The Great Debate

Addressing the great debate as to whether Maladaptive Daydreaming is good or bad.

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• maladaptive
• daydreaming
• debate
• disorder
• gift
• struggles
• strengths

[diehard951]

But in the last couple of years I noticed that my daydreams have been less intense and creative and occurring less frequently. And I attribute this to my quality of life improving with more friends and college extra. With this decline I'm actually sad not being able to partake in my dream world and I feel as if a part of myself is disappearing. I guess my point is that if it's out of control its bad but when you alone and you have a hour or two to burn its a great feature that makes us special.

[diehard951]

Its seems with my maladaptive daydreams used to be stronger

[kat2156]

Your hair is amazing! You look great. :)

Anways, great video, thank you so much for this video! I idolize you, haha!

[Devinaura]

P.s. Thank you so much for your videos about MD. Please make more. We need more of us to step up and express ourselves in order to be able to relate to others and feel as though we are a part of something and hopefully MDers will not feel as though they are insane or that there is something wrong with them because there isn't and they are not certifiable. In fact, far from it. =)

[Devinaura]

@Devinaura The main focus of my fantasies fill that empty void with a world full of love and romance. Falling in love, having the man of my dreams fall madly in love with me, the courting period, getting married, the wedding, settling down, how our life would be like if we had a child (children), how our lives would be like when our children grow into adults, how we would still love each other and be 'in love' with one another. Cheesy, I know but perhaps someone out there can relate.

[Devinaura]

@Devinaura I don't have any particular triggers but as long as I can remember I have had a weird tendency to avoid daydreaming in unfamiliar or uncomfortable surroundings because my mind starts to link my fantasy world with that uncomfortable place or time I was having the fantasy much later after I have had the initial fantasy, if that makes any sense. I have to daydream in comfortable, familiar, safe, surroundings that have plenty of positive, not negative, energy.

[Devinaura]

@Devinaura It should also be noted that I am a 25 year old, unmarried female, currently in a relationship (not a great one but not a horrible one either). In my fantasies I have started to notice that I keep making up for everything I don't have but wish I had in another life. My fantasies never include any of the people I know in real life but rather mostly musicians and famous people (who just so happen to be related to me in one way or another in my fantasy world).

[Devinaura]

@Devinaura I have also started drifting away into my dream world ever since I can remember. Seemingly my entire life. I have different, yet very rich and elaborate fantasy worlds / dreams, complete with a back story and a life, personality, my characters are dynamic and have personalities as well as a backstory and I keep envisioning then re-envisioning the entire fantasy at different points throughout my (fantasy) life.

[Devinaura]

I love your hair in this video. I used to have violet hair myself. I also happen to engage in, not suffer from, but engage in maladaptive daydreaming. I just wanted to put things into perspective about MD. Hypothetically speaking, if I inherited a couple of million dollars tomorrow and brought myself a nice house and never had any social obligations, then I would happily live the rest of my days daydreaming my life away. Some may feel differently but that is how I feel. It's not an impediment.

[ExoticVixxen]

I suffer from Maladaptive daydreaming. glad it finally has a name!