News – Page 7 – Maladaptive Daydreaming Center

30Jan

By ValeriaNo Comments

Informative

Be focused on changing

Many people ask me if I have some suggestions about how to deal with maladaptive daydreaming. To start with, you should not expect a shortcut. There won’t be a pill that solves all your problems. First thing first, you have to consider psychotherapy.Even if maladaptive daydreaming isn't an officially recognized disorder, it is a mental issue anyway, so it can improve with psychotherapy. But when you go to a therapist, remember that he is not a sorcerer and won’t solve all the problems with a magic wand. You need to be an active part of the change. In fact, healing and getting better aren't something that falls from above. It is very much upon you, you have to decide if you really want that change. This could look trivial, but it is not.Many people aren't eager to ...

Call for Participation: Grad student dissertation

27Jan

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Research, Uncategorized

Call for Participation: Grad student dissertation

Alliant International University Hello everyone! We are looking for volunteers who are maladaptive daydreamers to better understand their experiences. If you're interested, please click HERE. This study is conducted by graduate student Victoria Richardson, MA, under the supervision of Jan Estrellado, Ph.D. For more information email vrichardson@alliant.edu To participate you must meet these requirements:18 years or older fluent in English recurrent fantasy that is vivid and fanciful daydreaming must occur without substance use no extensive substance use within last six months access to internet.

23Jan

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Media

Anthony Padilla Planning MD Episode

'I Spent A Day With' series asks community for input. Anthony Padilla is a popular YouTube personality whose "I Spent a Day With" series interviews everyone from K-Pop idols to Uber drivers. Often interviewing people living with various mental health conditions he has now set his sights on Maladaptive Daydreamers. Recently the community page on the Anthony Padilla YouTube channel asked it's viewers: if i were to spend a day with MALADAPTIVE DAYDREAMERS, what kinds of questions would you like to see me ask? What discussions would you like to see us have?https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPJHQ5_DLtxZ1gzBvZE99_g/community?lb=UgkxZRVOe0XIaFL5hwAdjDHh5vMX-3dsdN4w The episode is cast and has a tentative release date at the end of February 2022. If you would like to leave suggestions...

18Jan

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Arts

MD Inspires New Bastille Album

Bastille’s new album is out later this year via EMI Records Strangely, given the record’s zeitgeisty theme, it began life before “coronavirus” was a word in our everyday vocabularies. The album’s genesis came from a show Smith saw about maladaptive daydreaming – intense daydreams that interfere with day-to-day life – at Edinburgh Festival 2019. “This comedian was talking about childhood trauma really openly – it was basically about abuse,” he explains. “He was talking about maladaptive daydreaming, which is something that I’d never heard of, but the way he dealt with his trauma was by essentially living a parallel life in his daydreams for hours and hours per day.”https://www.nme.com/features/bastille-new-album-2021-ryan-tedder-3026534 To read the full article click HERE. ...

13Jan

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Media

Pieces of a Nation Podcast Features MD

Coping With Maladaptive Daydreaming in Everyday Life Richard Chiu, a Maladaptive Daydreamer himself, and co-host Cameron Logan sit down with their guest to talk about their experiences with MD. Pieces of a Nation is "an interview podcast that makes you feel stuff." Richard Chiu is an actor, producer and podcaster, click HERE to check out his Linktree. Kristen Fritzgerald is an activist for Maladaptive Daydreamer’s (MD for short). She has struggled with MD all her life and has learned to manage it and is highly involved with the community.We take a deep dive into her past, how she interacts with her family and friends and what we can actively do to manage MD’ing.With special co-host Cameron Logan (Host of My Alien Life Podcast)https://open.spotify.com/episode/3D515CQBOcHZn7jl0vUWkE ...

r/MaDDSolutions partners with r/maladaptivedreaming

4Jan

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Announcement, Community

r/MaDDSolutions partners with r/maladaptivedreaming

Sub poised for revival. r/MaDDSolutions was made about a year ago as a place for those wanting to proactively address their Maladaptive Daydreaming to discuss their methods, tips, successes and struggles without sifting through the more general content and questions allowed on r/maladaptivedreaming. Unfortunately it never quite took off. So the Mod there has shifted management to the larger subreddit, hoping a stronger affiliation will breathe life back into this community. We are looking to build a mod team there, we will need people willing to:Build the sub by giving it an identity; a wiki, sidebar, rules, mission statement etcSet pace and tone by providing content in the form of posts and comments.General mod duties of handling reports and ensuring content meets sub guidelines...

Maladaptive Daydreaming in Relation to Linguistic Features and Attachment Style

31Dec

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Informative, Research

Maladaptive Daydreaming in Relation to Linguistic Features and Attachment Style

New research paper published Abstract: Background: Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) is a concept that describes a significant imaginary activity that replaces human engagement and/or interferes with academic, interpersonal, or vocational functioning. We explored the interaction between attachment style, reflective functioning (RF), and the narrative dimension of MD. (2) Methods: 414 adults completed an online survey, including socio-demographic variables, the 16-item Maladaptive Daydreaming Scale, the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised, Relationship Questionnaire, and Reflective Functioning Questionnaire. Participants were asked to write a short description of the most representative episodes of their daydreams. Eighty-four participants were identified as maladaptive daydreamers (MDers). (3) ...

Understanding the Lived Experience of Maladaptive Daydreaming

31Dec

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Research

Understanding the Lived Experience of Maladaptive Daydreaming

Canterbury Christ Church University dissertation by Amy Lucas Abstract: Section A: Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD) is a distressful phenomenon with limitedunderstanding and recognition, which leads to controversy regarding potentialdiagnostic classification. This literature review systematically investigated researchprioritising the voices and lived experiences of people who identify with MD. Findingsrelate to quality of daydreaming and fantasy content, pervasion and absorption,compensatory fantasy themes, emotional salience in fantasy, dependence, impact onhealth and functioning, secrecy, and challenges with help-seeking. Implications forpractice and future research are discussed.Section B: Fantasy in MD can include both positive and aversive content, yet littleresearch has investigat...

French-Language MD Community merging with new Discord server.

23Dec

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Announcement, Community

French-Language MD Community merging with new Discord server.

Notre Discord! La communauté French Reverie Compulsive a officiellement fusionné avec un serveur alternatif. Les anciens liens RC ne fonctionneront plus car ce serveur a été interrompu. Si vous étiez membre de RC, ou auriez aimé l'être, rejoignez-nous sur DaydreamingFr, le serveur MD de langue française ! The French MD community has officially merged with an alternate server. The old RC links will no longer work as that server has been discontinued. If you were a member of RC, or would have liked to have been, join us on DaydreamingFr, the French Language MD server!Cliquez ICIClick HERE

23Dec

By DimmerNo Comments

Community, Media

MD Researchers Discover TikTok

Eli Somer and Jayne Rachael can now be found on the popular platform Maladaptive Daydreamers are finding an audience on the popular app TikTok where some content is receiving millions of views, prompting even professionals to adopt the platform as a way to spread resources, awareness and information. Eli Somer, the psychologist who coined the term 'Maladaptive Daydreaming' and leads much of the research into it has recently set up his own account. You can find it HERE.So has Jayne Rachael, the first MD patient and tireless advocate for the condition. You can see her account by clicking HERE.