Being a daydreamer affects who you are in ways that may not, at first sight, seem to have anything to do with your daydreaming. If you are a daydreamer, you might need to approach your mental health differently from normative daydreamers.
Before you can successfully heal from maladaptive daydreaming disorder, you have to make real life worth coming back to. If you want to be more present in the real world, you have to make your world a place you want to be.
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 »
In last week’s post, I discussed how two ‘skills-based’ therapies, CBT and DBT, can teach you healthy coping mechanisms to help you manage the ups and downs of life. As a result, you become less dependent on your unhealthy …
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When people seek help for a mental health issue, the choice is usually medication, therapy or a combination of the two. Unfortunately, no medication has been shown to consistently help with maladaptive daydreaming, which leads many …
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On 13 January 2023, the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology published an article by Oren Herscu, Eli Somer, Asaf Federman and Nirit Soffer-Dudek entitled “Mindfulness meditation and self-monitoring reduced maladaptive daydreaming symptoms: a randomized …
