Author: Dimmer

A Maladaptive Daydreamer publishes her paracosm. Like many Maladaptive Daydreamers Ashleigh decided to address her imagination by channeling it into writing. I finally put my excessive daydreaming to good use and wrote a book... I’ve lived in this fantasy world for twenty+ years and never once considered becoming a writer, but someone suggested writing might help to get the daydreams out of my head. It didn’t really help me to stop daydreaming but I found a new passion instead and now I feel like the last twenty years has not been a total waste of time. I feel like it was all worth it.Ashleigh Reverie via Discord The story follows main characters, Edel and Danny, as they navigate a dystopian society and discover what it means to be human. You can find the book listed on...

Fine Arts student Rhiannon Dewar talks about her final year case study. Like many students of the class of 2021 end of term projects have migrated to online presentations. Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design too has been showcasing their graduates online. One student, Rhiannon Dewar, is graduating this year with an exhibit on their experiences with Maladaptive Daydreaming. Because Rhiannon conveys their own experiences through art, they would love people to be able to see a physical exhibition in the future. Rhiannon explains: “Even if there was just one person who has a mind that works like mine. If that one person could come in … and get it, which is a lot harder now.”https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/entertainment/2296969/video-remarkable-dundee-art-students...

Grayson Wise won the T.G. Mays Purchase Award for her art piece “She’s a Dreamer: Italian Remnants,”  University of Oklahoma student, Grayson Wise, won a prize at a student art show with photographs depicting tourism as a Maladaptive Daydreamer. The photographs feature a sightseer in Oklahoma with scenes of Italy drawn over. Wise took photos of a friend around Oklahoma, she said. Later, she went in and digitally drew details that could be seen around Italy over the photographs. Many of the details are drawn in thin, white lines with occasional thicker lines of color throughout. The piece was also heavily inspired by Wise’s experiences with maladaptive daydreaming — a realistic and often distracting form of daydreaming — , she said.https://www.oudaily.com/culture/winning-this-award-...