of problems in your life you pretty much know.

CALLING ALL MALADAPTIVE DAYDREAMERS UHHH do you guys spend like hours a day running/pacing around your room imagining ur characters in certain situations/in animations and when u do u dont see anything in front of you and only certain music makes u daydream ?????? i feel really weird ab it and ive done it since i was like 8 ppls tell me in not the only one <333

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themaddlands · 2 years

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themaddlands · 2 years

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just me and my ten thousand imaginary codependent relationships

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themaddlands · 2 years

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Proposed diagnostic criteria for Daydreaming Disorder (Maladaptive Daydreaming)

A. Persistent and recurrent fantasy activity that is vivid and fanciful as indicated by the individual exhibiting 2 (or more) of the following in a 6-month period. At least one of these should include criterion (1):

While daydreaming, experiences an intense sense of absorption/immersion that includes visual, auditory or affective properties.

Daydreaming is triggered, maintained or enhanced with exposure to music.

Daydreaming is triggered, maintained or enhanced with exposure to stereotypical movement (e.g., pacing, rocking, hand movements).

Often daydreams when feels distressed, or bored.

Daydreaming intensity and length intensify in the absence of others (e.g., daydreams more when alone).

Is annoyed when unable to daydream or when daydreaming is interrupted or curbed.

Would rather daydream than engage in daily chores, social, academic or professional activities.

Has made repeated unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back, or stop daydreaming.

B. The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

C. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., dementia) and is not better explained by another disorder, e.g., Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Bi-Polar I Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Substance related and Addictive Disorders, an Organic Disorder or Medical Condition.

Specify current severity:

Mild: Experiences mainly distress, no obvious functional impairment.

Moderate: One area of functioning is affected (e.g., work).

Severe: More than one area of functioning is affected (e.g., work, school or social life).

#MaDD #Maladaptive daydreaming

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themaddlands · 2 years

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it's so quiet when i realise nobody's watching me, nobody's saying anything all, of it is, infact in my head

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themaddlands · 2 years

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my paras when I put them through hell after just talking about how much I love them

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themaddlands · 2 years

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[id: a light pink userbox with a pastel pink border, and pastel pink text that reads “this user has maladaptive daydreaming disorder and is starting to be unable to tell what’s actually happened from what happened in a daydream, please be patient with them.” on the left is an image of a pastel rainbow. /end id]

#Ok but same

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themaddlands · 2 years

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I think I'd fall into despair. MaDD isn't a healthy coping mechanism, but I've relied on it for so long it's all I have. I wouldn't know what to do without it. If I survived that despair then probably in like 5 yrs I'd be happier.

Imagine if one day we woke up and we simply couldn’t daydream anymore. would we be happier or fall into despair?

#MaDD #Maladaptive daydreaming

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themaddlands · 2 years

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For anyone who doesn't know, Anthony Padilla will be making an episode on maladaptive daydreaming that will come out at the end of February! This is hugely important for remedying misinformation that has been spreading around in the past few years and spreading awareness to people who still haven't heard of MaDD!

#MaDD #Maladaptive daydreaming #Awareness #Anthony Padilla

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themaddlands · 2 years

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You're definitely not the only one. I experience this frequently and I think for me it often comes down to wanting a sense of control or imagining experiencing something that is "bad enough" for validation.

Everyone who has maladaptive daydreaming disorder always speaks about the wonderful scenarios that are so difficult to pull away from to return to your reality…

But no one ever mentions the other side of maladaptive daydreaming where you daydream about really horrible things happening to you, as if your mind is wanting to punish you and keep you in a state of sadness/anger/loneliness/self-loathing…

Can we please talk about this because i feel like i’m the only one who experiences this

#MaDD #Maladaptive daydreaming

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themaddlands · 2 years

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MADD culture is not wanting a career anymore or having a "dream job", just wanting something that will keep you fed, clothed and away from the general public between daydreaming sessions

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themaddlands · 2 years

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I wanna talk about this really cool app that I use to talk to my para(s). It's called Antar!

Antar is an app that was developed for the purpose of talking to different "sides" of yourself in order to organize your emotions or come to a decision about something. You create different "personas" and you can chat with em and switch between easily.

For example:

So yeah, that's basically it. It's personally easier for me than imaging convos.

Highly recommend Antar for all the MADDers/IDers/plurals/whoever else may benefit from it~

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themaddlands · 2 years

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I totally forgot but my friend made a forum for french MaDDers a while back so I'm gonna put it here just in case.

It's also for systems, otherkins & more. It's not really active rn but it'd be cool if it was. (But it's in french,,,)

(+ I'm supposed to receive a notification everytime someone say something, if anyone ever wanna talk)

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themaddlands · 2 years

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i think that blasting your eardrums out with very loud music regularly is actually healthy and a very important thing to do to take care of yourself. huh sorry what did you try and say something to me i didn’t hear you my ears are ringing really loudly lol

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themaddlands · 2 years

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does this save my life a little?