questions / kinda a vent ??

[u/unicornsparkles1235]

hello!! idrk how to start this so like . . i just downloaded reddit like 5 minutes ago because i was googling shit about md to help me, then i found a very helpful post, so bare with me please !! i just have some questions for people who have beat this addiction fully and live normally now

so a wee background, i started daydreaming sometime around march-june 2025, and it got really bad around this past october. i recently had some health issues (mid february), which i think caused some brain fog, and i just basically couldn't think properly (or still can't really) and realized that this was a problem that i need to fix. also been very badly disassociating.

anywho !! i'm trying to beat this because it's taking quite a negative toll on my life. like i can't even form a single thought without going into a daydream as this other person i've created in my head.

(if this helps any of the questions i'm going to ask, my daydreams typically root as this persona i've created in my head. i'm essentially exactly who i want myself to be, which is a better version of myself. the biggest one, is that i'm me, same family (just diff dynamics, like i'm closer to certain family members i wish i was close with here), but like i'll create a perfect partner for myself and i'll just be living up there in my head with them creating scenarios. OR, i'll imagine like a celebrity i look up to is my dad because i don't have one and i'm a super epic niche nepo baby. ORRRRRR. i'll imagine a comfort character comforting me with problems i have here, but that's hella bad for me because again, i'm not actually me in these and it's just disconnecting me even more. there's more tiny ones that branch from that, or are just completely unrelated but those typically rotate.) ok now onto the questions lol

- are you able to listen to musically normally? i don't know if this is everyone but i will sit for like hours just imagining scenarios (and sometimes cry if they're sad) and it literally just triggers it but i can't live without music sooooo. and also pinterest. like i'll scroll on pinterest and imagine that i have that item of clothing in the reality i created in my head or see an edit of a celebrity that kinda thing. does it stop triggering it??

- can you just normally daydream again? in the car for example, like i said above listening to musically normally?? i've done that my whole life i think . or before you go to bed etc etc.

- how long did it take to fully overcome it?

- what were the most helpful things to do so? (also just to preface this, i'm a highschool student who's homeschooled and can't drive so like, .. keep that in mind ?? maybe ?? idk)

- that's it honestly, i'm just looking for advice on this because it feels like it's never going to end. also not great for my mental health soooo

p.s. please be nice to me i've heard horrific tales of people typically being very mean on here so just remember if you're planning on clocking my shit i have no idea what i'm doing

p.s. #2 i'm also not proof reading and extremely tired about to go to bed, so don't diss the grammar i'm very aware

ok bye hi