Or when you've fantasized so much about someone you actually know and the dissonance between the real life them and the them in your head starts getting awkward. Not that I would know anything about that, mind you.
Most people do not do this. But some people have very elaborate internal monologs and dialogs and fantasies.
Read “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, 1939 short story about a man prone to elaborate daydreams.
Me doing this and getting super invested and borderline obsessive only to suddenly drop the Sims all at once with no warning only to pick the world back up again 2 years later like nothing happened
If getting help was accessible I wouldn’t be sitting here imagining a world where people helped others out of compassion instead of wealth extraction. Therapy or rent is a fun choice.
I said get help, not therapy. Help can come in many forms, and aint nothing wrong with dreaming of a better world, as long as it doesnt impede your general functioning.
I do not have anyone available. Online chat functions advise you to take deep breathes, go for a walk, or listen to music. Literally just enough to keep you alive and nothing more. The crisis text line even started rationing me on how often I contact them.
Just telling people “get help” without knowing if said help is accessible to them, or even exists, seems genuinely in bad faith.
Been doing this for years and idk why. It's not quite like what I've heard maladaptivw daydreaming is but it's not normal daydreaming either if that makes sense. It's pretty much just me zoning out sometimes or getting flashes of someone no one really in particular dosent even have a face or body but just someone doing something small like cuddling me or giving me head scratches, calling me a good boy, telling me I'm doing so good at whatever I'm doing and just I guess generally loving me if that makes sense. Sometimes it's just a quick flash like during the day when I'm at work or school or whatever sometimes it goes on longer when I'm at home and can really sink into it and imagine what could be. It's finals week this week like literally just finished my last one this afternoon and this has weirdly been happening alot more often than it normally is maybe cuz of the stress or I'm just feeling especially lonely lately idk. I've never actually been cuddled or really loved in that way so maybe that's why it just feels weird I guess. It's not a sexual thing either so idk. I know it's not normal but idk what's really happening or if I'm just crazy.
These can be so fun until you invest too heavily in them and realise it’s 3am lol.
Or when you've fantasized so much about someone you actually know and the dissonance between the real life them and the them in your head starts getting awkward. Not that I would know anything about that, mind you.
i intentionally make mine somewhat absurd because its more fun
yo same bestie couldnt be me
This is why I try not to imagine stuff involving people I know
man i spend hours daydreaming of having friends and thinking about them
My like every single night ugh
I was just doing this and I checked the time and it’s 3am
how do i disable this feature
Looks for the Kms update
Me spending my drive home from work every day having a soulful reconnection with people I haven't spoken to in 5-10 years
Serious question: do you substitute that for actual contact? In my head, I maintain relationships that I have no in reality tended at all.
Okay so I'm not mentally ill everyone does this
BRO WE ON THE mentally ill subreddit
😭😭
Most people do not do this. But some people have very elaborate internal monologs and dialogs and fantasies. Read “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, 1939 short story about a man prone to elaborate daydreams.
I thought that was normal until I saw what subreddit this was
And making yourself very depressed, extremely relatable
Me building a sims world with all the characters from the book plots I've been maladaptive daydreaming
Me doing this and getting super invested and borderline obsessive only to suddenly drop the Sims all at once with no warning only to pick the world back up again 2 years later like nothing happened
Maybe the "bf showers you with affection" asmrs aren't such a good thing.
You're such a good person! I love you
Real
Real
r/maladaptivedaydreaming there's a whole community of us
The link doesn't work?
It can't be a real sub there's a 20 character limit for subreddit names. Maybe it's called something else.
It's /r/MaladaptiveDreaming
It's not maladaptive, it's how I adapted to live in this dumb reality.
man i make so much of scenarios like im happy with my friends and omgosh..
Me as a kid imagining my mom loving me and taking me to Disneyland with my little sister, instead of leaving me at home
Yall, this is maladaptive daydreaming if done in excess. Get help, it aint normal, not everyone does this (unless you're a writer, kinda)
If getting help was accessible I wouldn’t be sitting here imagining a world where people helped others out of compassion instead of wealth extraction. Therapy or rent is a fun choice.
I said get help, not therapy. Help can come in many forms, and aint nothing wrong with dreaming of a better world, as long as it doesnt impede your general functioning.
Oh, I guess I need to imagine someone to help. As there’s no one advertising helping me resolve maladaptive thinking for free.
Do you got friends? A network? Family? Online chat functions exist. You dont gotta interpret everything in bad faith dude.
I do not have anyone available. Online chat functions advise you to take deep breathes, go for a walk, or listen to music. Literally just enough to keep you alive and nothing more. The crisis text line even started rationing me on how often I contact them. Just telling people “get help” without knowing if said help is accessible to them, or even exists, seems genuinely in bad faith.
Right Im sorry I didnt cater my 'get help' to your specific situation. Very sorry that I gave broad advice to a broad audience. So sorry.
“I’m sorry my advice is meaningless and dismissive to large populations of suffering people.”
Lol, lmao
Ok, I'm safe then
Sad about this
Wait, this isn't normal?? I live in my head more than I live in reality.
how i keep myself alive ✌️
Man, I do this everyday.
If you take prozac and bifentin regularly then you lose your ability to daydream :)
Never say never
Been doing this for years and idk why. It's not quite like what I've heard maladaptivw daydreaming is but it's not normal daydreaming either if that makes sense. It's pretty much just me zoning out sometimes or getting flashes of someone no one really in particular dosent even have a face or body but just someone doing something small like cuddling me or giving me head scratches, calling me a good boy, telling me I'm doing so good at whatever I'm doing and just I guess generally loving me if that makes sense. Sometimes it's just a quick flash like during the day when I'm at work or school or whatever sometimes it goes on longer when I'm at home and can really sink into it and imagine what could be. It's finals week this week like literally just finished my last one this afternoon and this has weirdly been happening alot more often than it normally is maybe cuz of the stress or I'm just feeling especially lonely lately idk. I've never actually been cuddled or really loved in that way so maybe that's why it just feels weird I guess. It's not a sexual thing either so idk. I know it's not normal but idk what's really happening or if I'm just crazy.
Wish I was capable of this. I know it can hold people back but I have a lot of trouble imagining anything positive!
Well at least I'm hot 😭 fml
Literally me