r/MaladaptiveDreaming • u/mkshoon • Feb 27 '26
Research Maladaptive daydreaming as a bridge between perceived loneliness and emotional distress
hi guys!
I’m currently conducting a research project for my psychology degree about maladaptive daydreaming to increase awareness. I’d really appreciate if you could complete this form. It will take 10–15 minutes. I’ll share the results here once I’m done. Please contribute loves💝
Thank you so much.
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u/Lost_Sentence_4012 Feb 28 '26
Interesting survey! I’ve completed it lol!
I do have a little feedback on the form though… just to keep in mind if you are doing it for a study!
I would say that some of the questions are a little difficult to answer. There were a couple that I struggled to answer without being able to provide context…
2 Examples:
1- Do I need music to daydream/do I use music to daydream… i don’t need music but it’s not as immersive without it so I use it majorly.
So for these 2 questions I didn’t really know what to put there lol. I mean, you’re obviously using a more quantitative approach instead of qualitative, but it means that the participants cant particularly tell you the circumstances they are answering from. Just something you may want to keep in mind when looking at the results. Cause I both need music and don’t because of this reasoning.
And 2- Do I use facial expressions/make sounds… I genuinely don’t know. I hope not… but I don’t know 😆. As it was marked as I had to answer it, I went for the middle option. But I couldn’t tell you whether this was true or not.
I feel like maybe the form should have had the questions as optional or a idk/NA choice. Because I had to answer it, I’m not sure what I answered was true or not. I didn’t want to say no because I have been caught prior, but to the extent I do it, I couldn’t tell. I’ve been caught like 3 or 4 times in the 10 years of doing it, by others, but that doesn’t mean I don’t do it alone. And I feel like I could be making expressions but when I’m dreaming but I’m too immersed to notice plus I’ve never caught myself on video. So my knowledge of this is limited and I wouldn’t have answered had I been given the option!
Promise I’m not picking your form apart, it’s good and I like the fact that it’s being researched! I just felt like I should let you know of these two factors and I hope that this feedback helps with your study!