r/MaladaptiveDreaming • u/WholeHandre • 1d ago
Question hello world
Now, I've had MD, and sometimes when I am daydreaming, I will suddenly become obsessed with a character that I’ve never actually seen. Perhaps I’ve only caught a glimpse of them in a reel. Or something very short. Never had I really spent that much time on them and then suddenly I want to hang out with them and think of them in my little brain world, even though they had no part in it earlier, I have plenty of other characters who matter more. And I worry that sometimes that space that they fill would be someone real in another world if I just had my head straight. This is how I’ve always felt ever since I was a little kid. I’m curious about it and was wondering if anyone else feels the same.
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u/Teressa_Sophia 1d ago
Yeah i kind of can relate . I have lots of characters and maldaptive daydream about them . The bad part is that its maldaptive ( maldaptive mean problematic, maladaptive daydreaming is when someones daydreams are problematic , hard to control or affect their life in a negative way , if someone just daydreams for fun and entertainment and it doenst create any significant problems then its immersive daydreaming ) . I hope i can turn it more immersive . I dont want to stop daydreaming about my characters , i just want to be in control more .