Normative daydreamers spend much of their time engaged in “mind-wandering”. Mind-wandering is when an individual’s thoughts shift away from the task at hand. I think of mind wandering as the random thoughts that pop into …
What your mind doesn’t do while you’re daydreaming Read More »
Where do our alter egos come from? What shapes their personalities? Are they just an embodiment of our mental wish-list, or do they tell us something more profound about ourselves? This post is especially relevant …
Who are you in your daydreams and who are you in the real world? Read More »
In last week’s post, I reviewed the MDS-16, which is a simple questionnaire that anyone can complete to get a feel for whether their daydreaming could be classified as maladaptive. On the ICMDR website there …
Diagnosing Maladaptive Daydreaming Disorder – Part 2 Read More »
Maladaptive Daydreaming Disorder (MaDD) is not included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), which is the American Psychiatric Association’s standard classification of mental disorders. As such, it is not recognised by …
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