Author: Dimmer

MD Article Published in Fashion Journal Maladaptive Daydreaming was recently featured in an article, by Shaeden Berry, in Fashion Journal, one of Australia's leading fashion titles. From the article: If TikTok can guarantee anything, it’s that at some point during your scrolling, you’ll experience an illuminating moment of watching a video and thinking, ‘Wow, I thought I was the only one’. More than any other social media app, TikTok seems to have the uncanny ability to bring to light human commonalities. It either allows us to feel less alone or help us put a name to the strange habit we’ve always wondered about.For me, that was the case when a particular video crossed my For You Page. It depicted a girl zoned out, making facial expressions, with the superimposed text ‘Me ten minu...

Her Campus revisits the topic of MD You may remember another article from Her Campus, an online magazine created by, and catering to, college aged women, which featured UIC student Tayo Omoniyi sharing her experience as an MDer (to view that article click here). This month Her Campus revisits the topic of MD with a piece by, communications major, Carola Rios Perez. The article starts with an explination of MD before diving into Carola's personal experience with the condition. Here is an excerpt from the article: I believe that my ADHD is definitely involved in the process of these fantasies, given that I tend to hyperfixate on any given storyline that I concoct, rather than prioritize more pressing matters. My inability to focus on assignments isn’t anything new, as I’ve mentione...

Italian article published. An Italian-language article on Maladaptive Daydreaming was recently published by Agata Maini for The Wom. The Wom is an Italian language magazine for "new generation of women: free to be themselves, gritty, beautiful and (im)perfect." From the article: Il maladaptive daydreaming è una forma di astensione dalla realtà che va conosciuta e, se possibile, contrastata con ogni mezzo psicologico a propria disposizione. Sognare ad occhi aperti non ha mai fatto male a nessuno, a patto che l’avere la testa tra le nuvole non si faccia sistematico e totalizzante.Al momento è difficile definirla sindrome, poiché i libri di psicologia ancora non hanno incluso questa condizione nei manuali diagnostici. Tuttavia, imparare a riconoscerla potrebbe essere utile a qualcun...