Community – Maladaptive Daydreaming Center

14Oct

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Community

r/Maladaptivedreaming Turns Nine

Happy Cakeday Reddit! Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year. Your top 10 posts: "When you're doing all the heavy lifting" by u/Silvermoon424""I've been daydreaming since I was a kid" I say to my imaginary therapist." by u/catus_alienus"maybe if I pace *extra* hard it'll come back?" by u/solennes-anguis"literally" by u/teffo0"i feel like level 113 is the best" by u/hhazelnut7"phew." by u/IAmLostInThisWorld5"*raises glass*" by u/Riri_Gremory"Damn" by u/Wh00pity_sc00p"Yep..." by u/Belantuta":")" by u/Maedehmt Join the Subreddit

14Oct

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Community, Event

Meet Up in Bologna, Italy

Must Register, Space Limited Il 23 ottobre 2022 ci incontreremo a Bologna presso la sede Baumhaus (Via Sebastiano Serlio 25) per una giornata di incontro, condivisione e attività insieme. La partecipazione è gratuita ma è possibile effettuare una libera donazione sul posto per aiutarci a coprire i costi della giornata. I posti sono limitati, perciò è necessario inviare la propria richiesta di adesione tramite il modulo sottostante entro il 18/10/22. Registrati/Register "On 23 October 2022 we will meet in Bologna at the Baumhaus headquarters (Via Sebastiano Serlio 25) for a day of meeting, sharing and activities together. Participation is free but it is possible to make a free donation on site to help us cover the costs of the day. Places are limited, so it is necessary to...

1Oct

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Arts, Community, Event

MaDDtober 2022

MD themed Inktober prompt list Maddtober is a Maladaptive Daydreaming prompt list put out as an alternate list to the popular Inktober challenge. The challenge is a fun month-long event for artists of all skill levels. To participate one draws their interpretation of that day's word and posts it to social media with the associated hashtag. In this case #maddtober.MaDDtober 2022 prompt list: InwardCreativeIdealFuturePaceAdventureLoveHereAlternateTogetherIsolationDeepCraveShadowFeelFindControlGoalWorldStoryFreezeComfortEmptyWorkEssentialStayCareBecauseClosePossibleAway

20Sep

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Community, Event, Media

MD Discord Watch Party

The Daydreamers mini doc, Sept 23/24 7pm EST The Maladaptive Daydreaming Discord server will be showing The Daydreamer mini doc, by Thomas Renckens, this Friday and Saturday (the 23rd and 24th of September 2022). The film will start at 7pm EST and is 33 minutes long. What if you’re addicted to your own fantasy? The Daydreamers takes a closer look at the phenomenon of ‘Maladaptive Daydreaming’ – a psychological term coined by Prof. Dr. Eli Somer, which is characterised by extensive fantasy activity, so much so that it replaces human interaction and impairs real-life functioning.This is the first ever documentary to touch upon this largely unknown condition, which affects hundreds of thousands of individuals worldwide. Protagonists Agatha and Jessica meet Eli Somer for the first ti...

15Aug

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Community

MD Advocates Join Instagram

Jayne Rachael and Lainey_Laine join forced to raise awareness for MD Elaine (Lainey_Laine) and MD advocate Jayne Rachael recently announced a new joint venture to raise awareness for MD on Instagram. The following if from an announcement posted by Elaine on Discord. hyello again friends! I’m working with researcher and author Jayne [Rachael] Bigelsen, who’s trying to get MD in the DSM as a diagnosable disorder. She’s done research with Dr. Eli Somer (the psychologist who first studied and coined the term “maladaptive daydreaming”). Jayne is trying to raise awareness in hopes that she can publish a book and get widespread awareness. It would be awesome if you could follow us on Instagram and look out for future projects on other social media platforms. ty!Daydreamers Hideaway Serve...

13Jul

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Announcement, Community

New Spanish-Language Community

Nuevo sub sobre la Ensoñación Excesiva A new subReddit dedictaed to Maladaptive Daydreaming has been created for Spanish-speaking sufferers. From the official announcement: Dear all, and especially those Spanish-speakers Daydreamers among you,...Today's access to information through new technologies have enabled us to come together in this corner of the Internet to talk about what and how we dream. And the fact that I have finally found a group of people with whom to talk to, and find support from, really means a lot to me emotionally.... I personally am not a native English-speaker, and it wasn't until I gained fluency in this second language of mine that I really began connecting with other people with the same condition. And that is why, as a way of giving back to the world what ...

r/MaDDSolutions partners with r/maladaptivedreaming

4Jan

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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...

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

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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.

Call for participation: Awareness Dates Poll

21Sep

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Community

Call for participation: Awareness Dates Poll

Take this poll to help us choose a time to observe MD We’d like to take a moment to ask ALL MDers, on every platform, to take this brief poll. Awareness efforts have been scattered, with everyone doing their own thing. We’d like the community, as a whole, to decide when is the best time for a Maladaptive Daydreaming Awareness ‘observance’ of some kind. Every single vote matters.If you are bi-lingual: Below there are links to this survey in various languages. Please, take them, carry them to any community or Maladaptive Daydreamer you know of in these languages. Here is the survey in: English https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GrMXHNKiVb-1AAgGbPWGG6YPYkh7qfFlSSWTah89OkI/edit French/français https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PNVBhKXDfYrNXTbHakaUfCgzSP...