Daydreamers can be immersive daydreamers or maladaptive daydreamers, depending on the relationship they have with their daydreaming. It is possible to be immersive in some situations/life stages and maladaptive in others, or even to fall somewhere between the two.
Before I knew that maladaptive daydreaming had a name, I used to wonder whether everyone daydreamed in the same way I did or whether I was the only person who lived another life in my …
How many people have immersive or maladaptive daydreaming? Read More »
Maladaptive daydreaming disorder is real. If your daydreaming is so out of control that you can’t function – can’t maintain real-life relationships, can’t study or succeed in your career – then you have a very …
Are you making your daydreaming maladaptive when it doesn’t have to be? Read More »
My earliest memories of daydreaming are from when I was four years old, but I think I’ve always been a daydreamer. I believe that all immersive and maladaptive daydreamers are born immersive daydreamers. In the …
Should I be concerned about my child’s daydreaming? Read More »
Coming across the term maladaptive daydreaming disorder for the first time can be a light-bulb moment. Suddenly everything falls into place. You have a name for this thing you’ve been doing all your life, and, …
So you’ve just found out there’s a name for this: now what? Read More »
Some daydreamers spend many hours daydreaming every day. In fact, for some of us, daydreaming is our default state of thinking – we always have a daydream running in the background whenever our mind doesn’t …
How much time do you spend daydreaming? And how much is too much? Read More »
