Do you have maladaptive daydreaming?

[littleoc]

abused my creativity so none of that is safe anymore.

That happened to me, too, with an ex I stopped talking to last year, in October. She wanted me to prove it was real, constantly, but I eventually couldn't. But now I'm pretty happy it's mine again, though I keep forcing myself into it a bit. Luckily there are other ones, too. I'm sorry that happened to you. Some people are unbelievable. So unbelievable that you don't believe they're that bad?

Good idea!

 

[ms spock]

It is hard. I haven't been able to claw my creativity back yet, but I am on my way. It has been a long journey.

 

[ms spock]

Oh gosh breaking this down is hard!

So this is a huge struggle for me! It is my new frontier!

 

[ms spock]

So I am doing it for brief moments of time, thirty seconds here, and fifteen seconds there, and mostly I am thinking that I am maladaptively daydreaming, and it is hard to stop. And I am asking back into the maladaptively daydreaming, but every second counts!

 

[ms spock]

I am nowhere as far along as you are but I am really appreciating your comments. I can do 15 - 30 seconds of being present before I am sucked back into my intrusive maladaptive daydreaming or obsessive thinking.

I find the bone wrenching loneliness really hard to manage at times. I am keeping this in mind.

 

[littleoc]

I am nowhere as far along as you are but I am really appreciating your comments. I can do 15...

Are you using daydreaming to counter loneliness? Because if so, I do that too. I've been told that to fix it i have to get comfortable with being alone, but instead I socialized excessively. Loneliness is not a comfortable feeling, and it can be crushing in people with poor childhoods. At least I quit spending two hours taking hot showers/baths?

 

[ms spock]

I could be @littleoc. I don't know.

 

[ms spock]

I really don't know!

 

[ms spock]

So I guess I have to embrace my loneliness, and care for it in whatever ways it needs to be cared for!

 

[Deleted member 46411]

I kind of do this. As a kid I used to retreat into my head as a way of soothing and comforting myself and I still do it now when under stress. It’s not daydreaming exactly, more really absorbing fantasy.

 

[ms spock]

... really absorbing fantasy.

I totally get it. It is hypnotic and so all encompassing for me.

 

[littleoc]

I totally get it. It is hypnotic and so all encompassing for me.

Me, too.