#daydreaming disorder
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fallingmaddlyinlove · 8 months ago
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is it even possible to feel the same kind of love in real life that you feel in your paracosm? i swear i love nobody more than my paras, and i'm scared i'll never experience love in real life because of this
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daydreamkisses · 5 months ago
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a moment of silence for the daydreams i spent years on only to abandon them without second thought
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id-daydream · 2 years ago
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I don’t know why but it’s very hard for me to focus on an original paracosm, I guess I just prefer already made worlds. Anyone else like this?
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hauntedselves · 2 years ago
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Proposed Diagnostic Criteria for Daydreaming Disorder (Maladaptive Daydreaming)
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A. Persistent and recurrent fantasy activity that is vivid and fanciful, as indicated by the individual exhibiting two (or more) of the following in a 6-month period; at least one of these should be Criterion 1:
While daydreaming, experiences an intense sense of absorption/immersion that includes visual, auditory, or affective properties
Daydreaming is triggered, maintained, or enhanced with exposure to music
Daydreaming is triggered, maintained, or enhanced with exposure to stereotypical movement (e.g., pacing, rocking, hand movements)
Often daydreams when feels distressed or bored
Daydreaming length or intensity intensifies in the absence of others (e.g., daydreams more when alone)
Is annoyed when unable to daydream or when daydreaming is interrupted or curbed
Would rather daydream than engage in daily chores, social, academic, or professional activities
Has made repeated unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back, or stop daydreaming
B. The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
C. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., dementia) and is not better explained by autism spectrum disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar I disorder, obsessive–compulsive and related disorders, dissociative identity disorder, substance-related and addictive disorders, an organic disorder, or a medical condition.
Note. Current severity defined as follows: Mild - experiences mainly distress, no obvious functional impairment; moderate - one area of functioning is affected (e.g., work); severe - more than area of functioning is affected (e.g., work, school or social life) (p. 180).
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MD is associated with social anxiety and addiction (particularly internet addiction) (p. 177), as well as dissociation, obsessive-compulsive behaviour, and inattention / attention deficit (p. 181).
People who seek treatment for MD are misdiagnosed with a variety of conditions; "...professionals were unfamiliar with their problem and provided various diagnoses, including depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, and dissociative disorder" (p. 178).
"MD is uniquely characterized by a kinesthetic component, a need for evocative music, and an addictive yearning to compulsively engage in this mental behavior" (p. 184).
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From Somer et al., 'Maladaptive Daydreaming: Proposed Diagnostic Criteria and Their Assessment With a Structured Clinical Interview', Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice (2017), Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 176-189. DOI: 10.1037/cns0000.
Another interesting & related article is Somer et al., 'Representations of Maladaptive Daydreaming and the Self: A Qualitative Analysis of Drawings', The Arts in Psychotherapy (2019), Vol. 63, pp. 102-110. DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2018.12.004.
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aura-oracle · 1 year ago
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About my para.
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yourinsanepoet · 2 years ago
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Currently in a daydream where he is sitting across from me, gazing into my eyes while “Falling For You” by 1975 plays in the background as he actually falls in love with me. Feeling giddy, y’all.
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fallingmaddlyinlove · 4 months ago
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FUCK YEAH
Get up girls we have another day of obsessing over fictional characters to cope with reality ahead of us
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fallingmaddlyinlove · 9 months ago
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me after going more than two days without the chance to daydream
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id-daydream · 2 years ago
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I’m wondering, does reoccurring dreams you have where you’re in the same world and are the same character in each dream count as a paracosm (albeit unintentionally made since it’s not a lucid dream), or does it have to be a daydream/purposefully made?
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dark-dirty-daydreams · 4 months ago
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Soulmates? No, my love. I love you on purpose. I see every horrible thing you've done and are and I love you regardless. I love you with intention, with the desire that you feel all the energy I put into loving you. Sure, soulmates are cute, romantic even. But my love for you is something far more primal and a lot more unrelenting, it’s without a red string of fate or because the stars say so. I love you because I say so.
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fallingmaddlyinlove · 7 months ago
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i will get so locked in fr 😭
Hey you ever think about The Characters so much to the point where
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yourinsanepoet · 2 years ago
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The fact that I can’t make a drunk confession to my para about all the terrible things that have ever happened to me and that I have loved him all my life which I won’t admit otherwise, so he listens to me patiently before putting me to a peaceful sleep, just doesn’t sit right with me.
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fallingmaddlyinlove · 8 months ago
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i've noticed that when i go too long without daydreaming, my paras will literally appear in my dreams.
they come for me in my dreams dude. i can't escape them. (it actually makes me super happy).
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dark-dirty-daydreams · 3 months ago
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Sorry for becoming violently obsessive after you showed interest, it will never stop.
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fallingmaddlyinlove · 2 months ago
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it's my one coping mechanism that won't kill me so i'm keeping it
on one hand, relying on fictional characters for happiness is objectively Not Healthy™
on the other hand, i literally made them up in my own brain and i can make them do whatever the fuck i want because my mind is my own safe space and i can do whatever the fuck i want with it
at this point i'll take whatever meager sliver of control i can get honestly these bitches should be glad i choose daydreaming over death when the world is the way it is 💀
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ashthewaterghoul · 7 months ago
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As someone with dissociative issues, I cannot shut up about how much I love Copia’s dissociation in RHRN.
Just that flat-out refusal to accept the horrible facts of life (in this case Sister dying). His mind trying to manifest the reality he wishes for, and the confusion as he slowly sees what’s actually happening again.
The way how confused he is when he’s suddenly changed into his black robes.
The hazy way he sees reality and his own imagination blending (Sister being tended to by a doctor while he tries to ignore it).
The. Fucking. Balloon. Sequence.
Copia wants away from his problems, so his mind flies him away until he literally crashes back into reality.
The balloon was great way to show it bc I know when my issues start, it does feel like I’m floating, like I’m in a different realm to the rest of the world.
I love it all and how it was done. Tobias Forge, you are a GENIUS.
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