OP is straight up wrong, so here's a REAL THREAD about maladaptive daydreaming disorder (MDD/MD)🧵🪡
Just found out what maladaptive daydreaming is and I thought everyone just did that? I thought that was literally just called thinking. Just found out it isn’t normal to do. Thanks.
— ✧ Gaia ᓭི༏ᓯྀ (@Celestialpapaya) August 9, 2024
TO START THIS THREAD OFF, LETS TALK ABOUT WHAT IMMERSIVE DAYDREAMING IS! To begin, let's talk about daydreaming. there are technically three forms. Daydreaming, Immersive Daydreaming, and Maladaptive Daydreaming. Daydreaming is scientifically called Mind Wandering, and is a
WHAT IS DAYDREAMING?? next, there's neuronarration. "The term neuronarrative refers to the intense, divergent imaginings of fantasy-prone people." a simple example is when you read a book, and the world around you slowly begins to fade away, and you can start to physically ~see~
WHAT IS MALADAPTIVE DAYDREAMING?? Maladaptive Daydreaming is a MALADAPTIVE (NEGATIVE) coping mechanism. It is not a good thing, and it shouldn't be treated as such. It is when your regular daydreams start to interfere with your waking daily life, and makes it so that you would
HOW DOES THIS DIFFER FROM REGULAR DAYDREAMING?? regular daydreaming does NOT interfere with your daily life. you can do it at bed time, or in the shower, or while you have free time available, and it doesn't bother your daily life. You're able to continue functioning throughout
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?? The symptoms of maladpative daydreaming can differ from person to perosn. here is just a short list - interfere's with your daily life - gets drawn in without meaning do - feels dysphoric (body or gender) about not being their character - depression
WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF MDD?? Originally, the first documented case of MDD was called "hospitalism", and it occurred in hospital patients who were mentally neglected, and needed something to do. It wasn't maldaptive for them, because they were stuck in a hospital with nothing to
WHY IS IT DETRIMENTAL?? Maladaptive daydreaming has specific criteria, one of which is the amount of TIME you daydream for. longer than 6 hours, for multiple days a week? You may be a maladaptive daydreamer. It's not normal to escape into a different reality the way we do, and
WHAT ARE THE COMORBIDITIES?? there are actually a lot of comorbidities, but the most common are depression, anxiety, OCD, and ADHD. Because we have these DX's, we use our daydreams as a coping mechanism. for some people, it goes way too far. Imagine you're depressed, and someone
HOW DO I GET HELP FOR IT?? MDD may not have an official diagnosis in the ICD or DSM, but that doesn't mean that your doctor wont help you if you ask for treatment today. consider seeking out therapy to talk through the issues you're having in reality, and set a plan to prevent
end of thread! i hope this was educational and you learned something!